Porpoise Dies Playing Baseball Published on July 1, 2015 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Sports, 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...
Cuts Off Mother-in-Law’s Nose Published on June 3, 2015 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits Red Fork, OK resident Jack Van Zandt was arrested in 1931 after getting in an argument with his mother-in-law. He had cut off her nose...Click to Read More...
Oops…Wrong Husband Published on May 27, 2015 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1945, Victor Sammarco was arrested for failure to pay alimony to his ex-wife. He claimed never to have seen her before.Click to Read More...
Character Day Bank Holdup Published on May 20, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Money & Financial, Tidbits Six students from the Santa Rosa Junior College found themselves in hot water in 1960. They dressed up in roaring ‘20’s clothes and decided to rob a bank...Click to Read More...
Farmer Bitten Three Times in One Day Published on May 6, 2015 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Bizarre & Oddities, Tidbits How's this for bad luck: Nathan Brown was bitten by a bee, a snake, and a bulldog all on the same day: July 6th of 1935.Click to Read More...
He Gave His Right Arm Published on April 29, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits A 1952 article discussed the case of a girl who was suffering from crippling arthritis. Her father offered to give up his right arm for a cure. And he did.Click to Read More...
A Horse Named Wedding Expenses Published on April 22, 2015 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1962, a woman called off her wedding because her fiancé had gambled all of their savings on a horse named Wedding Expenses.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...
Trapped in Refrigerated Boxcar Published on March 25, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Escape and Survival, Tidbits Manuel Ramirez was laid off from his job, so he jumped aboard a boxcar that he thought was headed south to his mom's home. Big mistake...Click to Read More...
Ghosts on the Moon Published on March 15, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits A story for those that buy into the whole NASA conspiracy-you know-that man never stepped foot on the moon. This is sure to add some more fuel to that fire.Click to Read More...
One Too Many Kisses for Opera Star Published on February 28, 2015 Posted in: Entertainment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1922 Rafaelo Diaz, a tenor for the Metropolitan Opera was giving kisses to his female fans. This angered one husband and he slugged Diaz.Click to Read More...
The Penny Covered Desk Published on February 15, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Money & Financial, Tidbits Bank floor manager William H. Oglesbee had a very unusual desk. It was covered with more than 12,000 pennies using 77 tubes of cement.Click to Read More...
Catch Beetles with Auto Paints Published on February 5, 2015 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits Dr. Orlo K. Jantz stumbled upon a new way to control beetles. Traps were set up baited with two colors of automobile paint.Click to Read More...
Saved by His Buckle Published on January 15, 2015 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Escape and Survival, Tidbits Alfred De Chico was shot three times by Salvatore Carricato, but there was no blood. He was saved by the buckle of his suspenders.Click to Read More...