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Caroline Grills – Aunt Thally

13/9/2013

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Caroline Grills murdered four members of her family, as well as several others. Her poison of choice was soluble thallium salts - virtually odourless, tasteless, and highly toxic - dubbed 'The poisoners poison' and 'Inheritance Powder'.

Soon after Caroline’s conviction, thallium was banned from sale.


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Drunkometer, Guillotine and Jumbo

12/9/2013

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September 9 - 15: London Cab driver George Smith is the first person to be arrested for drunk driving, after crashing into a building. - Hamida Djandoubi is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. - The worlds largest elephant in captivity, 'Jumbo', is hit by a train and killed in Canada.


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Dead Children's Playground

11/9/2013

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In Huntsville, Alabama, adjacent to Maple Hills Cemetery is Maple Hills Park. Within this beautiful location can be found a small play area known locally as the 'Dead Children's Playground'.

It is believed that at night the children buried in the nearby cemetery claim the park for their play.


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Pyrokinesis

9/9/2013

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In 1980 Stephen King in his novel Firestarter coined the term Pyrokinesis, or the ability to ignite and control fire by thought.

The fictional story was made soon after into a movie, but is this phenomena just a theme in popular fiction, or does it have a basis in reality?


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Death by Torture and Segway

7/9/2013

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Death comes to us all, it is an undeniable fact. We can try everything for immortality, but the only true way to become immortal is to have your life recorded.

St Agatha and Jimi Heselden both left their mark on the world, in the way they lived and the way they died.



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Sarah and John Makin – Baby Killers

6/9/2013

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Sarah Jane Makin and John Makin were Australian baby farmers who were convicted in New South Wales of the murder of infant Horace Murray, though the bodies of at least eleven other babies were found in properties they had lived in.

Both were tried, found guilty and sentenced to death.



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Facebook Profile Photo Ghost

5/9/2013

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"My friend has been claiming for months that her house is haunted. Her husband took this pic a few days ago." There were only two people in the house when this picture was taken. It’s believed it shows the source of the couple's haunting.

Fact or Fiction? You Decide!


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Great Fire, Last of a Kind and Cholera

4/9/2013

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September 2 - 8: The Great Fire of London begins when a baker neglects to sufficiently extinguish his oven. - "Benjamin", the last Thylacine in captivity, dies. - The handle of a public water pump in London is removed in an attempt to end the deadly cholera epidemic.


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The Doll That Aged

3/9/2013

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When dolls age they tend to look quite creepy - hair falls out, color fades, cracks appear and, at times, the eyes go missing. It is a natural process that comes with time and neglect. This doll is different. It has aged like a person does, though much more rapidly.

Many believe it to be haunted.


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Spontaneous Human Combustion

2/9/2013

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For 300 years there have reportedly been over 200 cited cases of a mysterious, rare, phenomenon that kills people - one in which the body is said to "ignite" by itself and burn its victims alive, yet mostly leaves their surroundings alone.

What is the cause of Spontaneous Human Combustion?


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