Tag: South Carolina
Groans Heard From Coffin as Woman Came Back to Life
There were few fears more terrifying in the old days than being buried alive. Before modern monitoring equipment, before reliable life-support machines, and before doctors…
Young Painter Falls to His Death Inside Greenville Power House
Twenty-three-year-old Noah Webster Smith was painting the ceiling of a Greenville power house when an ordinary afternoon’s work ended in tragedy in 1924. Smith was…
76 Lost in South Carolina Schoolhouse Fire
In the small township of Cleveland, South Carolina, families had come together inside the schoolhouse, filling the building with neighbors, children, and familiar faces. But…
Teenager rigs shotgun, takes life
A teenager claimed her life because she felt she had accomplished nothing, according to a note she pinned on her body before she rigged a…
8 Heinous Crimes Committed By Children
They were called fiendish youths in the 1800 and 1900s, but they were simply children who sadistically hurt and sometimes murdered other people, both children…
8 Gory Axe Murders From the Past
Put on any B-rated horror movie and someone is bound to be swinging an axe, but just how prolific are axe murders? Truthfully, we rarely…
