A male infant, several days old, was recovered from the sewer pit, still alive and completely healthy - reported the daily Prąd in its issue of November 26, 1931. The incident took place in Łódź at 50 Limanowskiego Street. The maid was afraid that due to pregnancy and childbirth (which were suppos
In pre-war Poland, getting a legal divorce was a miracle. Many spouses did not want to wait for the court verdict or pay exorbitant sums for the church annulment of the wedding. They cut the marriage knot quickly and efficiently - with a revolver or a knife stab. The press reported continuously
It is said that being a ruthless tyrant is the best guarantee of a peaceful old age. Maybe so, but not every dictator has had the opportunity to find out about it. Today we will tell you about those criminals who did not manage to escape from justice. And about the gruesome end that befell them.
Exquisite cat dishes, goblets made of human skulls and a fiance cooked in boiling lard. Today we will try to prevent you from squinting at night. Below is a list of the most macabre historical curiosities. Reading only for people with strong nerves! As always, all items in our TOP10 are based o
Blacks murdered women, slaughtered children and burned plantations. Whites impaled the heads of Negroes, skinned them and cut them up. It is difficult to say which side committed the greatest atrocities. But surely Django can hide in comparison to the real story. 1619 was recorded in the history
They were imprisoned, tortured, castrated and killed only because they inherited the crown from their fathers. Here are three stories to prove that sometimes its better not to be born into a ruling family. Alexios II. He sentenced his own mother Alexios II Comnenus became the ruler of the Byza
There would be Bram Stokers Dracula without legends from our part of Europe. It was in them that the author of the novel found vampires and ways to fight them. Or maybe even a prototype of a wealthy magnate who turned into a phantom after his death? The literary Count Dracula claims that he is a
A crowd of ferocious demonstrators in front of the Presidential Palace? This is a bet in comparison with the great crowd of demonstrators who on June 25, 1920 stormed the gate of ... a maternity clinic in Krakow. They had quite a reason for this:the news came that a young Jewish woman gave birth to
The direct link between the so-called Little Ice Age and witch hunts, which led to up to 100,000 ruthless trials across Europe, was pointed out by Saarland University professor Wolfgang Behringer. The same vision was outlined by Laura Lee in the book If not the weather published by Demart a few mont
Do you think we live in dangerous times? That at every step you can run into a car, die of lung cancer or a fire in the electrical system? In the past it was not easier, as evidenced by the notes of coroners from 16th century England. And it is by no means the unfortunate incidents of the wives of t
The day of May 14, 1610, went down indelibly in the history of modern France. King Henry IV Bourbon was stabbed to death at rué de Férronnerie. A witness of the dramatic events, and in the eyes of the Parisian people also the accused, was Jakub Sobieski - a Polish magnate, and in the future the fath
With the German attack on Poland on September 1, 1939, a total blackout of the city was introduced in the capital of the Third Reich. The ordinance was supposed to protect Berlin from the effects of night raids, but it caused more harm than good. Road and rail fatalities have skyrocketed, and the Eg
The Nazis brutally introduced a new order in Germany that could not bear any disobedience, but ironically it was in the Third Reich that degenerates straight from horror and crime novels were prowling. The hero of our todays article raped and murdered at least twelve boys in two years. It was close,
At first glance - a monster. A little spooky, a little shocking, in other words, a plastic surgeons nightmare. This is the work of Dr. Frankenstein we know. But where did the author come up with the idea for this dark tale, and what does Lord Byron have to do with it? Well ... it all started with a
Have you ever wondered what the worst job in the Middle Ages was? A rat-catcher, a gravedigger during a plague epidemic, or maybe a torturers assistant? On my list of the most unlucky professions of this era, I would certainly include ... kings of an Anglo-Saxon state. And in a high place! Firs
On a cold morning on February 5, 1934, Jan Czyż was walking through Park Kiliński as he did every day. He was the caretaker of the Eastern Fair in Lviv and this was where his path to work led. Along the path, he saw something very disturbing:fresh bloodstains leading to the brush. Across the sn
When he was playing, he was breaking records - not only in shooting. The showmanship he guaranteed kept the ticket offices filling up with dollars. Every NBA fan wanted to see it in action. When he left the dance floor, he devoted himself to his second passion - women. He claimed that nearly twenty
It must be admitted that the nudes went a surprising way from boudoirs and private rooms straight to museum rooms. And it is literally. Today, in austere spaces, they do not arouse such excitement anymore, but in the past they were a great excuse to show the beauty of the human body - so they were p
Bishops murderer, tyrant, cruel and zoophile? You can say a lot bad about Bolesław the Bold, but the last accusation is ... medieval fake news. Bishops murderer, tyrant and cruelty - this description of King Bolesław the Bold will probably come as no surprise to anyone. But even calling him a homo
The pages of history are full of descriptions of the popes lush erotic life, nepotism and pride. They all pale in comparison to what John XII did. “Then the Cardinal Priest stood up and testified that he had seen John XII celebrate Mass without taking communion. Both John, Bishop of Narni, and Joh
A banquet in Ancient Rome. Roman banquets were generally very long and full of indigestible dishes “Vomunt ut edant, edunt ut vomant” , or “They vomit to eat, they eat to vomit” is a sentence from Seneca which in an extremely effective way enlightens us on a characteristic, certainly not
Over the centuries, our wardrobes have undergone drastic metamorphoses. It was influenced not only by tastes and clothing preferences, but above all by social conventions, new trends in art, and even the development of industry! Especially in the case of women, some items of clothing became a reflec
We are in November 1630, the Day of the Dupes marks the victory of Cardinal de Richelieu over a major rival:Marie de Médicis , the mother of King Louis XIII of France. Its a real turnaround for this man who thought he was lost, and the Queen Mother who thought she was victorious. Lets go back to th
Vodka is undoubtedly the favorite alcohol of Russians and Poles. Apparently, our compatriots created spirits, but the Russians claim that they invented this alcoholic drink. Is it possible to settle this dispute? In 1978, the Peoples Republic of Poland asked international arbitration bodies to g