Tag: Pennsylvania
Posted in Murder
The Bloody Knife – Slatington Incident in 1874
Full accounts of domestic violence cases from the 1800s are very rare, even though much allusion is made towards wife battery. It was a touch…
Posted in Culture
Cursed By A Mummy’s Skull
Here is yet another case of a curse mummy. What I find most interesting about these early accounts of evil mummies is that the majority…
Posted in Murder
Botched Hanging in Lancaster Pennsylvania
In early America, we were terrible at hanging people. Ropes would break, the drop wasn’t high enough, and people would slowly strangle to death. It…
Posted in History
What the Insane Poor Endured in 1874
The asylums of yesteryear were never pleasant and have long been the foundation of numerous horror stories. While reading through the newspapers of the 19th…
