Line shaft technology may have revolutionized industry, but they posed a very real danger to the workers who toiled around them. In 1922, nine-year-old Frank Nead found that out in a tragic and horrific accident. Sources Met Tragic Death. The Courier, 4/25/1907 Boy of Nine Years is Fatally Injured. Stevens Point Journal, 3/8/1922 […]
Frank Nead smiled, his shoes slapping hard on the concrete floor of the automobile shop. He ran with all of the boundless energy of a nine-year-old as he chased his friend, determined to catch him. Frank’s legs ached and his lungs burned, but still he ran. The boy could see his friend, occasionally glancing back
In 1927, Detroit police were convinced that Dr. Frank Loomis had murdered his wife. Was he innocent, or had he committed what everyone began to call the perfect crime? Sources Clubber Kills Doctor’s Wife. Lansing State Journal, 2/23/1927 Detroit Physician Held on the Suspicion of Having Slain Wife. Battle Creek Enquirer, 2/24/1927 2
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I’ve always been fond of going for long walks. When I was a kid, I was always that annoying friend that said we could walk five miles to do something. Walking always gave me time to think, to sort out whichever one of life’s annoying little problems was bothering me at the moment. While I
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In 1924, Cora Raber was a young woman who found herself in an undesired position. But she had resolved the issue, and was going to get married. Or so she thought. What happened to the Would-Be Bride? Sources Arden Murder Solved. The Herald-Press, 8/12/1924 Identify Dead Girl; Arrest Man. The News-Palladium, 8/12/1924 Murder
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On August 10, 1924, the decomposed body of a young woman was found near the town of Arden, Michigan. The remains were only half-clothed, and had been mauled by wild animals. Unceremoniously dumped along a disused railway line, authorities estimated that the girl had been there for almost a week. The coroner soon determined that
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