Retrocast #3 – Podcast #156

• Published on September 15, 2021

• Posted in: Podcast, Tidbits

A 72-year-old woman who married a 20-year-old man, a 16-year-old girl arrested for cursing, a woman who had some run-ins with modern appliances, speaking English deforms the mouth, a husband who refused to buy his wife false teeth, and more!

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Lost in the Mountains – Pamela Hollingworth – Podcast #155

• Published on August 30, 2021

• Posted in: Escape and Survival, Forgotten History, Podcast

In 1941, 5-year-old Pamela Hollingworth disappeared into the dense forest of New Hampshire's White Mountains. In what became the largest search and rescue effort in New England to that date, more than 1,500 men spent more than a week looking for her. Was she murdered, kidnapped, or something else?

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RetroRewind: 1894 Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

• Published on September 13, 2021

• Posted in: RetroRewind Videos

This 1894 short clip of Fred Ott sneezing is the world's first copyrighted motion picture.

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Helicopter Melon Thief (Footnote to History)

• Published on September 12, 2021

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History

In June 1957, a helicopter landed in a Brawley, California watermelon patch and stole three melons before taking off again.

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1957 Women From Apes Comic

• Published on September 9, 2021

• Posted in: Comics

I can see a resemblance to some men I know, but I don't see how they can say women came from apes! comic, 1957.

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200 Hog Calling Records Stolen (Footnote to History)

• Published on September 7, 2021

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History, Humor

Just what would anyone do with 200 stolen hog calling phonograph records?

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Just Tell It Like It Is (Footnote to History)

• Published on September 7, 2021

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Humor

A company in London decided to do away with desk trays labeled Incoming and Outgoing. Instead, they came up with trays with more realistic labels.

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Saved From Nazi Firing Squad by Freak of Fate

• Published on September 3, 2021

• Posted in: Escape and Survival, Tidbits

In 1944, Majlech Elencwajg stood with many others before a Nazi firing squad. He miraculously survived the shooting.

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Mother Loans Her Son to a Stranger

• Published on August 27, 2021

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Tidbits

Mrs. Florence Parker made the mistake of loaning her son Billy to a woman who had lost her son. Mrs. Parker would not see Billy for five months...

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Leg Broken 3 Times in 3 Minutes (Footnote to History)

• Published on August 24, 2021

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! In 1913, Daniel Sullivan's leg was broken three times in three minutes.

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Runaway Boy Couldn’t Learn Latin

• Published on August 20, 2021

• Posted in: Schools & Education, Tidbits

In 1916, 15-year-old Rolla Bostwick ran away from home because he was unable to master Latin.

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4 Cows Killed by Lightning (Footnote to History)

• Published on August 18, 2021

• Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Footnotes to History

In July 1899, farmer Charles Hulse had four of his cows killed at the same time by a bolt of lightning.

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Retrocast #2 – Podcast #154

• Published on August 15, 2021

• Posted in: Podcast, Tidbits

Boy runs away because he can't master Latin, a mother who loaned her son to a stranger, a man who survived a Nazi firing squad, cows killed by lightning, man's leg broken three times, 200 hog call records stolen, a helicopter melon thief, & more!

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Albino Kangaroo Given to the United States

• Published on August 10, 2021

• Posted in: Animals & Pets

In 1952, Australia gifted an Albino kangaroo to the United States. Just what would President Truman name her?

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Parrot In Tree Cries ‘I Like Ike’ (Footnote to History)

• Published on August 10, 2021

• Posted in: Animals & Pets, Footnotes to History, Tidbits

In 1952, a parrot escaped from a London apartment and took to a tree outside of Parliament. It had been taught to say "I Like Ike."

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