One reason the parental advice “never accept candy from strangers” became a very familiar phrase was the sensational July 1874 kidnapping of

In 1872 Captain George Musalas Colvocoresses was found shot to death on a well -frequented street in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A pistol and..

Spontaneous human combustion was such a well- known phenomenon during the late 18th and 19th centuries that a number of authors used it to..