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The Swastika Symbol
Before The Third Reich and the Nazi Party, the swastika was a very popular symbol in the United States. The article below was published in…
The Hanging of Mary Rogers and Elroy Kent
Before the electric chair gained preference in the United States, hanging was the most common way to get rid of society’s undesirables. Newspapers were full…
The Bayeux Tapestry Showing the Norman Conquest of England
The Bayeux Tapestry gives us about 50 scenes that led to the Norman conquest of England. It is an important work in both the world…
Popular Good Luck Charms in 1915
Good luck charms from over a hundred years ago were similar to the charms we have today with one exception: the swastika. Well before Hitler’s…
6 True Stories About Nurses in the Old Insane Asylums
I’ve covered abusive nurses in the old insane asylums, but I also wanted to cover the dangers nurses faced in unregulated insane asylums during the…
4 Cruel Facts About the Garrote as Capital Punishment
The garrote was used in Spain, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines during the 1800s and early 1900s. It was a slow, torturous way to…
7 Upsetting Stories of American Ghouls
A ghoul is traditionally a living person who steals from the dead, and it was quite an occupation back in the early 1900s when incidents…
7 Awful Ways to Literally Lose Your Head
People were constantly losing their heads in the previous two centuries. It was so bad that it was rather common news that bodiless heads were…
Traditional Guillotine Tattoos
A person’s tattoos usually have a strong, personal meaning, but in the early 1900s, tattoos often marked a person as a member of the criminal…
1909 First Hand Account of the Guillotine and Execution of Danvers
This original report, made by a reporter who witnessed the guillotine execution of Danvers, is the first mention I have found on the bloodiness and…
