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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
If Strange Company ever gets a soundtrack, this will have to be one of the leading tunes.
A murder, followed by a lynching.
The naval partnership of Nelson and Hardy.
The first English woman to become a duchess in her own right.
Italian prince marries American beauty queen. Then things get weird.
A remarkably preserved 2,000 year old glass bowl.
How Hindenburg led to Hitler.
A clock saves a girl from being buried alive.
The disappearance of three young siblings.
In which we learn that Chicago has the best-dressed criminals.
A brief history of the "Dear John" letter.
A 90-year-old fish who likes belly rubs.
A new theory about Earth's tectonic activity. It sounds plausible.
One of America's deadliest winter storms.
People often have problems with their in-laws, but they usually don't involve black magic.
The long, and now largely forgotten, history of "two sleeps." A late relative of mine would do this: she'd go to bed at the normal time, get up around midnight, read or listen to the radio, then go back to bed until morning. I don't believe she knew she was following in very old footsteps. (Incidentally, a few years ago I read Ekirch's book "At Day's Close: Night in Times Past." I highly recommend it!)
Old music is outperforming new music. Interesting. I myself rarely listen to anything later than the 1980s, but I thought that was just because I'm a crotchety old maid.
The days of the French Yé-Yé movement.
Mars has bouncing boulders.
In which an American consul receives a rap on the knuckles by a British consul.
A look at Armenian folklore.
A very controversial peerage.
Images of Old Bishopsgate.
The medieval queens of Jerusalem.
A reconstruction of the face of an ancient mummy.
The non-ghost of Woburn Square.
A 19th century serial poisoner.
When things went pear-shaped for the French in the Franco-Prussian war.
The haunted side of Idaho.
Beer drinking goes a long way back.
Urban graffiti in 19th century Paris.
Rejected men in 19th century England.
Hawaii's mysterious island.
A haunted village in India.
Fun with ancient Egyptians!
Georgian-era mourning rings.
The remarkable life of an "exploratrice."
The discovery of Franz Josef Land.
Victorians liked microscopic erotica.
The lost treasures of India.
A look at "witch wands."
A composer's very embarrassing death.
Oh, just a cocker spaniel giving people CPR.
The first "prison newspaper."
A brief history of lockets.
As I learned taking my kids to museums decades ago - rays & skates love having their tummies rubbed.
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I like to think Tom Mix & Sgt. Preston rehabilitated the Stanhope viewer
I have CDs I put together off sites like iTunes and very few of the tunes are less than 25 years old.
ReplyDeleteThe article on France’s collapse in the Franco-German War is interesting, though the author continually calls Napoleon III “Louie”, though no one else in history ever did.
ReplyDeleteThe images of Old Bishopsgate reinforces the fact that city’s looked like they belonged in their countries. Now, every big city looks the same, just like every suburb.