Tag: London
1907 Flip Flap Race
A backward somersault race for a charity event in London. Caption reads: Acrobats in a Queer Race One of the events at the recent charity…
A Skeleton Factory in the Late 1800s London
Did doctors use real skeletons long ago and how did they get those human skeletons? It turns out that the wired skeletons that hung from…
London Man Tattooed His Will On Wife’s Back
There are numerous stories about men having their wills tattooed on their backs, but in this newspaper report the husband’s will is tattooed on his…
Execution Dock of London
For over 400 years, bodies hung from the gallows located on the foreshore of the River Thames, in Wapping, London. They were the bodies of…
5 Gruesome Mummified Body Discoveries
Who wouldn’t love the opportunity to find a mummified body inside their home? Most people would not appreciate it, I’m sure, but it has happened…
6 Cases of Bodies Being Found in the Cellar
There is a reason why cellars are scary and that is because it is where you hide the dead bodies. No, seriously. The cellar is…
Tattoo Trends in 1893 London – Victorian Era Tattoos
While a number of people think that tattoos have only recently gained in popularity, the truth is that they have been popular since before the…
220 Suffragettes Jailed in London
The suffragettes were some awesome and well determined women for their time. Early 1900s newspapers are filled with their stories. Some papers spoke of the…
10 Creepy Torso Cases From The Past
It almost sounds like something out of a crime television series, but it happens all over the world and it has been happening long before…
House Dedicated to Ghosts
Desperate to believe that the spirit of her father was still with her, one woman decided to dedicate her entire home to ghosts who wished…
