Tag: New York City
Posted in Culture
New York’s Laboratory Of The Mysterious
By the 1920s, people interested in the world’s great mysteries and psychic sciences were creating machines and gadgets to try and understand psychic energies, ghosts,…
Posted in U.S. Historical News
Women’s Excessive Working Hours in the Laundries
In the early 1900s, people were expected to work up to and sometimes over 24 hours. Men and women had to fight to lower the…
Posted in Murder
10 Creepy Torso Cases From The Past
It almost sounds like something out of a crime television series, but it happens all over the world and it has been happening long before…
Posted in U.S. Historical News
18 Sudden Deaths Reported In One Night
The 18 “sudden” deaths reported in this article were not all that sudden or even uncommon, but for 1922, it was a frightening event in…
Posted in U.S. Historical News
Bank Burglar Escapes From West Side Jail
I love reading about old jail and prison escapes. From 1921: Bank Burglar Escapes From West Side Jail Bitzberger Leaps to Safety After Bar Is…
