This week's Link Dump is pleased to be sponsored by the Knittin' Kittens!
Who the hell was the Death at Indian's Head?
What the hell is the Dare Stone?
What the hell is the Waffle Rock?
Who the hell killed Elizabeth Short?
Watch out for the monster of Lake Elsinore!
Watch out for Queen Victoria's handwriting!
Watch out for those 85-year-old jewel thieves!
Watch out for those 18th century quacks!
Watch out for the Nine of Diamonds!
South Carolina is really booming!
Schrödinger, Church cat.
Date night in 1953 San Francisco.
John Dee, his mom, and a dwarf.
In a previous Link Dump, we were introduced to a goat snuggler. Now meet the professional panda hugger.
The much-traveled Jeanne Baret.
A visit to a debtor's prison.
The plot to kill George III.
The life of a Texas revolutionary.
Elizabeth Canning and other female "liars and monsters."
This may be the ultimate "don't try this at home" story. Not that I'm betting you'd want to.
The Haunting of Bunny Hall: an eerie--and frustratingly unresolved--17th century witchcraft case.
In which a bogle is a complete failure as an alibi.
The Earl of Bridgewater, who had good taste in dinner guests.
I'm hoping this hotel has changed the sheets during its lifetime.
Isobel Gunn, who had more success as a Canadian man than as a Scottish woman.
The plastic surgeon who got sued for creating a vampire.
The Titanic's sea monster.
A "mail-order bride" comes to a very bad end.
John Collier, whose art aimed to soar to higher things.
George IV's giraffe.
"Dragging his bowels after him." Just to give you fair warning on what you'll be getting with this one.
Why doppelgangers never double your fun.
How to go riding in 18th century style.
The history of the lorgnette.
Mr. Curtiss and his acoustic chair.
Addressing authority in Early Modern Europe.
A ghost in the morgue.
The mystery of the Beaumont children.
Germany's Castle Frankenstein.
The slaves of the White House.
The Berry sisters, 18th century celebrities.
A ghost solves her own murder.
Another ghost fails to solve her own murder.
London's Sailortown.
Thomas Oliver, who was in the habit of marrying witches.
The women of the early days of ballooning.
Photographs of 19th century Glasgow.
A duel between doctors.
The curious case of the Dromedary Scrimshaw.
The rice recipe that was responsible for a nervous breakdown.
Letters to a 19th century witch.
That time a nuke crashed into Canada.
In related news, I'd love to see a Swear Like a Viking Day.
Medieval cosmetics.
One of my favorite moments in Weird New York: The Great Rocking Chair Riots.
An Italian ghost story.
A disappearance at a Japanese shrine.
The executed criminal who wrote his own elegy.
Drain a Paris canal, and you never know what you'll find.
Ghosts of the Japanese tsunami are looking for a ride.
The history of Victorian dog shows. (H/t The Pet Museum.)
Pity Houdini's ghost. No one's listening to him.
Modern British witchcraft.
What Google Earth doesn't want you to see.
The busy career of Julia Ward Howe.
An 18th century public apology.
Souls trapped in photographs.
A 10,000 year old massacre.
And with that, we come to the end of this week's Link Dump. See you on Monday, when I'll bring on another case of corpsenapping. As for our Song of the Week, I recently saw "The Martian," (a terrific film, even though I had a few quibbles about the ending,) so naturally, this has been running through my brain ever since.
I want to swear like a Viking. Guess where I'm going first.
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DeleteThat's quite a mystery about the old fellow who died on the hillside in England. I hope they find his family, if he has one.
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