Friday, November 24, 2023

Weekend Link Dump

 

"The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!

In related news, the staff at Strange Company HQ has gathered for the annual group portrait.


A deadly "obsessed fan."

Vintage tips for making holiday pies.

A "vast, complex" prehistoric society that has only recently been discovered.

The "city of forgotten women."

A tribute to English rural cottages.

History's most famous pot.

The origins of "cahoots."

I'm sure you'll be pleased to learn that there are people contemplating the topic of astronaut cannibalism.

Some myths about Napoleon.

Related: The mystique of Napoleon.

A convict's transportation to Australia.

The benefits of walking backwards.

A pioneering female aviator.

The man who is trying to record all of Britain's folklore.

Coffee: There's nothing it can't do.

A "miracle dog."

An accidental funeral motto.

Reconstructing medieval bread.

North America's first culinary social club.

Ireland's "Cave of the Cats."

Japan's "Cat Alley."

Britain's "corpse roads."

The Welsh "One Night House."

A roundup of recent poltergeist cases from around the world.

Thanksgiving menus from the late 19th century.

A look at medieval bathing.

The origins of the phrase, "talk turkey."

A dinner party on horseback.

Something mysterious crashed into the Moon last year.

The enslaved man who may have been the first person to circumnavigate the globe.

The history of a South Korean amusement park.

Meet Ekgmowechashala, biological fluke.  And spell-check's worst nightmare.

The feline milk steward of the S.S. President Harding.

Literacy in rural Early Modern England.

A Pennsylvania serial poisoner.

Prussia's Potsdam Giants.

England's first celebrity chef.

Nothing to see here, just a mysterious, ghostly nighttime hum.  That travels!

The Trier witch hunts.

The weird side of archaeological artifacts.

That's all for this week!  See you on Monday, when we'll look at a woman's sinister disappearance.  In the meantime, Mozart goes bamboo!

1 comment:

  1. As I have mentioned before, I believe that the middle ages were not as dirty as commonly believed. It's good to read that the belief isn't all that common among scholars. And why do people actually admire Napoleon? A great man, a great leader? Certainly. But a man who caused the deaths of millions to satisfy his ego. Give me Wellington or Archduke Charles any day.

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