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Via Newspapers.com The following item was something the editors of the “London Times” did not expect to find advertised in their paper.  May...

On June 14, 1904, Kent Loomis, the brother of Assistant Secretary of State Francis R. Loomis, sailed from New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm...

A lonely, isolated lighthouse.  A raging nighttime thunderstorm.  The lighthouse keeper suffers a violent, mysterious death… If Ulman Owens ...

"Chicago Tribune," December 1, 1935, via Newspapers.com Many murders go forever unsolved due to a complete lack of clues.  On cert...

"Arizona Daily Star," January 19, 1932, via Newspapers.com Every now and then, I find in the old newspapers some case that was lit...

Via Newspapers.com Ghosts may be alarming, but they’re usually not hazardous to your health.  This following tale may be an exception.  The ...

In February 1932, a twenty-year-old Bostonian named Elizabeth Barrett Cook was sailing in the steamer Chinese Prince from Naples to Gibralta...

Via Newspapers.com It's "Mini Mysteries" time again, where I present an intriguing crime case from the past that doesn't p...

  Via Newspapers.com This eerie little news item appeared in the "Cleveland Plain Dealer," November 20, 1909: NEW YORK, Nov. 19.--...

Fortunately, most schools avoid being the site of a weird and inexplicable death, but it has been known to happen.  However, when one school...

Via Newspapers.com Normally, I honor this nation’s birthday by posting an assortment of various holiday-related disasters, but this year, I ...

Thomas Swope A classic plot device in murder mystery novels is when the rich, elderly head of a family announces that he or she is updating ...