Tag: poison
Posted in Culture
Fourth of July Barbecue Turns Deadly After Family Eats Poisoned Meat
A Fourth of July family reunion near Garfield, Georgia, turned into a mass poisoning in 1912 after dozens of relatives became violently ill from barbecued…
Posted in U.S. Historical News
Mystery Woman Found Unconscious After Poison Dose at Washington Hotel
A handsomely dressed woman checked into Washington’s Buckingham Hotel in good spirits. By late the next morning, she was found unconscious in her room. Believed…
Bronx Neighborhood Stirred by Baby Attack
In January 1916, a shocking report out of the Bronx described an attack so brutal and senseless that it stirred an entire neighborhood into fear…
Fatal Coffee at Baltimore Boarding House Kill One, Poisons Others
In the spring of 1919, an ordinary supper at a Baltimore boarding house turned into a scene of panic and horror. One moment, the people…
Firsthand Accounts of the Horror of Poison Gas in World War I
The First World War had already introduced the world to horrors on a scale few could have imagined, but in 1915, a new terror drifted…
