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...
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...
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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