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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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1896 Japanese Tsunami

• Published on February 11, 2014

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Forgotten History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

News traveled slowly in the late 1800s. It would take more than one month for news of a Japanese tsunami to reach the United States.

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1755 Lisbon Tsunami

• Published on February 4, 2014

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Escape and Survival, Tidbits

The tsunami that hit Lisbon, Portugal on November 25, 1755 killed an estimated 60,000 people. Many had made the mistake of rushing to the shoreline.

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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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