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William Kemmler: The First Electric Chair Execution
August 6, 1890 6:38 AM He didn’t look like a man moments away from death. He looked like a man heading to a Sunday social….
Rise and Fall of the Resurrection Men: The Gruesome Underground That Built American Medicine
February, 1874. A steamboat travels down the Ohio River and offloads a box at a city wharf. It is addressed to a person who doesn’t…
Trampled to Death By Cattle
Farm life has always carried its own brand of danger, and the risks our great-grandparents faced out in the fields weren’t all that different from…
Death’s Carriage Rolls Again: A Silent Horror Screening at the Mütter Museum
On December 10, 2025, the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia invites guests to step into the shadowy world of early horror cinema with Not So Silent Cinema…
7 Botched Executions You’ve Never Heard About
Throughout history, execution was meant to be swift and final. But sometimes, it all went horribly wrong. From hangmen who couldn’t tie a proper knot…
Paris Green: Deadly Victorian Trend
Paris Green is a vivid green pigment that gained popularity during the 19th century, particularly in the Victorian era. It was widely used as a…
Council Bluffs Family Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
The bodies of Martin Thompson, his wife Caroline, and their 8-year-old son Raymond were discovered in their home southeast of Council Bluffs, in what authorities…
Fulham Workhouse Introduced “Classification Wards” for Aged and Deserving Poor in 1899
In what was viewed as a pioneering move, the Fulham guardians introduced “classification wards” in the Fulham Palace Road workhouse, offering better accommodations for the…
Body Found in Trunk at South Alki Identified, Police Seek Missing Husband
The body of Mrs. Agnes Truesman McCombs Covington, 17, was identified after being found strangled and stuffed in a trunk on the beach at South…
10 Murderous Acts Committed By Crazed People Over 100 Years Ago
In the past, being “crazed” was often used as an excuse for murder, implying that a person has no control over their actions. In the…
