Category: U.S. Historical News
Things That Really Happened in the Old Asylums
There were many odd stories that came out of the old mental asylums, and, fortunately for history’s sake, newspapers from the past would publish these…
Textbook for Paris Thieves
Back in 1895, a notorious Parisian thief wrote a handbook on how to rob and steal. Sort of like the Anarchist Cookbook of the 1970s,…
Odd News and Weird Humor From June 1858
In June of 1858, the local papers gave some brutal advice on how to get rid of bedbugs and reported on the cyclops horse. What…
Fire Balls From the Clouds
Fire balls from the clouds were seen over England in 1900. The article below goes into the different types of fire balls, including ball lightning….
Flaming Fire Ball Flashes Across Skies in 1919
Fire ball sighting were always reported in the newspapers in the past. They caused a great deal of excitement among people who often had little…
5 Bizarre Frozen Corpse Discoveries From the Past
Finding frozen corpses was once a very common occurrence. Men of the sea would get frozen on their ships, lost hikers would freeze in the…
Neighbor Planets Arouse Interest
Can the weather on neighboring planets predict the weather on earth? They seemed to think so back in 1920. Neighbor Planets Arouse Interest Venus, Mars,…
Unusual Shooting Stars from the Late 1800s
I have seen numerous shooting stars and, closer up, “fire balls” in the sky, but I have never seen ones that lit up the entire…
Mysterious Clouds of Light Seen in 1929
Science is constantly changing and, as the article below shows, it is often a struggle to change the minds of other scientists about what is…
Cayuga River Gives Up Its Dead in 1894
Cayuga River was once a dumping ground for dead bodies, according to this article published in 1894. River Gives Up Its Dead Cayuga Lake,…
