Category: U.S. Historical News
7 Accounts of Cangue: Chinese Torture and Public Humiliation
The American public was fascinated by the Chinese culture in the early 1900s, and were particularly interested in their forms of torture and punishment. Below…
7 Disgusting Old Cases of Children Chained Up Like Animals
The early 1900s is filled with cases of children being chained up for various and dubious reasons. Parents were nearly always the ones who chained…
6 Unsettling Cases of People Being Tied to the Bed
People have found themselves tied to the bed for all sorts of unsettling reasons. It was once very common for robbers to break into homes,…
4 Cruel Cases of Eyes Being Sewn Shut
While watching Amends (third season episode in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (don’t judge!)), The First were introduced with their eyes sewn shut. I immediately wondered…
9 Chilling Cases of People Digging Up the Dead
History is full of cases involving dead bodies being dug up out of the ground. Some of the accounts are worse than others, a few…
7 Disturbing Stories About Embalming in the Early 1900s
Embalming in the early 20th century was not an exact science, and just about everyone was giving the process a shot. Whether it was a…
4 Disturbing Cases of Insane Children in the 1800s and Early 1900s
Insane children were an epidemic in the 1920s. Of course, any type of poor behavior or emotional outbursts were considered signs of insanity back then….
How to Become a Historian Without a College Degree
Becoming a (or an) historian without a college degree is a controversial topic. People who have spent years getting their Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees…
Cold Water Torture Used in Old Insane Asylums
Cold water treatment, or more popularly called cold water torture, was a method used to torture the insane for bad behavior. Insane asylums of the…
Early 1900s Uses and Beliefs About Narwhals
The narwhal is a tusked porpoise that lives in the waters of the Arctic. In the early 1900s, the narwhal was hunted almost mercilessly. Today,…
