Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 24—MIDDLEBURG — A macabre 19th century historical artifact beckons to visitors of the Snyder County Historical Society in ...

French authorities announced a chilling discovery: They found a 16th-century gallows where condemned prisoners were put on display as a warning to others. The discovery, which was made in 2024 but not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Lansing Historical Society and Museum began offering tours of the decommissioned Kansas State Penitentiary last year, the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists excavating in France discovered a 16 th-century public gallows. Excavations also revealed 10 mass burial pits associated with the ...

Drivers traveling along Uschak Road in Derry Township pass a rather eye-catching landmark as they near the road’s northern ...

Pity James Linzi. A Doylestown barber distressed over losing his job, he wrote a suicide note, shot his pregnant wife, Ida, then turned the gun on himself. Though Ida died, Linzi didn’t. He was rushed ...

Despite its current quiet character, the town of Mount Calm is part of Western history with all its drama and grim realities, said a private investigator and crime writer based there.

Rudolf Hoess, former commandant of the Oswiecim## death camp, who has been described as the “greatest mass murderer in history,” was to ##day hanged on the only gallows left standing in the camp.

Drive down Uschak Road in Derry Township, and a wooden shape can loom from a front lawn. It rises high and thin, with a ...