Mule Causes Three Car Accidents

• Published on June 24, 2015

• Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Tidbits

On August 4, 1960, a mule in Shallotte, North Carolina managed to wreck three cars. Read this true story to learn more...

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Clarence Frechette – Michigan’s Flying Bandit – Podcast #83

• Published on June 7, 2015

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

Clarence Frechette made national news for a bizarre attack on the pilot of an airplane, possibly making him the world's first hijacker.

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James Beasom – An Unlucky Day

• Published on April 1, 2015

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Tidbits

The papers reported on January 4, 1935, that 56-year-old James Beasom had died. The way that he died was very unusual.

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Murder in the Mail – Podcast #80

• Published on March 6, 2015

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

John Kmetz received a trial supply of herbal pills that would restore vitality to his 54-year-old body. Shortly after taking the pills, Kmetz was dead.

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The Woman with the X-Ray Camera – Podcast #77

• Published on November 29, 2014

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Love & Marriage, Podcast

A New York City woman named Pearl Lusk was hired in 1946 to investigate a woman suspected in a jewel heist. What happened next is truly unforgettable.

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Wrong Man Identified

• Published on November 4, 2014

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Tidbits

In 1931, Charles Edmund Kneale slipped off of a ladder and fell 30 feet to his death. Two different Mrs. Kneales claimed the body.

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The Short Life of Suzy Dewey – Podcast #65

• Published on August 19, 2013

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Hoaxes, Podcast

The story of a little girl named Suzy Dewey who was diagnosed with terminal leukemia and was the victim of a hoax during the last few months of her life.

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Operation Bodysnatch – Podcast #64

• Published on July 16, 2013

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Forgotten History, Fraud & Deception, Podcast, Unbelievable

At the end of WWII, the US was faced with the task of reburying four bodies of former German nobility. Members of the Monuments Men ran into obstacle after obstacle.

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The Pleasant Hill School Bus Tragedy – Podcast #61

• Published on March 23, 2013

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Escape and Survival, Podcast, Schools & Education

The sad, yet true, story of a 1931 school bus disaster in the Pleasant Hill school district in Colorado.

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Ivory Soap Murders – Podcast #60

• Published on February 19, 2013

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

The Easter Sunday 1937 murder of Veronica Gedeon launched a nationwide hunt for the killer. Two bars of Ivory soap led the police to the killer.

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The Sky is Falling – Podcast #59

• Published on January 8, 2013

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Podcast

Alvin Rodecker and his wife chose to celebrate his 60th birthday in style. It was to be an incredible trip to NYC. If only he had looked up after upon...

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The Corpse Bride – Podcast #50

• Published on January 17, 2012

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Love & Marriage, Podcast

The true story of Karl von Cosel and the girl of his dreams. They slept together in the same bed every night - nine years after she had died.

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The Fly Paper Murderess – Podcast #45

• Published on June 16, 2011

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast

Six men died in a Chicago woman's home over a three-year period, all of whom were married to 47-year-old Margaret Summers. She had taken out 19 life insurance policies, all naming her as the sole beneficiary.

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Conrad Cantzen’s Shoes – Podcast #41

• Published on February 11, 2011

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Entertainment, Money & Financial, Podcast

Conrad Cantzen died in 1945 and is long forgotten, but his shoe fund still lives on. Read the story of this bizarre provision in this down-on-his-luck actor's handwritten will.

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Samuel Renick Buys His Own Murder -Podcast #39

• Published on December 10, 2010

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Law & Order, Podcast

Albany jeweler Samuel Resnick retired to Phoenix, Arizona, but something went wrong. He ended up paying to have himself murdered.

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