Too Many Niches
Welcome! You never know what you'll see here week-to-week...will it be True Crime? All things Science? Birds or Animals? Books or Movies? Small-town Gossip? The Odd, the Weird, the Fun? Delve into primarily historical information on interesting events and news tidbits from well before social media or the internet. What was the relay of news to the public like then? What kinds of things went on back in the good-ol'-days that you may not have ever known? History is precious - let's take a gander at what the newspapers were reporting back in the day.
1921-23: Three Jersey girls go missing…and are found dead. What happened?
Odd, old, wedding traditions, customs, & superstitions.
More odd divorce cases from back in the day - judges throwing up...their hands in defeat!
1930: New Year’s Eve brought in a dead young woman, not a happy new year.
Attorney: blackmail is worse than murder
Bonnie & Clyde, infamous duo: details on their crime sprees & the aftermath
1925: Former KKK Head flush with power, takes what he wants. But he’d get his.
1914: Liberty was never won without bloodshed – Miners vs. Industry
1897: They tried the unthinkable…to fly over the North Pole in a balloon.
Divorce: don't write things on eggs…and other interesting cases
Your Dad chopped heads. You chop heads. What were your lives like?
The “Brides in the Bath” murders - England, 1915
Turn 21, get your inheritance...and then you die. (1924 - Billy McCormick)
Three-named man kidnaps a few, flees, stole cars, crossed state lines, & was hunted down.
Henri Landru, French Bluebeard: serial engager…& serial killer.
Eccentric or Insane? Both? The Life and Murder of Jacques Lebaudy.
The ship Vestris sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Why? How many souls were lost or survived?
Advertisements that got your attention - sometimes for the wrong reasons!
Princess Louise of Belgium didn't like her hubby, had affair, sent to asylum, escaped, divorced...
Were women once thought to be too merciless to serve on juries?
1925: 'Peppy Jazz Baby Dot' Kills Mother…then Parties
Two stories, seven deaths, no clear motives, no justice for victims
How far would you go to get what you want?
Widower Asa Candler, Coca-Cola King, wants to find true love - gets a lawsuit instead!
1917 NYC: disappearances of a young woman, the suspect, and the police.
1902: teenager in San Fran looking for work…meets her demise instead
Thanksgiving 1927: Folsom Prison Riot
Innocent victims of a brilliant female lawyer and possibly a vengeful husband?
1912: Small-town 17 y.o. girl dies...everyone has opinions but does anyone know the truth
Jersey Devil - real or myth? Let's look at some news & history!