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Fire balls from the clouds were seen over England in 1900. The article below goes into the different types of fire balls, including ball lightning….

Fire ball sighting were always reported in the newspapers in the past. They caused a great deal of excitement among people who often had little…

Finding frozen corpses was once a very common occurrence. Men of the sea would get frozen on their ships, lost hikers would freeze in the…

In the early 20th century, ghost or spirit photographs were all the rage. Newspapers across the U.S. were publishing these photos, either to marvel at…

Can the weather on neighboring planets predict the weather on earth? They seemed to think so back in 1920. Neighbor Planets Arouse Interest Venus, Mars,…

There are numerous fairy and elf superstitions worldwide, but the most popular superstitions come to use from Ireland where the fairies were said to be…

How did people celebrate May Day with poles and dancing? Was this strictly something done in Europe or was there a time when people in…

Odd sounds and sounds coming from unexpected places and times often had superstitions attached to them. Some of those superstitions were fairly good, but most…

I have seen numerous shooting stars and, closer up, “fire balls” in the sky, but I have never seen ones that lit up the entire…

The “Advice to the Lovelorn” column, published in the Omaha Daily Bee back in the early 1900s, was, for many, the best part of the…