Tag: New York City
8 Heinous Crimes Committed By Children
They were called fiendish youths in the 1800 and 1900s, but they were simply children who sadistically hurt and sometimes murdered other people, both children…
6 Old Cases of Decomposed Bodies
Finding decomposed bodies was a regular occurrence in the past. In fact, if you would do a search on “decomposed body” in the newspaper archives,…
6 Ultimately Disturbing Severed Hand Discoveries
Severed hands were found on streets, bobbing along river banks, and found on trains in the early 1900s. In fact, severed hand stories were published…
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…
5 Gut Wrenching Tales of Children Kept in Cellars
There are reasons why children today find cellars so creepy. For one, people would often place dead bodies in the cellar for safe keeping until…
Women Who Don’t Cook are Unfit to be Wives and Mothers
Women, in order to be desirable, must be able to cook. If she fails to make breakfast in the morning, she is not fit to…
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…
What the Past had to Say About Wives Spanking Husbands
We always read or hear about how men used to put their wives over their knees for a spanking, but did you know that it…
5 Strange Accounts of Spell Casting
How would you react if you thought someone cast a spell on you? Hopefully not the way any of the following people reacted. Casting spells,…
How People Dressed and Traveled in 1812 United States
The following article was published in 1912 and talks about what dress and travel was like back in 1812. Just One Hundred Years Ago How…
