This week's Link Dump is sponsored by a majestic, fearsome god.
The statue is pretty formidable, too.
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| Photographer: Elliot Erwitt |
That ongoing question: What the hell is Tabby's Star?
Another ongoing question: What the hell is the Roanoke Stone?
Watch out for those Japanese monsters!
Watch out for those spider rains!
Watch out for those haunted wells!
Watch out for those haunted burger joints!
The Goblin Overlord.
Was William Hastings Richard III's treacherous "friend," or an innocent martyr? (I go with the former, but your historical mileage may vary.)
Troubled by a barking dog? Have I got the prayer for you!
A 19th century murder and a white squirrel.
The Victorian fad for gold-dusted hair.
James Joyce and the disappearing scholar.
Hate having people lecture you about ending a sentence with a preposition? Blame John Dryden, who reminds me of those humorless pedants you see online in such large numbers.
Life in a 17th century coffee shop.
UFOs and a disappearing Air Force officer.
Fairies are among us as much as ever.
The Lady of the Mercians.
The eternal allure of alternate history.
The temporary allure of flagpole sitting.
Agricultural labor in the Georgian era.
The first professional food critic. Who hosted his own funeral party.
Some recent Fortean ice falls.
It's 18th century Ireland. There is a football match. Things go exactly as you'd think. Plus poetry!
The Beatnik monk.
How Napoleon lost his carriage.
A really freaking deep cave turns out to be even freaking deeper than we thought.
Being a phone operator at "Unsolved Mysteries" is sort of like being on Twitter without use of the "Mute" button. Bits of good stuff, lots of creeps, and a whole lotta Weird.
The mysterious death of a forgotten Founding Father.
The menu on Cook's "Resolution." Here's hoping you like "Sour Kraut."
It turns out that the Stanford Prison Experiment was a bunch of hokum.
A tailor who was tempted by dancing.
18th century sporting prints.
Penka the Bulgarian Cow escapes a death sentence.
The history of "witch balls."
Cats and Thomas Bewick.
British hairdressers have a ball, 1866.
The execution of the Paisley Witches.
Cleopatra's medical knowledge.
A hidden 19th century diary.
A cursed family.
Shooting at ghosts.
A fire poltergeist in Zimbabwe.
1918, the year of death.
That's it for this week! Rejoin me next week, when we'll be looking at one of my favorite true-crime topics: diddling with life insurance! In the meantime, here's some vintage summer music.
Hooray! Always happy to be part of another excellent Link Dump! The "disappearing Joyce scholar" was fascinating, too.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'll read everything as usual but you have to tell me how the cat got up there.
ReplyDeleteI was really expecting 'Tabby's Star' to involve a cat... But as usual, I am amused at how a segment of the population immediately assumes every astronomical anomaly is caused by alien science.
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