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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
Join us in the Strange Company HQ garden while we relax with some links!
A murder with a particularly messy personal background.
A striking new image of Jupiter.
The weird side of medieval medicine.
The man wrongfully executed for starting the Great Fire of London.
Let's face it, the history of the human race is the history of cats.
Conor and Sheila Dwyer attend church, and then vanish. (Although I don't think this disappearance is very mysterious. They're somewhere in that river.)
Victorian "Night Soil Men" had a really crappy way to earn a living.
A human heart is on tour in Brazil.
The unique incense clocks.
Archaeologists may have found St. Peter's birthplace.
An interesting study about look-a-likes.
Just a handy reminder that politicians have always been corrupt.
The sort of thing that happens when people with way too much time on their hands contemplate about what to say when you're introduced to someone.
An ancient mansion in Israel.
There may really have been an earthquake on the day Jesus was crucified.
An archival look at the 1572 Paris Massacre.
Elizabethan poet Mary Sidney and the Voice of God.
How to eat well in Antarctica.
A romance ended by a mourning ring.
The oldest civilization in America.
Tiger Lil, survivor sailor cat.
How to write a message to the future.
In search of Ivan the Terrible's library.
The days of traveling ghost shows.
The evidence suggesting that precognition is real.
One big disadvantage to being a medieval British friar.
Suffice to say that King Demetrius the Besieger didn't get his name for nothing.
Religious reconciliation in medieval England.
When witchcraft was used against Hitler.
Why Caesar invaded Britain.
A zoologist's strange discoveries.
A 300-year-old ramble through London.
A cemetery that holds a musical mystery.
Fake demonic possession. For fun and profit!
The reemergence of an ancient "Spanish Stonehenge."
How certain wines came to be called "claret," "sack," and "hock."
The deadliest maritime disaster ever. And it's surprisingly little-known.
In which Charles I looks for friends. Spoiler: he wasn't very successful.
In which we learn that Jacques Derrida loved banana bread.
Possible evidence of a Welsh Atlantis.
The mysterious Brayman Road attack.
Some new finds in the Antikythera shipwreck.
The death of the funeral pie.
The mystery of the "Boy in the Box."
Turmoil on the Seine.
The Chesapeake/HMS Leopard incident.
A forged Galileo manuscript.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a very creepy story from 19th century Transylvania. In the meantime, let's disco!
Many good stories! I had read about the 'Wilhelm Gustloff' before, and knew the death-toll was heavy but didn't know it was that great. The image of Jupiter is quite something; it's still weird to me seeing it with rings. I grew up with Saturn the only ringed planet. As for the night-soil men, I'd read in Margaret Wood's book about the medieval house that those fellows were well-paid for their dirty work. I guess they'd have to be...
ReplyDeleteI don't know whether I have thanked you for your kind words about Minuet and her passing. The last few minutes with her was especially hard, but nothing which others, including yourself, have gone through. It helps having your sympathy at such a time.
ReplyDeleteWatching them go never gets any less painful, but it's such a wonderful thing that Minuet found you. I think her months with you were probably the happiest time of her long life. I found it especially touching that right to the end, she continued to use her litter box. She was obviously so proud of having overcome that psychological obstacle.
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