Tag Archives: South Carolina

March 5, 1989

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Joel Byers

On March 5, 1989, in Columbia, South Carolina, convicted killer Michael Godwin died by irony. Mr. Godwin had just recently had his murder sentence lessened from frying in the electric-chair to life in prison. On March 5, 1989, Mr. Godwin was sitting naked on his cell’s toilet when he decided to do a little prison … Continue reading →

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October 17, 1871

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Joel Byers

On October 17, 1871, US President Ulysses S. Grant suspended habeas corpus in parts of South Carolina during the prosecution of the Ku Klux Klan. Many ignorant people of that time, and also 150 years later, complained and said… Continue reading →

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January 19, 1861

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Joel Byers

On January 19, 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union. They said all the cool kids were doing it. They weren’t. It was the usually quartet of troublemakers South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama. You know, the ones that sit in the back of the classroom and refuse to do any homework and complain every time … Continue reading →

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December 13, 1988

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Joel Byers

On December 13, 1988, a bankruptcy judge in Columbia, South Carolina, ordered that the assets of the PTL (Praise The Lord) television ministry be sold to a Toronto real estate developer for $65 million. Turns out that Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Christian ministry was just a way for them to get rich off of … Continue reading →

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April 19, 1861

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Joel Byers

On April 19, 1861 Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe completed a test flight of a hot air balloon that he was going to try and use to make a transatlantic attempt. He sailed 900 miles in nine hours from Cincinnati, Ohio to Unionville, South Carolina. He averaged 100 miles an hour and was very happy with … Continue reading →

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July 2, 1843

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1843 a two-foot long alligator was found to have fallen from the sky during an intense thunder storm in Charleston, SC. Interested observers noted that the alligator had a bewildered look on its face, but it was able to waddle away back toward swampy ground.

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August 29, 1957

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1957, Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record in the U.S. when he spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. He was dead set against the Federal Government enforcing the laws that ensured that African Americans had … Continue reading →

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May 8, 1784

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1784, the only known deaths by hailstones occurred in the US on the outskirts of Winnsborough SC. Thomas William Seabolt and his fiancé and 3rd cousin, Anna Courtney Seabolt, were found dead in a position of coitus interruptus after the storm that brought about the baseball sized hailstones. It … Continue reading →

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