Tag: Nebraska
Ex-Convict Found Dead in Hotel Room One Day After Prison Release
Jack Smith had been out of prison for less than a day when he was found dead in a Grand Island hotel room. Released from…
Nebraska Butcher Accused of Picking His Teeth Before Handling Meat
In 1923, one southeastern Nebraska housewife had seen enough. The village butcher, she claimed, had habits that were not merely unpleasant, but downright alarming for…
Women Jump From Omaha Building to Escape Flames
Women Jump From Omaha Building to Escape Flames On a March afternoon in 1899, a meeting of women in Omaha, Nebraska, turned suddenly into a…
Last Hours with Doomed Murderers – A Look at Death Row Inmates in Nebraska 1921
How did Nebraskan inmates meet their end in the early 1900s? The article below, originally published in 1921, gives readers an in-depth look at the…
7 Upsetting Stories of American Ghouls
A ghoul is traditionally a living person who steals from the dead, and it was quite an occupation back in the early 1900s when incidents…
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…
People Who Lived in Underground Prairie Homes in Nebraska 3500 Years Ago
The following article, published in 1914, talks about the discovery of underground homes in Nebraska and what was found inside the “wallows.” What was most…
