Explore weird, strange, and bizarre news through newspaper articles, photos, and clippings. From a corpse refusing to stay dead, to an eccentric old lady and her cats, to a dog on a bicycle, weird news has been appearing in newspapers for centuries.
Newspaper articles about Weird News
More details">Corpse Spoils Wake; Refuses to Stay Dead 17 Jun 1922, Sat Modesto Morning Herald (Modesto, California) Newspapers.com
More details">An Eccentric Old Lady and Her Cats 01 Oct 1870, Sat The Illustrated Police News, etc. (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
More details">"Sea Serpent's" Skeleton Intrigues Cape Cod 21 Jan 1939, Sat Montpelier Evening Argus (Montpelier, Vermont) Newspapers.com
More details">Spaghetti Recipe Starts Argument 30 Sep 1938, Fri The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Newspapers.com
More details">Flirting with Death, His Job; And Thousand Saw "Human Fly" Scale Walls of R.-W. Building 04 Jun 1921, Sat The Hutchinson News (Hutchinson, Kansas) Newspapers.com
More details">A Homemade Diving Suit 16 Jul 1933, Sun Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Newspapers.com
More details">'Anti-Noise' Bill Would Outlaw Popcorn And Peanut Eating In Oregon Theaters 07 Apr 1949, Thu Albany Democrat-Herald (Albany, Oregon) Newspapers.com
More details">Ripping Though Roof - Meteorite Strikes Sylacauga Woman 01 Dec 1954, Wed The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama) Newspapers.com
More details">Anti-Flirt Club in Capitol 05 Mar 1923, Mon The Herald (Rock Hill, South Carolina) Newspapers.com
More details">Dog Rides a Horse or a Bicycle 24 Sep 1902, Wed Free Press Prairie Farmer (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) Newspapers.com
More details">'Heidi' Blocks Out Football Game; TV Viewers Deluge NBC Switchboard 18 Nov 1968, Mon Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
More details">The Strangest Wedding that Ever Happened 05 Jun 1921, Sun San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
More details">Oldest Mule Dies 11 Nov 1913, Tue Daily Republican-Register (Mount Carmel, Illinois) Newspapers.com
More details">Tail Gunner Lives to Tell Tale of Four Mile Tumble 05 Oct 1944, Thu The Boscobel Dial (Boscobel, Wisconsin) Newspapers.com
More details">Fake Radio 'War' Stirs Terror Through U.S. 31 Oct 1938, Mon Daily News (New York, New York) Newspapers.com
More details">To Prevent Premature Burial 26 Apr 1901, Fri Stockton Daily Evening Record (Stockton, California) Newspapers.com
More details">A Tale of an Egg; It Aided Cupid in Making a Good Match 06 Apr 1898, Wed The Indiana Progress (Indiana, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
More details">A Child Stolen by a Monkey 09 Jul 1870, Sat The Illustrated Police News, etc. (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
More details">Tax on Spinsters 03 Feb 1906, Sat The Topeka Daily Herald (Topeka, Kansas) Newspapers.com
More details">Walky Phones May Be Next 10 Apr 1953, Fri Spokane Chronicle (Spokane, Washington) Newspapers.com
More details">Beware of "Blue Eyes!" 06 Mar 1921, Sun San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
More details">Rhode Island Fears Vampires; Strange Survival of a Grisly Superstition up in New England 19 Jan 1896, Sun The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
More details">A Bicycle Ball 20 Nov 1897, Sat The Wheelwoman and Society Cycling News (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com
More details">Exposing the Weird Secrets of "Mediums" 24 Mar 1929, Sun Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Newspapers.com
More details">U.S. Mystery Flier Spans Atlantic In Old Airplane, Without Permit 18 Jul 1938, Mon Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) Newspapers.com
More details">Motor costumes for Dogs Paris' Latest Freak 21 Feb 1904, Sun Boston Post (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
More details">The Battle Against Bare Legs 24 Jul 1921, Sun San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
More details">Something New in Footwear 23 May 1924, Fri The Paducah Sun-Democrat (Paducah, Kentucky) Newspapers.com
More details">The Whole Family Eloped! 13 Mar 1921, Sun San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
More details">New Invention for Motor Cars 27 Mar 1921, Sun The Kansas City Kansan (Kansas City, Kansas) Newspapers.com
More details">"Mystery House" in Illinois Town Is Still a Mystery after 17 Years 05 Mar 1914, Thu Muncie Evening Press (Muncie, Indiana) Newspapers.com
More details">Wet Smack 02 Mar 1944, Thu The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, Louisiana) Newspapers.com
More details">Mystery of the Talking Mongoose of Cashen's Gap 12 Apr 1936, Sun The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
More details">Mike Loses His Head, But Goes Right on Living 19 Sep 1945, Wed Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) Newspapers.com
More details">Must Quit Kissing! 08 Oct 1918, Tue Knoxville Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) Newspapers.com
More details">Man or Woman - Which Is Better Motor Car Driver? 22 Nov 1925, Sun The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) Newspapers.com
More details">Milk Can Explosion 22 Jul 1909, Thu Shiner Gazette (Shiner, Texas) Newspapers.com
More details">Prize Duck Ate Yeast; Rose Up and Exploded 27 Dec 1909, Mon The Independent (Santa Barbara, California) Newspapers.com
More details">Buster Is a Canine Aristocrat; He's the Only Dog Known Who Proudly Sports a Wooden Leg 03 Apr 1922, Mon Pittsburgh Daily Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
More details">How Would You Like to Live in This House for Homeless Ghosts? 09 Nov 1924, Sun Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) Newspapers.com
More details">Queer Hand of Seaweed 06 Apr 1930, Sun Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Newspapers.com
More details">Dish Pan Exercises for the Bachelor Girl 19 Jul 1903, Sun The Buffalo Sunday Morning News (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com
More details">Claims to Be Only Bellringing Cat 06 Dec 1920, Mon Boston Post (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com
More details">One Family Has 5 Generations Of Bobbed-Hair Flappers 01 Nov 1924, Sat News-Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) Newspapers.com
More details">These Gulls Have a Private Guardian 28 Jun 1912, Fri Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Kentucky) Newspapers.com
More details">Woman, About 98, Dies Keeping Her Age Secret 04 Mar 1920, Thu The St. Louis Star and Times (St. Louis, Missouri) Newspapers.com
More details">Painted Spider Adds to Attractiveness Bare Back 04 Mar 1920, Thu The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky) Newspapers.com
More details">Constant Use of Ouija Board Drives Seven People Insane 04 Mar 1920, Thu The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News (Long Beach, California) Newspapers.com
More details">Chaplin's Coffin Stolen from Swiss Cemetery 03 Mar 1978, Fri The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) Newspapers.com
More details">A Baby With Two Heads 14 Jul 1888, Sat The Inquirer (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
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