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The Twisted Historian wrote a book!

Posted on March 12, 2021 by TwistBot 3000

The Department of Historical Significance is the smallest, most poorly funded State Agency in Georgia. The DHS was chartered by the State of Georgia to protect and identify areas and objects of historical significance and value from Georgia’s past. Unfortunately that includes ghosts, demons, and other paranormal beings. It is Randel Rodney Behl’s job to … Continue reading →

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January 16, 2012

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 16, 2012, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin police arrested Michael West for domestic abuse. His wife, Rebecca, was crying and bleeding from the nose when they arrived. A drunk West said that they were arguing about finances when the strangest thing… Continue reading →

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September 7, 1915

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Joel Byers

On September 7, 1915, toymaker Johnny Gruelle patented the Raggedy Ann doll. When he was asked why he created such a soft and friendly doll, he said it was because the china-head dolls were just creepy and prone to becoming haunted. He said that could never happen with his Raggedy Ann dolls. But he was … Continue reading →

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February 27, 1939

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Joel Byers

On February 27, 1939, in Essex, England, the Borley Rectory, the infamously most haunted house in England, burnt to the ground. The Borley Rectory was a Victorian house that gained its notoriety after being described as such by the psychic researcher Harry Price in 1937. He wrote about several incidences that had happened to the … Continue reading →

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January 23, 1897

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! on January 23, 1897, Elva Zona Heaster was found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband, Edward Stribbling Trout Shue, is the only known case where the alleged testimony of a ghost is believed to have helped secure a conviction. The ghostly testimony was … Continue reading →

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January 18, 1644

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 18, 1644, the first documented case of a USO/UFO (Unidentified Submerged Object/Unindentified Flying Object) was made. John Winthrop’s, the Governor of Massachusetts, diary had an entry detailing the event. In it, he stated that three men in a boat in the Boston Harbor observed at midnight two lights rise up and out from … Continue reading →

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