Tag: weird news
Broken Cigarette Lighter Saves Illinois Man From Bullet
A broken cigarette lighter turned out to be far more useful than its owner ever expected when it reportedly saved him from a gunshot in…
Woman Charged 25 Cents to View Executed Murderer’s Body
The execution of Frank Small in Pittsburgh in March 1882 did not end public interest in his case. If anything, his death appears to have…
Strange Businesses Once Found on the Streets of New York City
At the turn of the 20th century, New York City offered just about any service a person could imagine, along with quite a few that…
Armed Dover Residents Chased a Mysterious Animal Through Town in 1900
For months, residents around Dover, Georgia, were convinced that some unknown beast was stalking their community. Dogs and hogs were disappearing. Witnesses described a large…
Washington Painter Found Dead After Rats Were Heard Inside His Locked Room
When fellow lodgers heard rats moving around inside George Goodman’s locked room, they knew something was wrong. The 54-year-old Washington, D.C., painter had only recently…
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…
Girl Thought Dead Revived After Lightning Hit Her Coffin
The mourners were on their way to the cemetery when the storm broke over Hanston, Kansas. Inside the metallic coffin was the 5-year-old daughter of…
Mystery Animal in Pennsylvania Woods Sparked Kangaroo Rumors
Something strange was said to be roaming the wooded hills near Pleasant Run, Pennsylvania, and nobody seemed able to get a good enough look at…
Strange Lightning Strike Melts Iron Shoes Off Team of Mules
A strange lightning strike in Singac, New Jersey, left residents baffled in June 1910 because it happened while the sun was still shining. There was…
Butte Miner Vanished After Cave-In — Then People Claimed They Saw Him Alive
Two weeks after a deadly cave-in inside Butte’s Minnie Healy Mine, four bodies had been recovered from beneath the rock and dirt. The fifth man,…
