Category: History
Prohibition Alcohol Smuggled In Christmas Trees
Prohibition was a joke. The idea that the government can ban people from drinking alcohol proved to be a huge waste of everyone’s time, since…
Human Energy Trapped in a Bottle?
Science and medicine was simply weird back in the early 1900s, especially when one doctor claimed that he captured and bottled human energy. Here is…
Many Ships Tell of Disaster in Severe Gales 1922
A simple newspaper report from 1922 of ships being taken down during a major storm. Many Ships Tell of Disaster in Severe Gales Reports from…
Militiamen Bully People During Strike of 1912
Give people guns and the authority to terrify and antagonize the populace, and sure enough, things will turn ugly. In the 1912 account below, the…
Man Was 185 Years Old
The old newspapers are filled with claims of people dying at extraordinary old ages. On further research, some of the claims turned out to be…
Legends and Truths About the Real Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane made a lot of claims about her accomplishments and many more people added their own stories and bits of knowledge about her crazy…
Mill River Flood of 1874
The Mill River Flood of 1874 is not a well known flood, but that can simply be because it happened so long ago. While all…
10 True Stories About the People Sent to Blackwell Island
Blackwell Island, previously known as Hog’s Island, was originally an island owned a Robert Blackwell. New York City purchased the island from Blackwell and turned…
Mummies Ground Up For Paint For Pictures
Ancient Egyptian mummies would be ground up and used for making paint. It is fascinating and gross at the same time — immortality in art,…
Telepathy Exercises from the Early 1900s
I thought that the whole telepathy things was super popular from the 1950s to the 1960s, but it turns out it was a popular subject…
