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Stories found by accident while researching for historysnoop.com. They are usually in the unhighlighted section of a newspaper article I’ve downloaded from NLA’s ‘TROVE’ to my computer. Be warned these stories are not for the faint-hearted.

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Spanish Flu? Not so Spanish!

Sol Jun 9, 2020 1

Spanish Flu? If it wasn't Spanish what was it? The origins of the deadly flu remain a mystery. There are many theories about where it originated - China, the USA, German laboratories, German U-boats. It was a common enemy on the…

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Eaten Alive By Ants

Sol Mar 21, 2019 0

People have been eaten alive by ants. Stories on this topic in old Australian newspapers make for gruesome reading. They make you feel grateful for the advances in communications, medicine, repellents and first aid. However, these…

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The Botched Hanging of Louisa COLLINS 1889

Sol Feb 27, 2019 2

It took four trials by jury to convict Louisa COLLINS of the murder of her second husband, Michael, by arsenic poisoning in 1888. Thirty-six men failed to find enough evidence to convict Louisa in three trials, but the Crown persisted. A…