We’re doing something a little bit different this week. Rather than examining the story of a single group or person with a sordid past, we’ll be covering a particularly gruesome method of execution. What is it? Well, the title’s a bit of a clue: blowing someone from a gun is the Victorian name for of … More Blowing from a gun
Next Tuesday, 8 March, is International Women’s Day, so it seemed appropriate to write a story of a bunch of strong independent women taking on the patriarchy! …they may have taken things a bit far. In 1911, Nagyrév gained a new mid-wife. Her name was Julius Fazekas, and she came with several glowing references from … More The Angel Makers of Nagyrév
Couples across the globe celebrated Valentine’s Day this week, and so I thought to myself ‘why not do a romantic story?’ Well, this story doesn’t feature any Montagues or Capulets, but it does feature a whole lot of love… of a sort. In April 1930, local newspapers in Los Angeles were abuzz with the lurid … More Dolly Oesterreich & Otto Sanhuber
We’re back! After a festive celebration and a grapple with illness, today marks the first morbid story of 2022, and I thought I’d kick off the new year with a classic unsolved mystery: Who put Bella down the Wych Elm? That’s not only the title of this particular tale, but also a piece of graffiti … More Who put Bella down the Wych Elm?
The subject of today’s story will be the British Empire. Entire books have be written about all the horrible things colonial English folks did for Queen (or King) and country over the years, and it’s beyond the scope of this blog to explore them all (unless I end up posting here to the grave — … More Amritsar Massacre
Last month, the latest Call of Duty game, Call of Duty Vanguard, was released to the public. Now, I haven’t played a Call of Duty game since I was a teenager but I’m still keyed into videogame news to know that in the campaign you can play a character named Polina Petrov, a female sniper … More Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the true Lady Death
Some months ago, I wrote about the story of Gloria Ramirez, the woman whose body emitted a mysterious gas. This week we return to that oh so toxic theme… On 1 September 1944 at 11 PM, Aline Kearney went to bed. Aline was a citizen of Mattoon, a small town in rural Wisconsin, and she … More The Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Remember, remember!The fifth of November,The Gunpowder treason and plot;I know of no reasonWhy the Gunpowder treasonShould ever be forgot! This year, Bonfire Night falls on a Morbid Fact Friday, and to commutate England’s favourite failed terrorist plot, I will of course tell a Stuart-themed story! However, practically everyone in the UK knows how and why … More Titus Oates & The Popish Plot
We’ve finally made it! After three weeks of gore, horror and misery, we’ve the last Halloween-themed Morbid Fact Friday of 2021. Now, Halloween might be macabre but it’s still a celebration, and in a uncharacteristic spirit of generosity, I don’t want to ruin anyone’s Halloween fun. So rather than write about another set of serial … More The Modern Prometheuses
We’re continuing our October spookfest with a look at one of America’s most successful family businesses… as long as you use a very peculiar form of the word ‘success’. In the 1870s the United States of America is trying to rebuild itself. The wounds of the American Civil War are still fresh, and in much … More The Bloody Benders
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