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10 Facts About Teenage Fiend and Murderer Jesse Pomeroy
Jesse Pomeroy was Boston’s infamous teenage fiend and murderer. His crimes, committed in the late 1800s, were so shocking that they landed the teenage boy…
7 Deaths Caused By Icepicks
Icepicks are deadly weapons and were rather popular in the early half of the 1900s. In fact, many assaults were committed by people who would…
8 People Who Were Tarred and Feathered
Tar and feathering was a popular method of intimidation, torture, and vigilanteism in the early 1900s. There were numerous reports of tar and feather parties…
Disappearing Coin Trick
The disappearing coin trick has probably been around since the invention of coins. Below is a 1902 tutorial on how to perform the coin trick….
What Cats, Women, And The Moon Have In Common
Cats, women, and the moon are symbolically linked together. In the following article, originally published in 1914, the writer connects these three magical symbols together,…
Hobo Secret Code
In the early 1900s, newspapers were publishing the “secret” hobo code for people to recognize and understand whenever they saw the strange “Cabalistic” drawings. Here…
7 Odd Cat Stories From The Past
The people who lived in the early 1900s loved their cats just as much as we do today. And instead of reading cat memes, they…
Top 10 Funniest Reasons Why U.S. Men Did Not Want Women to Vote
Men had some strange fears when it came to giving women the right to vote. Both Republican and Democratic men shook with fear at the…
Strong Arm Magic Stunt
The strong arm magic trick is a classic stunt that has been performed in some of the old black and white movies in different variations….
11 Popular Kitchen Superstitions From The 1920s
Kitchen superstitions were surprisingly popular in the 1920s. Not only did mothers pass these superstitions down to their children, they also published these superstitions in…
