Washed His Intestines in the Kitchen Sink Published on March 21, 2017 Posted in: Death and Murder, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits 56-year-old Gretna, Louisiana resident Sidney Landry had terrible stomach pains and opted to remove a portion of his colon with a penknife.Click to Read More...
$20,000 in Ice Cream in Will Published on September 8, 2016 Posted in: Death and Murder, Money & Financial, Tidbits In 1937, Clementine Farr Duff willed $20,000 to the Washington Home for the Incurables to purchase ice cream.Click to Read More...
A Dog Day in Court – Podcast #92 Published on April 2, 2016 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Podcast Brockport, NY placed a dog named Idaho on trial for the murder of Russell Breeze in 1936. Find out what happened...Click to Read More...
Faked His Own Death Published on November 17, 2015 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Tidbits Albert L. Paglino faked his own death in 1955 by murdering another man. He may have gotten away with it, but made one big mistake on the day of his funeral.Click to Read More...
Death by Lipstick Published on November 1, 2015 Posted in: Death and Murder, Fashion & Design, Tidbits In 1930, Othelia Winger of Wisconsin died after applying lipstick to her lips from a promotional package of matchbook lipstick.Click to Read More...
The Monk and His Hypnotist – Podcast #86 Published on September 18, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Fraud & Deception, Podcast An elderly monk and his wife decided to adopt their 63-year-old doctor. Dr. Raymond La Scola was then arrested for supposedly murdering his new mother.Click to Read More...
The Honest Man with an Evil Eye – Podcast #84 Published on July 10, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Money & Financial, Podcast In 1935, Frank Greges stumbled across a wallet containing the stocks. Find out what really happened and how he killed a man simply by staring at him.Click to Read More...
Long Game of Chess Published on July 8, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Death and Murder, Tidbits Few, if any, games of chess took as long as the one between Hugh P. Harrison and his aunt Annie Paton. The game lasted twenty years.Click to Read More...
Porpoise Dies Playing Baseball Published on July 1, 2015 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Tidbits Sad news came out of Marineland, Florida in 1957 when it was reported that a porpoise named Algae had accidentally swallowed a rubber ball and died.Click to Read More...
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...Click to Read More...
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.Click to Read More...
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. Click to Read More...
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.Click to Read More...
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.Click to Read More...
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.Click to Read More...