Reading Time: 5 minutes When I’m digging through various old newspapers looking for things to write about, I sometimes come across incredible headlines. My favorite so far appeared in the January 10, 1886 Salt…

Reading Time: 3 minutes On March 7, 1905 a group of little more than 60 people had gathered in the Granger Meeting House for the weekly meeting of the Mutual Improvement Association. The meeting…

Reading Time: 6 minutes There’s a legend surrounding Whiskey Pete’s Hotel & Casino in Primm, Nevada that says the place is haunted by old Whiskey Pete himself. Patrons and staff alike have reported the…

Reading Time: 4 minutes A Horrific Murder On December 3rd, 1931, a freight train with 14 cars attached derailed just southwest of the small town of Gurdon, Arkansas. Railroad officials discovered that the rails…

Reading Time: 5 minutes By the Fall of 1896, enough reports of a strange, glowing figure seen by the roadside in West Orange, New Jersey, were making the rounds that the story made national…

Reading Time: 4 minutes While photographing the mausoleums in Mount Olivet Cemetery, I noticed that the Clement mausoleum only seems to have one inhabitant. While there is room six, only a single person appears…