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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
It's Friday morning!
Are you ready for Saturday night?
Watch out for those deadly clouds!
A brief history of California social novels.
The black cat train.
Mayans had remarkably sophisticated water-filtration systems.
What we know--and, more often, don't know--about Viking children.
Science, I've found, is always unsettled.
A tour of British graveyards.
The strange death of John Edwards.
Jane Rebecca Yorke, the last person to be convicted in Britain for witchcraft.
A horse-saving blacksmith cat.
The murder of Carrie Brown, which was at one time attributed to Jack the Ripper.
Raise your hand if you didn't need science to tell you that animals are capable of grief.
The name "Selina Cordelia St. Charles" belongs in a romance novel, and you could say that such was the case.
1942: the year when it looked like America would lose the war.
Greg Fleniken ranks high in the ranks of really, really unlucky deaths.
Another reason why I find Teddy Roosevelt really obnoxious.
In search of Eliza Armstrong.
Some legendary female ghosts.
The mystery of the levitating priest.
In 16th century Milan, it didn't pay to be an insatiate Countess.
I feel better about never achieving my childhood goal to become an archaeologist when I realize how much time they spend around ancient poo.
Can't decide what horror film to watch this Halloween? Just consult your astrological sign.
Funeral men as messengers of death.
A ghost and the Franklin Expedition.
The ambush of the liner SS Persia.
Remembering artist Rosa Bonheur.
Well, this is one way to avoid being executed.
A real wicked stepmother.
The murder of Andy the Goose.
Why you wouldn't have wanted to work for Marconi Systems.
A particularly bizarre murder.
Why French royals used to smell like crap. Literally.
Nazca has a cat!
The medieval life of Matilda Marshal.
The colonial legacy of the Mayflower.
A palm print caught a murderer...or did it?
In and out of the Eagle: the world of 19th century London entertainment.
When Woodrow Wilson caught the Spanish Flu.
3,000 year old ball games.
Tales from an 18th century highwayman.
Photos and eyewitness accounts of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
The weird world of animal adaptations.
The ongoing controversy over the lost Roanoke colony.
The significance of ancient cow DNA.
How to plan your next Ghost Cat road trip.
The ever-popular 50 Berkeley Square.
One for the Weird Wills file.
The lore surrounding ringing rocks.
A dream leads to a murder.
That's all for this week! Tune in on Monday, when we'll look at the lore surrounding a mysterious hermit. In the meantime, anyone else remember this one?
I like Teddy Roosevelt for much that he did, especially in the way of conservation, but, like many in history whose actions I admire, I probably would not have liked to know him.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have to say, that Nazca cat looks like the work of the kids of the people who made the precise and detailed birds and spiders. While the parents were making works of art, the children were off fooling around...
Thank you.
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