Tag: Missouri
Headless Body of Young Woman Found in Lake Contrary
A grim discovery in Lake Contrary near St. Joseph, Missouri, left authorities with more questions than answers in 1920. The body of an unidentified young…
Man Robbed and Left on Rails Near Excelsior Springs
In 1920, George Underwood thought he was only waiting for a train at the Wabash Station in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. He had been to Kansas…
Headless Body Mystery Baffles Missouri Officers
Near Patton, not far from Cape Girardeau, the headless body of 30-year-old John Zoubeck was found in December 1926. At first, the circumstances raised more…
Missouri Man Sent Himself Back to the Workhouse
Jacob C. Arnold did not try to break out of the St. Louis workhouse. He tried to break back in. In January 1903, Arnold appeared…
Missouri Woman Dies of Fright After Corpse Sits Up
In Joplin, Missouri, word spread of a death so strange and gruesome that it seems almost impossible: a young woman reportedly died of fright while…
Missouri Farmer Creates Summer Suits from Corn Husks
John Melton, a farmer from Carrollton, Mo., crafted his own summer suits using corn husks. In 1925, it was reported that: “The high cost of…
Ghost shows family where he hid his gold
In 1922, it was reported that a ghost revealed where he hid his gold to a family renting his former home. I’ve always enjoyed ghost…
Missouri: Headless body found weighed down with iron bed rails
The headless body of a woman was discovered in Lake Contrary in 1920. The body was bound and weighed down. Days earlier, a blood-stained car…
Haunted Cemetery of Sedalia Missouri
Imagine visiting an old cemetery where victims of smallpox were dumped into one large grave. In 1890, in the northeast part of Sedalia, Missouri, there…
