The Pullman Strike of 1894 saw more than 250,000 railroad workers walk off the job and halt the U.S. economy for months — until federal troops were called in.Harper’s Weekly/Public DomainNational guardsmen open fire on striking railroad workers on July 7, 1894.
In 1894, the Pullman strike saw hundreds of thousands of railroad workers walk out on the job. Angry with high rents in their company town owned by the Pullman Car Company and recent wage cuts, the striking workers boycotted any trains that used Pullman cars. Read More...
Explore More Episodes Famed sex psychologist John Money convinced David Reimer's parents to raise him as a girl after his penis was irreparably damaged in a botched circumcision when he was an infant.The case of David Reimer is a complicated one. Throughout his short life, he was known by three different names: Bruce, Brenda, and, finally, David.
His first name, Bruce, was the one given to him at birth. Read More...
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 victims in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin between 1978 and 1991, then collected and cannibalized their remains.Curt Borgwardt/Sygma/Getty ImagesJeffrey Dahmer’s murders came to an end after his capture by police in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 23, 1991.
On the morning of May 27, 1991, Milwaukee police responded to an alarming call. Two women had encountered a naked boy on the street who was disoriented and bleeding. Read More...
