A train robber by the name of Big Nose George met his grizzly fate after a failed train robbery. He and his gang were thwarted by police and went on the run. When two officers tracked them down, the gang shot and dismembered their bodies. This crime put a lot of people up in arms and there was a thirst to capture them for good. Big Nose George was the second of the gang members to go down. He was captured in Miles City, Montana in July of 1880 after he was boasting about the crimes he committed while hanging…
Author: Lisax
A deep dive into the history of Christmas would actually showcase its pagan roots. Christmas has been celebrated as early as the fourth century with tons of traditions that lead back into pagan history. The star on top of the tree? Pagan. Using holly to decorate your home? That’s pagan, too. Ancient Romans pagans would celebrate the solstice from December 17th until December 25th. During that week, they would celebrate by throwing a feast called Saturnalia, where they celebrate the Roman god Saturn. They would give gifts, sing songs, light candles, and decorate their homes in celebration. They also picked…
Germans have their own version of Santa who comes around during the Yule season, but they also have Krampus. St. Nick and Krampus don’t really get along, but Krampus does his bidding for him every Krampusnacht. St. Nick is a jolly man with rosy cheeks and a white beard. Krampus is a half-demon, half-goat who punished children who misbehave. In most folklore, Santa gives misbehaving children coal. In German folklore, Krampus comes along to kidnaps them. Krampusnacht takes place on the eve of December 5. While St. Nick is running around and giving the good kids treats and toys, Krampus…
In July of 1925, Buddy Schumacher, Jr. was murdered from his small suburban town of Wauwatosa, just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Nearly 100 years later, the details of his murder are still unknown. On the morning of July 24, Buddy went to a local watering hole with some friends. To get there, they had to hop on a freight train. Three of his companions said that they saw him jump from the train with them, but that was the last they’d seen of him. He didn’t return home that day. His family immediately started a search party. They looked for…
The Victor Hotel was constructed in 1894 in the tiny town of Victor, Colorado. In 1899, a tragic fire swept through the town and caused it to burn entirely to the ground in just 5 hours, the wooden hotel with it. The Victor’s founders quickly rebuilt the structure with brick and stone, soon making it one of the only buildings in town. Over the years, the building has served as a bank, hub for business offices, restaurants, and even a grocery store. At one point, the top floor of the hotel became a hospital where emergency surgeries and procedures were…
Peter The Wild Boy was found completely alone in a German forest in 1725. He was completely in the nude, walked on all fours, and couldn’t speak a language. He was brought to London by the people who found him where a doctor determined that he was around the age of 12-years-old. Peter was presented to King Geroge II who took an interest in the feral child. The king let the young boy stay at the palace where he was cared for by royal servants. The media took a swift interest in the child and his new life at the…
Dolls are a staple in the horror genre. While Victorian Mourning Dolls might be a custom of the past, their history is rich. In the Victorian age, death was common, particularly in childbirth. The mourning dolls were designed to look like infants and young children who had passed away and were used in the grieving process for those who could afford them. The creepiest part is that the hair from the infant or child was used in creating the dolls in order to resemble the deceased as much as possible. The dolls were also dressed in the child’s clothing. Typically,…
Stalin’s attempt at creating a luscious and thriving satellite community outside of Russia’s borders on the island of Nazino looked great… on paper. In 1933, thousands of Moscow citizens were deported to an island on Siberia’s Ob River. In reality, the idea was based around the fact that Stalin wanted to subtly relocate citizens he deemed “undesirable” to Siberia and Soviet Kazakhstan because he didn’t want them within Russia’s borders. Of course, none of these people knew the real motive at the time. The goal was for the people to build their own self-sufficient towns, but they weren’t going…
On Christmas morning in 1964 in Warminster, a young couple were woken up by their frantic dog who had escaped into the backyard. Their daughter, who was woken up by her parents talking, went outside to investigate. The dog was lying down and trembling. Just as she ran back inside to tell her parents, she heard a “whining, crackling, rasping, droning, shattering sound.” The same night, a flock of pigeons was found dead by an unknown cause. Hordes of field mice were found in the same way. Witnesses claimed that the sound was a “sonic attack.” More and more people…
Anyone who has dedicated a portion of their lives to UFO and alien research can agree that the case of Betty and Barney Hill is easily the first well-recorded extraterrestrial encounter. On September 19, 1961, married couple Betty and Barney Hill were driving home from a Canada vacation when they saw an unusual object in the sky. According to them, there were living entities that could be seen through the craft’s portals. As soon as they saw the UFOs, they were gone. The Hill’s continued their journey home… Or, so they thought. After they got home, they realized that it…