Tag: Washington
Washington Doctor Found Dead in Barn With Chloroform Beside His Body
For years, Dr. J.D. Scanlon had practiced medicine in Vancouver, Washington, and understood the dangers of the drugs commonly used by physicians of his era….
Washington Farmer Claimed He Was Drugged, Robbed and Left With Nothing
John Johnson went to the police looking for help after claiming he had been drugged and robbed at a Ritzville gambling house. According to the…
Spokane Conductor Said His Body Parts Were Stolen Before Court Declared Him Insane
Albert D. Finch was a familiar figure in Spokane, where he worked as a conductor for the Great Northern Railway. When the 58-year-old husband and…
Tacoma Contractor Finds Living Toad Inside Rock
Imagine splitting open a solid stone and discovering a living creature trapped inside. For centuries, stories of toads found encased within rocks have circulated through…
Headless Body of Missing Kirkland Girl Found in Brush
For nearly a month, 17-year-old Ruth DeMerrit had been missing from her home in Kirkland, a quiet suburb of Seattle. She had last been seen…
Spokane Men Invent Coyne Helicopter Shaped Eerily Similar to Traditional UFO
At first glance, the Coyne Helicopter looks less like an early flying machine and more like something pulled from a century of UFO lore. The…
“Dead” Aberdeen Logger Returned to Work
Logging was never gentle work. In the early 1900s, a lumberjack’s day could mean felling massive trees, trimming branches with sharp axes, hauling timber over…
Young Man Arrested for Fatal Shooting of Judge in Love Affair Tragedy
Chester Thompson, 19, shot and killed Judge George Meade Emory in a love-fueled altercation involving Emory’s niece, Charlotte Whittlesey. The event happened during the summer…
Cigar-shaped UFOs were called flying bananas to humiliate witnesses
It wasn’t enough that reporters and the powers-that-be ridiculed people for seeing flying saucers, but when a large number of people spotted a cigar-shaped UFO,…
7 Axe Murderers of Children
People find StrangeAgo in a variety of ways, including odd and gruesome search strings. Recently, someone found their way here searching for axe murderers of…
