Tag: Paris
Chemist detective finds many clues on headless body
Described at the Sherlock Holmes of Paris, a chemist studies clues left on a headless body to help determine facts about the murder. There were…
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…
A Skeleton Factory in the Late 1800s London
Did doctors use real skeletons long ago and how did they get those human skeletons? It turns out that the wired skeletons that hung from…
Antiseptic Kissing Screen From 1912
There was a huge kissing phobia in the early 1900s and it was recommended to use lemons and an antiseptic kissing screen if there was…
6 Gruesome Cockroach Accounts from the Past
For some of us, there is nothing worse than the sight of a cockroach. The last time I saw one was when I entered a…
Paris Fashion Cutout Paper Doll
For this Dorothy Dot cutout paper doll, the spot line is on Paris, France. Published in 1909, the Dorothy Dot paper dolls were printed in…
Textbook for Paris Thieves
Back in 1895, a notorious Parisian thief wrote a handbook on how to rob and steal. Sort of like the Anarchist Cookbook of the 1970s,…
A Fire Ball in Paris 1906
The fire ball described in this account, published in 1906, seems to have an almost curious nature as it investigates a room and its occupants…
The Dress That Made Paris Vow to Reform Its Fashions in 1914
It was 1914 and Paris was all aplomb over a silly dress worn by an actress in public. Had Paris fashion gone to far, showing…
A Dueling School That Opened Up In Paris 1907
Imagine going to school for dueling so that you could shoot another man down if ever there was a quarrel. Such was the case in…
