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Famous Mysteries of the Sea, involves Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of the infamous Aaron Burr, and her disappearance during The War of 1812.
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Theodosia had been married to the governor of South Carolina at the time. She boarded the schooner Patriot to make a quick run up to New York to visit dad, and neither she nor the Patriot was ever seen again. Years later, at a dinner party in London, a US…
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In 1908, Houdini stood at the edge of the Harvard Bridge—commonly referred to as the Mass. Ave. Bridge—and was shackled by a Boston patrolman.
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His hands were handcuffed behind his back and chained to a collar around his neck. According to a Boston Globe article chronicling the feat, a signal was tooted from a towboat, and Houdini went overboard into the chilly waters below. “There is always the possibility that I will be unable…
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“One day if I return to my life, I will look back on this night and I’ll see you, Nadine. In whose arms I rested. The arms that I feel grow thinner daily under the striped uniforms. Nadine, will there ever be a life for us?”
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Nelly Mousset-Vos wrote those words about Nadine Hwang. The women met and fell in love in the most unlikely of places. They were imprisoned at Ravensbrück concentration camp, likely because they were deemed Nazi political opponents. Amidst their bleak surroundings— starvation, crowding, and illness—they found hope in each other. In…
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January 14, 1945 Holocaust Diary of Tamara Lazerson:
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“Boredom and cold; it is bleak outside and in my heart. Vitas left for someplace afar, and I do not know where. Uncle and aunt are somewhere in a desolate land, and I am here alone, a stranger. O God, what a burden it is to be solitary among aliens,…
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The first person killed in the American Revolution was not British, nor were they white?…
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Crispus Attucks was born about 1723 and died March 5th, 1770. He was a dockworker in Boston of African, Native American of the (Wampanoag) Tribe, and possibly European descent (due to one of his possible Natick ancestors being half European). He is believed to be the first person killed during…
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MEET Mighty Joe
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MEET Mighty Joe, The Nigerian Armed Robber Who Was Also Paid To Protect Citizens, His Story Is One Of A Kind. He Was Executed For Stealing TEN Naira($0.022) Isiaka Busari aka Mighty Joe is known to be one of the most violent armed robbers, a criminal who unleashed boundless terror…
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My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader Who Was Buried With A Leopard And 6 Slaves Alive By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
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My parents’ home, in Umujieze, Nigeria, stands on a hilly plot that has been in our family for more than a hundred years. Traditionally, the Igbo people bury their dead among the living, and the ideal resting place for a man and his wives is on the premises of their…
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How did the Spanish Inquisition punish people?
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Naked young women being tortured by Spanish Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition was established in 1480 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. The regulation of the…
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Medal Of Honor Recipient Army Lieutenant Colonel Rascon: “i Was Always An American In My Heart.”
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(post picture) “two american soldiers from the 173rd airborne brigade help alfred rascon, a four-time wounded medic from a reconnaissance platoon. thirty years later, rascon received the medal of honor. mexican-born medal of honor recipient alfred rascon was once asked about his courage on the battlefield fighting for america even…
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What was the most terrible execution method used during the Spanish Inquisition?
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During the era of the Spanish Inquisition, which spanned from the late 15th to the early 19th century, heretics who were convicted of religious crimes faced severe punishments, including execution. One method employed for executing heretics was garroting. This form of execution involved the condemned individual being tightly bound to…