Tag: Chicago
The Tragic Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903
When the Iroquois Theater opened in Chicago on November 23, 1903, advertisers boasted that the building was completely fire-proof. The building had a total of…
8 Heinous Crimes Committed By Children
They were called fiendish youths in the 1800 and 1900s, but they were simply children who sadistically hurt and sometimes murdered other people, both children…
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…
Don’t Take Your Vibrator into the Bathtub and Other Bathtub Incidents
Plenty of strange things have happened inside the almighty bathtub and history is full of both disturbing and chuckle-worthy bathtub stories. Did you know that…
Human Energy Trapped in a Bottle?
Science and medicine was simply weird back in the early 1900s, especially when one doctor claimed that he captured and bottled human energy. Here is…
The Dark Side of the Chicago Orphan Asylum
Would you dump your child into an orphanage? During the 1800s and early 1900s, it was not uncommon for poor parents to leave a child…
Thomas Edison Gives Advice in Chicago
Thomas Edison evokes a lot of different images, from famous inventor to snide bastard who made a fortune off the work of others. Regardless of…
Duel Between Chicago Gamblers Is An Epic Fail
We have all seen the movies where two gamblers head outside to shoot each other up. Well, these things did happen, but the shooting wasn’t…
Chicago Church Girl Slain in Los Angeles 1912
Horrific murders are not just a thing of the present day. This story tells of an unknown woman found dead, with her skull split open….
Chicago Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903
Before reading the newspaper article below about the tragic burning of the Chicago Iroquois Theater, know that, unlike newspaper articles today, the account is both…
