Category: U.S. Historical News
Flying Fish Merry Go Round
Check out this “flying” fish merry go round car invented in 1904. I must admit that when it comes to carnival rides, the only one…
Father Pushed Toddler Through Glass to Cure It
The past is filled with numerous strange and dangerous cures for illness, including this Romanian cure for convulsions. This news report appeared in 1909 and,…
4 Historical Cases of Foster Child Abuse That Will Anger You
There are excellent foster parents who provide children with love and care and then there are those who beat and abuse the innocent lives placed…
Great Bells of the World
Bells have long been used as warnings, to announce events in a community, and as a means of driving out evil. The article below was…
6 Fleeting Accounts of Girl Bandits
The newspapers labeled them girl bandits, but they were actually young women (mostly) who robbed men on the streets and broke into people’s houses. They…
6 Unsettling Facts About the Medfield Insane Asylum
The Medfield Insane Asylum, in Medfield, Massachusetts, was established in 1892 and in only a few years, stories about the asylum began to circulate among…
6 Horrific Cases of People Being Boiled to Death
Can you imagine what it is like to be boiled to death? It is not something we hear about all too often in this century,…
6 Cruel Forms of Torture From History
Throughout world history, torture has been used as a method for extracting confessions, acquiring information, to break and dehumanize an individual, and as a form…
Suffragist Described What It Was Like To Be Force Fed
How did it feel to be force fed in jail? Kitty Marion, a woman suffragist describes the process and her body’s reaction to being forcibly…
The History of Torture and Its Methods
The following article on the history and methods of torture, published originally in 1887, provides some decent insight into the types of torture, with a…
