History, anything goes, including pictures

Known as the "Giggling Granny" for her cheerful demeanor, Nannie Doss was secretly a serial killer who had brutally murdered four husbands, two children, two sisters, her mother, two grandsons, and her mother-in-law between the 1920's and 1950's.

Poison was her weapon of choice, and she snuck it into everything from moonshine to coffee to prune cakes to discreetly kill her unsuspecting victims. After their deaths, Doss was often able to collect insurance money.

Many of her fellow community members were sympathetic and supportive of the supposedly doting housewife who had experienced so much tragedy. But when one suspicious doctor decided to perform an autopsy on her final victim, her cover was finally blown.

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Lunch atop a Skyscraper - Unknown, 1932​

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"We don’t know the names of the subjects in this famous photo or the name of the photographer. This image of workers taking a daredevil’s lunch break at the top of a skyscraper certainly makes the viewer dizzy but it also brings their attention to the very risky life the workers building the Rockefeller Center lead. In the first half of the 20th century, dozens of workers died after fatal falls during the construction of various skyscrapers."

https://www.artalistic.com/en/blog/10-famous-photos

My Dad was an iron worker and worked on buildings like this.
 
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