Tag: New York City
New York Girl Steals Money to Help Poor Family
A New York City girl steals money from a shoe shop and spends it on the seven children of a poor family. Newspaper describes her…
Anarchist Becky Edelson Faced Forcible Feeding with Rubber Hose as Hunger Strike Continued
The following 1914 news report tells of an accused anarchist who was arrested and then refused to eat. The report details how they planned to…
Bizarre Chastity Belt Case Leads Family and Roomer to Psychiatric Ward
On October 21, 1944, a disturbing scenario involving a chastity belt landed a Buffalo family and their roomer in the psychiatric ward of City Hospital….
Librarians mystified by lines of people visiting to read the dictionary
Long before the internet, there were dictionaries and encyclopedia sets. In 1921, librarians at the New York Library were stunned when lines of people formed…
Biggest booze raids promised, New Jersey almost impossible to dry up
During Prohibition, newspapers were always filled with articles about booze raids and attempts to take away alcohol from the people. As we all know, their…
Body found buried in barrel in Canarsie – Possibly buried alive
Bodies were discovered buried at an old farm house in Canarsie, Brooklyn, 1916. The article below details one of the finds. It was that of…
Sections of man’s body found in burlap sack in New York City
One might be a bit hard-pressed to find a readily available burlap sack today, but that certainly was not the case in the past. And…
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…
An Old Fashioned Dutch Halloween
The following is an account of what a Dutch Halloween party looked like in New York City, 1899. An Old Fashioned Dutch Halloween The Old…
A Train, an Elevator, and a Bridge – 3 Gruesome Reports from the Past
Because these “bad news” collections are so popular, I spent the day collecting a few gruesome reports from the newspaper archives just for you. Lakeshore…
