She Thought Robber Was Fooled

• Published on August 11, 2020

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

In 1950, a man robbed Milt's Food Market in Chicago. He demanded all of the money in the register, but the owner's wife told him that the register was still locked. Just how did he manage to get the money?

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Snitch Gets the Last Laugh

• Published on August 4, 2020

• Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

On January 10, 1930, a visitor to Denver, Colorado told police that he was surprised by how many speakeasies there were. He offered to go undercover for them. The police did not get what they had planned for.

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Fails to Win Back Wife After Two Suicide Attempts

• Published on July 26, 2020

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

n 1956, Stanley G. Peralta attempted run himself over with his moving car twice in the same night. Would this win back the love of his wife Luella?

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Kissing Barred on Bavarian Trains

• Published on July 10, 2020

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Love & Marriage, Tidbits

A couple was observed being a bit too intimate on a Bavarian train back in 1912. After passengers complained, the railroad banned kissing on their trains.

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Married atop a Ferris Wheel

• Published on July 3, 2020

• Posted in: Love & Marriage, Tidbits

On October 9, 1904, Estelle Clayton and Martin Good married atop the Ferris wheel at Louisiana Purchase Exhibition. Not in a car, atop the car...

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Two Homes Built on Wrong Lots

• Published on June 6, 2020

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Tidbits

Back in 1957, two homes were built on the wrong lots in Palatine, Illinois. The builder did all that he could to try and make amends with the couple who owned the land, but nothing seemed to work. How could this be resolved?

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A Lady’s Age Is Her Own Business

• Published on May 30, 2020

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Tidbits

In 1954, Muriel Nicholson was facing a $500 fine and up to one-year in jail for lying about her age on car registrations filed with the state of New York. Could a lady really go to jail for lying about her age?

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Mummies Found in Attic

• Published on May 23, 2020

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

In 1906, workmen in New York City discovered two boxes with mummified humans inside.

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Beet Salad Could Be an Influenza Cure

• Published on May 18, 2020

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

Could beet salad be the cure for the influenza that spread worldwide back in 1918. One Austrian doctor believed so.

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Pimientos Could Be an Influenza Cure

• Published on May 11, 2020

• Posted in: Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

Back in 1918, scientists were experimenting with pimientos peppers to see if they could be used to prevent influenza infections.

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Iodine and Creosote Influenza Cure

• Published on May 4, 2020

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

In 1918, Dr. George F. Baer claimed to have an influenza cure that was made with creosote and iodine.

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Send-A-Dame Chain Letter

• Published on April 21, 2020

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Love & Marriage, Tidbits

Could anyone handle having 26,000 dates in one year? That is what was predicted if all those involved in this unusual dating method didn't break the chain.

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Wife’s First Husband Found Alive

• Published on April 14, 2020

• Posted in: Love & Marriage, Tidbits

Nettie A. Smith's first two husbands had died, so she married for a third time. To her surprise, her first husband, whom she hadn't seen in thirty-five years, was still alive. Which husband would she choose?

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Woke Up Beside a Dead Man

• Published on April 7, 2020

• Posted in: Death and Murder, Money & Financial, Tidbits

On New Year's Eve of 1899, Henry Meyer came home to find his boss in his bed. The next morning, he awoke to find his boss had been shot dead.

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One-Week with the Beatles?

• Published on March 16, 2020

• Posted in: Hoaxes, Tidbits

When Cheryl Bedrock received a call from Brian Epstein, the famed manager for the Beatles, she was told that she had won a free trip to London to meet the group. It didn't go as planned...

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