An All-Inmate Baseball Team Became Known As The “Death Row All-Stars”
Win or go home? A group of inmates in Wyoming thought they faced something even worse when they went onto the field.
William Mumler, The Photographer Who Had “Spirits” In His Pictures
Today in 1865, Abraham Lincoln went to Ford's Theater, and we all know how badly that ended. But five years later, William Mumler "photographed" the spirit of Honest Abe comforting his widow Mary Todd Lincoln. Here's the story of Mumler and his very controversial "spirit photography."
Violet Jessop Lived Through Three Shipwrecks, Including The Titanic
One of the more than 700 survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic was Violet Jessop, a stewardess who helped passengers get into lifeboats and wait for rescue. Amazingly, Jessop had been in one shipwreck before that, and would go on to be in another. Plus: today marks 100 years since the death of the man who patented the Ouija board. His tombstone pays special tribute to his contribution.