Five rounds. Two strange stories each. Only one made the paper. Choose, then see the proof.
Mistaken identities, invented disasters, and very questionable powers.
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The five historical items from this edition, with their newspaper proof. Play first if you want to guess.
James O’Neill, 75, came home after his family had buried another man as him. His son had recognized the stranger’s clothes and possessions; O’Neill said those belongings had been stolen. The report said convincing his family he was not a ghost took some doing.
The Montgomery Advertiser · 1926-10-22 · p. 1
Open the original newspaper ↗Boys in West Orange reported a flying lion, reviving fears of the Jersey Devil. The newspaper’s decidedly earthbound explanation was a stray dog and her nine puppies.
Oklahoma City Times · 1926-06-29 · p. 1
Open the original newspaper ↗Hannah Hagen and Mary Oliver were fined after using a funeral estimate to solicit contributions from shopkeepers. The undertaker arrived to measure the supposed corpse for a coffin and discovered that the woman was very much alive.
North Mail Newcastle Daily Chronicle · 1926-04-28 · p. 11
Open the original newspaper ↗An editorial challenged Joan Lowell’s bestselling sea memoir. Among its awkward details: the vessel described as burned and sunk off Australia was still afloat in Oakland. The piece contrasted her dramatic account with the evidence against it.
Morning Register · 1929-04-23 · p. 6
Open the original newspaper ↗A Waterloo newspaper pictured Bebe Stanton and her partner demonstrating telepathy before local officials. Its caption described the act as useful in police work. The historical fact here is that the newspaper printed the claim, not that paranormal powers were established.
The Courier · 1929-04-11 · p. 13
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