Category: History

In the following newspaper report, phrenologists examine the skulls of executed Lenin Boys and determine that their skulls showed slight signs of degeneracy. A phrenologist…

John McDonald of Philadelphia uncovered a hidden treasure of 563 old English and American gold coins, valued at over $5,000, from a false bottom in…

A 50-year-old German native was discovered dead inside his hut in 1895 after his neighbors started to smell him. The state of his remains and…

In 1911, the remains of a child were found in a wooden box buried in the foundation of a building. An old penny from 1817…

Ernest Lindholm, while installing posts under the sidewalk in front of Harry Levoy’s establishment, uncovered a hidden stash of gold coins dating back to 1887….

William Mecklingberg, a young IWW organizer, tragically died after falling from a freight car near Willmar, suffering severe injuries that led to his death an…

Here is a 1918 newspaper article about a man who tried to leave the U.S. with $500 in gold. He hid the gold in a…

“I promised to marry a mountain girl from Kentucky, and then I stole her dowry and ditched her in Pittsburgh. AITAH?” Oof. What a story!…

I just love reading stories about lost and found gold. The following was reported in 1919 and tells how a man, knowing he was about…

My son would sleepwalk when he was little. I remember seeing him step into the hallway and jumping up to quickly guide him back to…