09-13-2024 - On This Day in Insane History

On September 13th, 2024, a most unusual event occurred in the village of Little Appleton. It was a perfectly ordinary Saturday morning when the town bakery owner, Mrs. Elsie Crumble, arrived to open her shop as usual. Upon unlocking the front door, however, she was startled to discover that every single loaf of bread inside had been neatly sliced! The loaves sat neatly in their bins, evenly and precisely sectioned into matching slices.

Naturally perplexed, Mrs. Crumble searched high and low for clues but found nothing amiss. She questioned her delivery boys or any other staff but all denied entry to the shop after closing the night before. Word of the mysterious sliced loaves quickly spread around the village. The locals were baffled, debating wildly over how such a thing could have transpired. Some more superstitious folk worried that sprite or spirits were at play.

By mid-day a crowd had gathered at the bakery, hoping to sleuth out the puzzle themselves. But just as suddenly and inexplicably as it began, the event ended. The following morning when Mrs. Crumble opened for business, she found her breads untouched and unsliced as always. To this day, the incident remains an unsolved mystery. Some legends say that on the 13th of September each year, if you listen very closely by the light of the moon, you may still hear theslicing of invisible bread knives in the night.