96 years before District of Columbia v. Heller, purchasing a firearm in DC was a much simpler affair. Learn about National Sporting Goods Co. in 1912 and their bargain prices on 12 gauge Remington automatics and revolvers.
In January 1973, Senator John Stennis of Mississippi was shot in the chest and leg outside his Northwest DC home. He survived 6 1/2 hours of surgery and two Washington teenagers were charged.
Before the cocktail bars and rooftop restaurants, 14th Street NW was Washington’s red light district. Here’s how it happened and how it ended.
Clark Johnson’s Indian Blood Syrup was one of Washington DC’s most famous patent medicines. Here is the story of the doctor, the fraud, and the cure-all that wasn’t.
This macabre story from the Washington Post in 1903 chronicles the tragic death of Edward M. Fossler, an elevator conductor at the New Willard Hotel. Learn more about this gruesome accident and the hotel that wasn’t even fully complete yet.
On June 16th, 1925, the Thayer family veered off Klingle Ford Bridge on Connecticut Avenue, plunging 75 feet and resulting in the death of Mr. Thayer and his daughter. Read the tragic story of the Thayer family’s fatal wreck and the sole survivor, baby Miriam Macias.
Learn the story of Herbert Copeland, the last person to be executed by hanging in the District. Copeland was a cop killer who had murdered three policemen in cold blood in 1918. He was captured and eventually hanged in 1925, leaving behind a confession with details of his escape and other unsolved murders.
Seven men were shot dead by tong hatchet men in Washington’s Chinatown in the 1920s. Not one shooter was ever arrested.
Take a journey back in time to explore the opium dens and interracial marriages of Washington DC’s Chinatown in the early 1900s. Learn more about the people involved in this unique history in this Ghosts of DC article.
