Category: History

Prohibition must have been total hell to enforce upon the people of the United States. Special officers were brought in, men who were not recognizable…

Want a baby for Christmas? It would make for one hell of a present, wouldn’t it? Only in New Jersey would people conceive of giving…

Old timers tell a lot of tales of lost treasures and hidden gold. When I was growing up, the old lady who used to live…

Having lived in coal mining country, I have often wondered what would happen if one of the many mines underfoot would collapse. That is what…

Crime in the 1900s was everywhere, including Paris. What makes this old newspaper article on Parisian crime so fascinating are the crime guilds it discusses…

Snake eater bitten by a snake – it sounds like a bad reality television show, but it was part of the entertainment back in the…

Here is a true story that could spark the imagination of any writer, even during the direst moments of writer’s block. A man is found…

Have you ever heard of an eagle trying to take off with a toddler? Old newspapers are filled with some strange accounts, especially when it…

In the early 20th century, getting in touch with spirits was a huge fad. Mothers wanted to contact their sons who died in World War…