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10 Strange Petrified Bodies and Body Parts Found in the United States

How many petrified bodies and body parts have been uncovered in the United States? Apparently far more than this article can cover. Since the 1800s,…

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6 Ultimately Disturbing Severed Hand Discoveries

Severed hands were found on streets, bobbing along river banks, and found on trains in the early 1900s. In fact, severed hand stories were published…

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8 Gory Axe Murders From the Past

Put on any B-rated horror movie and someone is bound to be swinging an axe, but just how prolific are axe murders? Truthfully, we rarely…

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10 Superstitions About Monday or the Day of the Moon

Monday, also known as the day of the moon, was, in ancient times, a day for the sacred art of scrying and divination. Today, Mondays…

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Old Photos of Pets Dressed in Costumes

Dressing pets, including kittens, puppies, small dogs, rabbits, and piglets into costumes was a huge trend in the early 1900s. Sometimes the animals were placed…

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10 Old Superstitions About Friday

Friday is the day of love in superstitious lore. While there were more recent efforts to make it a bad luck day, the name Friday…

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Blue Man of Spring Creek

One of the earliest sightings of the Blue Man occurred in 1865 when a hunter and trapper, “Blue Sol” Collins, spotted large footprints in the…

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7 Old Superstitions About Sunday

Sunday is traditionally the day of the Sun, Sol, and it can be both an ominous day and a good luck day is superstition is…

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Wild Man of Ohio – Bigfoot Sighting

American history is full of possible Bigfoot sightings. All one has to do is search through the old newspapers to read up on sightings of…

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10 Unusual Saturday Superstitions

While Saturdays are party days in today’s world, in the past there were quite a few surprising superstitions surrounding this day. 1. Cutting Fingernails Cutting…

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