Hand Shaking for Civic Pride (1936) Published on April 7, 2023 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Law & Order, Tidbits As sirens blast in unison around the world, everyone turns to the person near them and shakes hands. Would this result in world peace? Roscoe E. Dickson certainly thought so.Click to Read More...
1943: Males in Skirts Protest Against Slacks (Footnote) Published on April 5, 2023 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Tidbits Just what happens when a group of young make college students decide to wear skirts?Click to Read More...
The Broken Record: A Search for Lost Treasure (1911) Published on April 4, 2023 Posted in: Death and Murder, Law & Order, Money & Financial, Tidbits Just what happens when a man records the location of a buried treasure on a phonograph record and the record shatters before anyone listens to it?Click to Read More...
The Love Pirate – Podcast #194 Published on April 3, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Podcast In 1923, Kathleen Morrell was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of her own children. Why? Simply because all of her children were illegitimate.Click to Read More...
1935: Missing Arm To Be Buried Again, Deep (Footnote) Published on April 1, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History A man's arm was found in the Alturas, CA city dump. Was this evidence of a murder?Click to Read More...
1927: Food Is Literally ‘Shot From Guns’ (Footnote) Published on March 31, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History In an unusual promotion, the Quaker Oats Co. drove a vehicle through Racine, Wisconsin shooting Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice from a cannon.Click to Read More...
Retrocast 16 – Podcast #193 Published on March 20, 2023 Posted in: Podcast, Retrocasts In this episode: a man who recorded the location of buried treasure on a record, a girl who swallowed 200 rocks, a color-blind plumber, the history of McDonald’s Big Mac, and much more!Click to Read More...
1964: Woman Anonymously Mails Boyfriend $500 (Footnote) Published on March 14, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage A 19-year-old had the brilliant idea of mailing her boyfriend $500, thinking he would use it to marry her. It did not go as planned...Click to Read More...
1937: Dog Found to Have Ring Lost Three Years Earlier (Footnote) Published on March 10, 2023 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage For three long years, Mrs. David Hann searched for her wedding ring. Then, one day, her dog spat it up. Where had it been all this time?Click to Read More...
1967: Dead Elephant Her Valentine Published on March 7, 2023 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Love & Marriage, Tidbits Would you give a dead baby elephant to your significant other for Valentine's Day? Well, this Oregon man did...Click to Read More...
A Severed Relationship – Podcast #192 Published on March 6, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Podcast Ouch!!! The ghastly true story of Bertha Boronda who, in 1907, took a straight razor and sliced off her husband Frank’s penis. Did he survive?Click to Read More...
1930: Kissing Ban Proposed (Footnote) Published on March 3, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage A 10-year ban on kissing was proposed to slow the spread of tuberculosis. Could it work?Click to Read More...
1957: Doctor’s Stained-Glass Struggle Against Daughter’s Marriage Published on February 28, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits A man objects to his daughter's marriage to her high school teacher by hurling stones at St. Patrick's cathedral's stained-glass windows.Click to Read More...
1928: Couple Waits 60 Years to Marry Published on February 24, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage It's never too late to marry one's sweetheart, even if they have to wait 60 years to do so.Click to Read More...
1904: The Match Head Man: A Strange Tale of Addiction Published on February 21, 2023 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Tidbits A woman complains that her husband has been eating match heads since their honeymoon and wants to know what can be done about it.Click to Read More...