In 1905, a St. Paul, Minnesota butcher was brutally murdered in his shop. When police began investigating, little did they know that they were on the trail of one of the most cold-blooded killers they had ever seen. Sources Murderer Chops Victim to Pieces In Butcher Shop. The Saint Paul Globe, 2/19/1905 Fatal […]
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Thomas Clark was hungry. A lot of people think they’ve been hungry because they skipped lunch one afternoon, but that’s not hunger. Hunger is not remembering when you last ate, and not knowing when you’re going to eat again. True hunger is like an animal, clawing and barking and snapping, demanding to be fed. The
Thomas Clark seemed like an ordinary Indiana farmer until he went away to the asylum. They said he was cured. But, in 1922, he committed a horrible crime that proved that his unseen malady was far from improved. Sources Posse Chasing Huntington Murderer. The Huntington Herald, 11/16/1922 Huntington County
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In the late 1960’s, a fraternity in Davenport, Iowa moved into a comfortable new chapter home. Before long, they discovered that a spectral visitor also came with the property. How would you handle this uninvited guest? Sources: Sheridan, Joe. Irene Hughes – Psychic Investigator. Quad City Times, 5/15/1977 Steiger, Brad. Psychic Safaris. Quad City
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In 1925, a terrible event took place in Wisconsin that literally shook a city and left one man dead. The police were baffled, until the culprit was revealed in an unlikely set of circumstances. Sources Racine Steel celebrates 100 years. The Journal Times, 9/19/1992 http://www.northshoreline.com http://www.vindustries.com/racinehistory/ Life Sentence For Man Who Shot at Train.
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24-hour, late night restaurants are a normal, accepted institution in the modern world. While some establishments have discontinued round the clock services, there are several that still offer them. They cater to the late-night crowd – students, second and third shifters, police, doctors, and several others like them who routinely perform their jobs long after
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Floods are a dangerous fact of life in the Midwest. So many of those who live here have experienced horrific flooding over the years, bonding them together through shared memories and similar circumstances. One such event happened in 1958, when a terrible flash flood claimed the lives of 19 people. Sources “9 Dead,
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The teenage years can be difficult for some people. It’s the time they learn to forge a new path through the world; their own path. At the same time, they’re at that stage between being a child and an adult, ready to make decisions but not completely sure what the right choice is for them.
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In a perfect world, parents are supposed to provide guidance and protection. But we don’t live in a perfect world. In 1901, two people had to deal with awful situations caused by their parents in Indiana. Sources Daughter Shot Him. The Star Press, 2/19/1901 Shot By His Daughter. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, 2/19/1901 Daughter Not
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Winter driving is something that virtually all Midwestern drivers have to face down at some point. One night in 1926, Singleton Gardiner discovered just how bad it could be when he found his car sliding toward the side of a moving train in rural Illinois. Sources Singleton Gardiner Presented Diamond Set Gold Badge
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