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The contagious dance

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THE CONTAGIOUS DANCE  also known as: THE DANCING PLAGUE OR DANCING FEVER Date : 1518 Reason : nonspecific Location : Strasbourg Alsace Medieval Town France First case : Frau Troffea Number of cases : 400+ Span : 3 months (July - September) In July 1518, Strasbourg Alsace Medieval Town in the Alsatian region of France. A woman with the name given as Frau Troffea blitzed onto the tiny road of her street out of no where and started dancing. No records showed where she was heading from whether she's suffering from her own karma or she's just a catalyst to the curse placed on her town by the gods. This dancing continued for nearly a week of exhaustion-rest-resumption before she was joined by more than 30 other people. New month August saw the dancing epidemic claim more victims in the region of 400. The dancing is almost looking impossible to stop and with no other reason for this strange activity, the local authorities turned to the religious leaders and physicians for help. After ...
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MARGARET DICKSON

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Resurrection Lady Name: Margaret Dickson A.K.A. : "Half Hangit Maggie" Popularly known for: Execution Survivor Classification: Murderer Characteristics: Infanticide Number of victims: 1 Date of murder: 1724 Date of birth: 1702 Victim profile: Her newborn baby Method of murder: Unknown Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Status: Executed by hanging at Edinburgh on September 2, 1724. Survived and she was given a full pardon In an age when women are expected to know their place, be submissive, dutiful and chaste, Maggie Dickson, a Musselburgh fishwife, is often in trouble. She’s outspoken, promiscuous and vituperative. While her husband’s at sea she sells her fish, sleeps with men for pleasure or money, and looks after her two bairns’. In time, her husband abandons her. Maggie quits Musselburgh and heads for Newcastle to stay with relatives. During the winter of 1723, a fisherman finds the dead body of a naked, baby boy. Fingers are soon pointing in the directio...
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George Stinney Jr.

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Young American to be sentenced for Capital Punishment NAME: George Junius Stinney Jr.  BORN: 21st October 1929 MOTHER- Aime Stinney FATHER- George Stinny Sr.  SIBLING- Katherine Stinney City: Pinewood, South Carolina COUNTRY:- TheUnited States Of America DEATH: June 16, 1944 (Age 14) CAUSE OF DEATH: Execution by Electric chair REASON FOR EXECUTION: 1st Degree Murder (Later Overturned) DATE APPREHENDED- March 1944 BURIED- Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Canada   George Stinney Jr. was a young American boy who was convicted of murdering two white girls aged 7 and 11 in the hometown of Alcolu, South carolina. He was executed by the electric chair in June 1944.  It was in 2004, a re- examination on his case proved that his conviction was flawed and it was overturned in 2004. 70 years after he was executed, individuals of Northeastern University School of Law sought out his case as a judicial review. They confirmed that Stinney didn’t receive a fair trial.  Incident...
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Saint Denis

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Saint Denis - Martyr Bishop of Paris Born: 3rd century AD. Italy, Roman Empire Died: c. 250, 258, or 270. Montmartre, Lutetia, Roman province of Gaul (modern day Paris, France) Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church. Eastern Orthodox Church Anglican Communion Major shrine: Saint Denis Basilica Feast: 9 October Attributes/Popularity:  Christian Martyrdom, carrying his severed head in his hands; a bishop's mitre; city; furnace Patronage: France; Paris; against frenzy, strife, headaches, hydrophobia, San Dionisio (Parañaque), possessed people Saint Denis or Denys, is allegedly known as the first Bishop of Paris- who was born in Rome. He was also very well known as the patron Saint of France. ( Source ) Saint Denis carrying his own head Saint Denis was a 3rd Century Christian Martyr, who had suffered under the persecuted reign of emperor Decius during AD 250.  Some accounts say that during Domitians his persecution was identified and he was also known as the Aeropagite, who was...
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Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" (The great soul) Gandhi life and unknown reasons behind his death

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Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" (The great soul) Gandhi life and unknown reasons behind his death Born: 2 October 1869 place of birth: Porbandar, Porbandar State, Kathiawar Agency, Bombay Presidency, British India Died : 30 January 1948 (aged 78) New Delhi, India Cause of death: Assassination (gunshot) Wife: Kasturba Gandhi Children: Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas, Devdas Father: Karamchand Gandhi Mother: Putlibai Gandhi Monuments:  Raj Ghat, Gandhi Smriti Nationality: Indian Other names: Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu ji, Gandhi ji, M. K. Gandhi Alma mater: University College London (LL.B.) Inner Temple Occupation: Lawyer, Politician, Activist, Writer Years active: 1893–1948 Era: British Raj Popularity: Indian Independence Movement, Nonviolent resistance Notable work: The Story of My Experiments with Truth Office: President of the Indian National Congress Term: 1924–1925 Political party: Indian Natio...
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Mystery of the "Giant Dwarf"

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Adam Rainer journey from dwarf to Giant Name : Adam Rainer Born : 1899 Graz, Austria-Hungary Nationality : Austrian Died : March 4, 1950 Aged : 50–51 Popularity : Being both a dwarf and giant ( Source ) Adam Rainer was born  In 1899  in the city of Graz, Austria.  H e was born into the family of normal sized people "average height", during his early years Adam was known to have displayed a stunted growth, weak and extremely small body size. Adam Rainer childhood At the age of 18, his height was measured at 122.55 cm (4 ft 0.25 in), he  was considered to be a dwarf  by the medical practitioners  and was denied entry to the Austrian military when he tried enlisting during World War I. His case was so mysterious that even though a stunted and weak stature  it was known that he had abnormally large hands and feet.  One year later, Adam Rainer  had grown a full 2 inches and  tried enlisting again...
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Bertha Benz "The untold story"

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The untold story of Bertha Ringer Benz Bertha Benz Name : Bertha Ringer, (Bertha Benz) after marriage Born : 3 May 1849 Pforzheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation Died : 5 May 1944 (aged 95) Ladenburg, Nazi Germany Nationality : German Spouse(s) : Karl Benz (m. 20 July 1872 – 4 April 1929, his death) Children : 5 Popularity & inventions : First person in history to drive an automobile over a long distance Inventor of the world's first pair of brake pads.  3. First person to use a fuel station  4. First violator of high-way rules  5. First driver of the longest one-way road         trip ADVERTISEMENT Bertha Ringer, was born into a wealthy family from Pforzheim, southwestern German town.  She had been her husband's failing iron construction company saviour  using part of her dowry to invest in his  company t wo years prior to her marriage to Karl Benz.  On 20 July 1872, Berth...
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