Weekend Link Dump

"The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn

 

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!

Feel free to bring a friend!

An unsolved murder from 1890.

The "crime boulevard" of Paris.

Some real-life murders mentioned by Agatha Christie.

The Crimean War's White Sea Theater.

Three times when the American Civil War could have ended a lot earlier than it did.

The "Tom Thumb of Pennsylvania."

The mysteries of the Crank Caverns.

The joys of collecting seaweed.  No, really.

The political career of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland.

The first female jockey to win the Grand National.

How Britain came to really, really love its ghosts.

The "Queen of Montmartre."

The first licensed American female pilot.

A guy who really needs to avoid bridges.

That time when the Soviets almost nuked New York City.

Stolen Charles Darwin notebooks have been recovered.

One of the last women in England to be burned at the stake.

A look at the world's oldest pants.  They're darn good pants, too.

Tombstones that tell murder stories.

Some notable food hoaxes.

A rescue at sea, 1879.

A famous--and deadly--1935 dust storm.

Walking the ancient Black Path.

The female spies of WWII.

One very dedicated autograph collector.

A look at the (very long) history of poisoning.

A really nifty photo of Jupiter.

Reconstructing the smells of ancient tombs.

Some newspaper guy was upset that Mark Twain thought Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare.

Witches, skeletons, and Edinburgh's Nor Loch.

The beginning of printing in England.

The world's most important missing treasures.

Why "Ralph" is sometimes pronounced "Rafe."

Some lesser-known facts about Jane Austen.

When Katherine of Aragon was Regent of England.

So, let's talk headless badgers and witchy rabbits.

The cats and goat of Fire Patrol 3.

That's all for this week!  See you on Monday, when we'll look at an inventive effort to get away with murder.  In the meantime, here's some German folk-rock with pagan trimmings.