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Old, interesting and bizarre news from around the world |
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January 18, 2012 Bizarre epilepsy remedy or cureThis old 18th. century newspaper article describes a bizarre cure or remedy for epilepsy which involved beating a woman who suffered from ‘fits’ or ‘epileptic fits’ and tying her to a corpse. December 8, 2011 World War 1 bullet wound analysisThis article and photo. of a World War 1 hip flask that has been struck by a bullet has a story of survival and tragedy to tell – and an analysis of a WW1 bullet wound. November 12, 2011 World War 1 dead German soldier with fatal head woundThis photo. of a dead World War 1 German soldier seems to show that he was killed by artillery fire because he has suffered from a head wound that would almost certainly have been fatal. World War 1 priest’s ‘lack of patriotism’This World War 1 British newspaper article features a letter to the editor from a photographer turned soldier who complains that someone is stealing his photography business while he is fighting in WW1. September 24, 2011 A modern case of spontaneous human combustionA coroner has decided that spontaneous human combustion or human spontaneous combustion was the cause of death when a man mysteriously burned to death at his home recently. September 12, 2011 Photo of World War 1 dead soldier in fox holeThis photo of a dead World War 1 soldier in a fox hole suggests that he was killed by a wound to the back of the head as a wound can be seen there. Photo of World War 1 dead soldier in state of decompositionIt’s difficult to identify the nationality of this dead soldier who was killed in World War 1 and is in an advanced state of decomposition. Photo of World War 1 dead German soldier with hand grenadeA photo of a German soldier killed in battle during World War 1 while holding or preparing to throw a hand grenade and with his rifle lying nearby. September 11, 2011 Moment of death photographs in war photography part 2The following list gives some reasons why although ‘moment of death’ photographs were apparently taken during World War 1 and the Spanish civil war of 1936 to 1939, they were not apparently taken during World War 2 and later wars. Moment of death photographs in war photographyWorld War 1 and the Spanish civil war of 1936 to 1939 both produced what we might call ‘moment of death’ in war photographs, the exact moment at which a combatant was killed. |