A Little Boy’s Revenge (1953) Published on April 21, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Hoaxes, Law & Order, Tidbits Three boys at PS 90 in Manhattan were witness to the murder of one of their classmates. Police were called and began a search for the body...Click to Read More...
The Love Pirate – Podcast #194 Published on April 3, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Podcast In 1923, Kathleen Morrell was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of her own children. Why? Simply because all of her children were illegitimate.Click to Read More...
1935: Missing Arm To Be Buried Again, Deep (Footnote) Published on April 1, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History A man's arm was found in the Alturas, CA city dump. Was this evidence of a murder?Click to Read More...
A Severed Relationship – Podcast #192 Published on March 6, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Podcast Ouch!!! The ghastly true story of Bertha Boronda who, in 1907, took a straight razor and sliced off her husband Frank’s penis. Did he survive?Click to Read More...
1957: Doctor’s Stained-Glass Struggle Against Daughter’s Marriage Published on February 28, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits A man objects to his daughter's marriage to her high school teacher by hurling stones at St. Patrick's cathedral's stained-glass windows.Click to Read More...
1975: Man’s Car Stolen, Picked Up By His Own Vehicle (Footnote) Published on February 15, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History A Huntsville man had his car stolen, began to hitchhike back home and was picked up by his own car.Click to Read More...
Marty, the Marijuana Mouse – Podcast #190 Published on February 2, 2023 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Humor, Podcast The crazy true story of Marty, a mouse who was stealing marijuana and other drugs from the evidence room of the San Jose police department in 1974. Click to Read More...
1949 – Don’t Come Back-He Didn’t! (Footnote) Published on January 24, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History, Schools & Education His teacher told him not to come back to school without his book, so he did exactly what he was told and ran away from home.Click to Read More...
The Cryptanalyst (Part 1) – Podcast #182 Published on October 21, 2022 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Podcast An interview with 93-year-old Marvin Lautzenheiser, who was the lead cryptanalyst for the FBI team that deciphered the microfilm message contained in the Hollow Nickel (Podcast #168).Click to Read More...
1954 – Roscoe Goes to Calaboose to Escape TV at Home (Footnote) Published on August 25, 2022 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History Roscoe Tard was so sick of his wife watching television that he opted to spend five days in jail.Click to Read More...
1885: The Cake Bewitched Him (Footnote) Published on August 8, 2022 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage A man elopes with another man's wife and is arrested. He blames it on her delicious cake!Click to Read More...
1927 – Unidentified Body Found by Hartford Police Published on July 11, 2022 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Tidbits A man told police that he had witnessed someone being murdered. Investigators raced to the scene, saw the blood, and then discovered a very unusual corpse.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1949: Nimrod Gives Bizarre Excuse Published on May 6, 2022 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History, Tidbits Can you tell the difference between a deer and a groundhog? These two hunters in Maryland apparently could not.Click to Read More...
1960 – Custer’s Roaring Last Stand Published on April 1, 2022 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Tidbits Wheeling, West Virginia dog warden William Custer came up with the perfect solution to scare off intruders: he used his pet lion to guard the pound.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1974: Unusual Theft Published on March 25, 2022 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History Some thief was in for a surprise when he or she listened to the tapes that he stole from a car in Dallas.Click to Read More...