Sherlock Holmes fakes his death while on a fishing expedition with Watson, in order to lure the party responsible for the so called “Pajama Suicides.”
First Sea Monster of the Season, 1896
Good to see they didn’t just print the story without investigating its merits first!
Peter Goon, 1959
A Cracked Magazine spoof of the Peter Gunn TV show, January 1959 issue, Issue #12. Artwork by Jack Davis.
PETER GOON – TV’s hip sleuth in a very unhip article…
PETER GOON – TV’s rugged adventurer in a new and exciting drama entitled, “The case of the boomerang that didn’t come back.” – or “Come out of that bathroom and come out clean…
Caught in the Act!
Gloria Saunders is caught both figuratively and literally stealing a pumpkin…
Air Warship, 1898
A Hoboken (N. J.) inventor submits plans for an air warship which he thinks would be most serviceable in tho event of war. It is 150 feet Iong and 50 feet in diameter. Above it is attached horizontally an egg shaped balloon of the same dimensions, capable of holding 295,000 cubic feet of gas, which is manufactured from coal oil by an apparatus in the ship. At either side and on the top of the ship are propellers operated by a gas engine. These are controlled by a wheel. To assist the propellers in steering, adjustable fans are attached on each side. The ship is made of aluminium and is inclosed. The inventor says it will float in water, and wheels attached to its bottom can be operated for traveling on land. He asserts it is capable of holding five men besides an extra weight of from I,200 to 1,300 pounds. Its entire weight is 9,500 pounds. The cost of constructing it was $50,000.
Someone Talked, 1940s
WW2 propaganda piece demonstrating that “loose lips sink ships.”
The Gorilla, 1927
A series of murders committed by a man in an ape suit (but it looks so real!)
Happy Veterans Day!
Headline declaring the war was over, November 11, 1918
First celebration of Armistice Day, New York City, November 11, 1919
On June 1, 1954, Armistice day was renamed to Veterans day, a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
Facts about Nudism, 1935
FACT: It is difficult to conceal weapons when nude.
(Feel free to add your “Facts” to the comment section below)
Plants That Kill Animals, 1933
Header image for a 1933 article in the Evening Star (Washington DC)
WHEN an animal bites a plant, that is hardly news. Animals are doing that all the time: Cows and caterpillars, mice and men; they’d die very soon if they didn’t. But when a plant bites an animal there may be an interesting story in it. There are, indeed, a great many interesting stories that might be told of plants that eat animals, in spite of the fact that there are not many such plants, and that the most widespread and sensational of such stories aren’t so.
The tales about the man-eating tree of Madagascar are about the most completely hardy perennial species in all popular pseudo scientific literature, and also about the most completely unproved. They go with the similar yarns about the deadly upas tree of the East Indies—the tree that was said to knock down men and animals with its mere poisonous breath.
Both the Madagascar monster and the poison scented upas must go the way of all myth…