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5 More People Bound to Logs and Some Lived to Tell Their Stories
After researching the previous article on people tied to logs, I decided to continue looking into this gruesome punishment from the past and I have…
5 Stories of People Who Fell Off Bridges
While viewing some old photos of bridges, I casually wondered if anyone ever fell off these old bridges, and sure enough I found the stories…
5 Stories of People Lashed to Logs and Thrown into Rivers
Hi everyone. This is Elizabeth from StrangeAgo, and today I’ve got a few doozies for you. Before we begin, I have to admit I was…
Stories of 5 Bodies Found in Wells
I recently watched a Netflix show where a body had been discovered in a well and remembered that I had written about this topic once…
8 Unhappy Incidents Ending in “Ground Into Mincemeat”
On more than one occasion I have read the phrase “ground into mincemeat” while skimming through newspaper articles in the National Archives. So, today I…
4 People Who Were Tied to the Railroad Tracks
As a child I watched cartoons where characters were bound with rope and tossed onto the railroad tracks. I never realized that this actually happened…
Mandrake – Plant With a Soul
This article, originally published in 1905, discusses Medieval superstitions about the mandrake root and how it is still to this day kept as a doll….
Death by Crocodile Superstition
According to a newspaper article published in 1905, deaths by crocodiles happened after curtains were washed in rivers was a common superstition. It makes sense,…
Electric Belts for Weak Men – Electric Schlong Noose
Called the “greatest healing invention of the age,” the electric belt made for men was a popular devise in the late 1800s and early 1900s….
Superstitions About the Adder Snake
The adder is only native poisonous snake in Britain. It was feared as an omen of misfortune and it was believed that if an adder…
