Tag: Minnesota
The Night Raiders Who Gassed Chickens and Hogs
There are ordinary farm thefts, and then there are crimes so strange they sound as though they were lifted from the pages of a wartime…
Minnesota Farmer Cuts His Own Hand Free from Corn Picker
In the early days of mechanized farming, corn pickers made harvest work faster, but they also brought terrible new dangers into the fields. Moving rollers,…
Man beats wife because he did not want cold supper
From 1897 comes this arrest report regarding a man who was discovered beating his wife because she didn’t have his suppered prepared at the proper…
Wild beast attacks steer in Mankato
A wild cat of some sort attacked a steer. The dog would not venture out and the prints at the scene were large. Beast Mangles…
Piano played by ghost scares off watchmen
Watchmen at a burned-down house are scared off by something playing the partially burned piano and other strange noises from within the structure. Piano Played…
Skeleton of Unknown Man Found in Minnesota
It is alarming how many reports were made of skeletons being found in the wild, under brush, and under homes. If people believe that people…
