Category: U.S. Historical News
16-Year-Old Boy Drowns During Evening Swim in Nimishillen Creek
A summer evening swim in Nimishillen Creek ended in tragedy for 16-year-old Royal W. Tebay. He and his companion, Clayton W. Hines, had gone to…
Ex-Convict Found Dead in Hotel Room One Day After Prison Release
Jack Smith had been out of prison for less than a day when he was found dead in a Grand Island hotel room. Released from…
9-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Playing Tag Near Church
Nine-year-old Albert Garner did not have much of a defense when he stood before the Juvenile Court. He simply looked up at Judge DeLacy and…
Mystery Woman Found Unconscious After Poison Dose at Washington Hotel
A handsomely dressed woman checked into Washington’s Buckingham Hotel in good spirits. By late the next morning, she was found unconscious in her room. Believed…
Seven Men Executed in One Morning at Sing Sing Prison
Before dawn at Sing Sing Prison, seven men were led one by one into the death chamber. It was August 1912, and the executions at…
11 Bodies Found in Ashes After Mayfield’s “Red Night” Mystery
Near Mayfield, Kentucky, neighbors were awakened at midnight by screams, gunshots, and the glow of a burning home. By the time they rushed toward the…
Poughkeepsie Mother Kills Teen Son Before Taking Her Own Life
Just before midnight, the quiet of a wealthy Poughkeepsie home was shattered by gunfire. Inside the Tower family residence on Hyde Park Road, servants rushed…
Nebraska Butcher Accused of Picking His Teeth Before Handling Meat
In 1923, one southeastern Nebraska housewife had seen enough. The village butcher, she claimed, had habits that were not merely unpleasant, but downright alarming for…
Man Visits Sick Wife at Hospital, Gets Mistaken for Lunatic and Locked Up
Albert Smith went to the hospital expecting to visit his sick wife. Instead, he was greeted like a man everyone had been waiting for. The…
Doctor Said a Plumber’s $21 Tool Worked Best for Burning Out Cancer
In 1924, a Johns Hopkins surgeon startled listeners in Atlantic City with the unlikely claim that one of the best tools for cauterizing cancerous growths…
