Tag: Illinois
Child leased and placed into servitude for $5 a year in Illinois
Below is a 1905 report about a nine-year-old girl who is placed into servitude for $5 a year. That money goes to her “father.” The…
5 Horrific Stories of Bodies Found in Sacks
Anyone who thinks 100 years ago was a blissful paradise hasn’t read the newspaper reports published during that time. And so today, we are going…
7 Axe Murderers of Children
People find StrangeAgo in a variety of ways, including odd and gruesome search strings. Recently, someone found their way here searching for axe murderers of…
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,…
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…
5 Strange Accounts of Spell Casting
How would you react if you thought someone cast a spell on you? Hopefully not the way any of the following people reacted. Casting spells,…
“Death Farm” is a Joke
Stories would go viral through the newspapers in a time long before the internet or even chain letters. Here is an account of someplace known…
