From the Crazy Vault

Autumn 1984, Washington DC – It was the best of times, it was the worst of traffic. In September of 1984, The...

A scene was enacted just outside the National Theatre last night at the close of the performance which may end in a divorce suit.

I watched The Front Runner this weekend, the story about Gary Hart's implosion of a presidential campaign in 1988. What a...

The hot summer of 1952 witnessed some bizarre lights floating over the District. Evidently for many nights in July, sightings were reported of up...

When this headline hit the papers in 1980, it was a big deal. A really big deal. Being gay was something that would disqualify...

This is a bizarre and disappointing article that we dug up in The Washington Post. It was printed on April 2nd, 1977. Montgomery County school officials...

This is a bizarre piece we found in The Washington Post from July 18th, 1928. And no, we're not talking about that weed. The town fathers...

Thanks to a tip from GoDCer John, we did some digging into the story of a soldier who disappeared from Ft. Myer in 1967....

We once had a neighborhood called Herring Hill? True story. It was named for the fish pulled from Rock Creek, which, I don't think...

The sub headline for this article was "Walter Bryant Hurls Beer Bottle and Edward Bryant Uses Pistol." Who do you think won that fight? We...

Below is a story we came across from The Washington Post, printed on December 29th, 1924. Remember, this was during the depths of Prohibition, so...

These prohibition stories are always great. This one is from a raid that happened on August 3rd, 1928 at 2106 18th St. NW in...

This is probably a headline we wouldn't see today. We found this in The Washington Post, printed on September 10th, 1894.

This is a sad story that we came across in The Washington Postfrom June 29th, 1908. John McCalip, 22 years old, an electrician, at the Senate...

This isn't the measles scare of today's California. This was an article that we dug up in The Washington Post from May 3rd, 1881. For...

The newspapers during the summer of 1894 were full of bizarre stories about a wild man wandering the vicinity of Tennallytown (when was it...

On November 17th, 1927 a large tornado ripped through the area, destroying over 200 homes in D.C. and 300 structures in Alexandria. Up to...

Here is an amusing (though I don't believe intentionally) sign that was posted in the National Zoo. The photo was taken in May of...

Here's a super crazy story. The boy below is Melvin Jones, five years old, who lived at 210 9th St. NE with his family....

What a headline to draw you in. I couldn't resist, so I read this piece from The Washington Times, printed on November 23rd, 1921 (also...

Here's a sad story that we dug up in The Washington Post from May 26th, 1969. An argument over a dog that bit a young boy...