Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss\'s threat to decapitate a former employee.
A 1907 lion attack at Luna Park, death by spontaneous combustion, Jack the Ripper\'s rumored visit to t.
Local author Thomas White delves into these lost tales, from Lewis and Clark\'s inauspicious start involving an intoxicated boat builder to the death ray of inventor Nikola Tesla.
Pittsburgh has many such stories of strange but mostly true events.
Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss\'s threat to decapitate a former employee