Tag: North Dakota
Man and 2 Horses Killed by Lightning Near New Salem
As a violent electrical storm swept across the farmland northwest of New Salem in 1914, Ernest Bohnke hurried to get two frightened horses into the…
Starkweather Farmhand Killed by Lightning While Standing in Barn Doorway
When a violent summer storm swept across the countryside near Starkweather, North Dakota, in 1905, Burt Martin was asleep in an upstairs room of a…
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,…
10 Strange Petrified Bodies and Body Parts Found in the United States
How many petrified bodies and body parts have been uncovered in the United States? Apparently far more than this article can cover. Since the 1800s,…
8 People Who Were Tarred and Feathered
Tar and feathering was a popular method of intimidation, torture, and vigilanteism in the early 1900s. There were numerous reports of tar and feather parties…
Masturbation Causes Sterility and is a Sign of Insanity
Masturbation was a dangerous game in the late 1800s and early 1900s. According to the experts of the time, it could cause all sorts of…
The Tragic Murder of Marie Wick in Fargo 1921
Murder in the early 1900s was just as brutal as it is today, as in the case of Marie Wick, a young woman murdered in…
