The newspapers of 1857 would have you think so! Following his election in 1856—a bitterly contested election just five years before the outbreak of the Civil War—President-Elect James Buchanan was holed up in the nation’s capital, forming...
Called
the Camp Creek Crash, this ghastly accident took the lives of nearly forty
souls. But who was responsible? Remarkably, according to historian and
professor Jeffery Wells, some speculation lies not on the men operating the
train but on the train...
Can
the dead commit a crime?
Until
the late 19th century, residents of New England thought so, given the trail of corpses
that littered local communities from Massachusetts to Vermont. Gaunt, wasted,
afflicted by bloody, painful symptoms,...
Henry Debosnys: madman? Genius? Murderer? The truth, incredibly, is still out there.
A
pictographic language inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphics. A blend of six
languages, among them Latin, Portuguese, and Greek. A collection of strange and
mournful sketches,...
Golden-haired
maiden. Radiant young mother. Seasoned jailbreaker. Feared outcast. Talented
healer and sympathetic goodwife—and last but not least, murderous witch. In her
years upon this earth, the mysterious Maria Hallett of Cape Cod, Massachusetts,
lived a startling number of lives. But...
Quick,
someone call John Walsh: there’s a culprit on the loose. We’ve got strange
sightings, unexplained sounds, and curious glowing orbs. Not to mention crimes long
unsolved and legacies of abuse, all taking place in an abandoned prison. That’s
right, crime...
As one of the older states in the union, Vermont has a long, proud history of patriots, statesmen, and public benefactors. To honor its finest citizens, the Green Mountain State has enjoyed a wide range of statuary...