"...we should pass over all biographies of 'the good and the great,' while we search carefully the slight records of wretches who died in prison, in Bedlam, or upon the gallows."
~Edgar Allan Poe

Friday, March 14, 2025

Weekend Link Dump

 

"The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn

Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where our staffers will premiere "Strange Company: The Musical."



The Thames of Old London.

The family that slays together...

Yet another "insurance murder."

Van Gogh in Paris.

A very tragic family.

Los Angeles' first policewoman.

Britain's most ghostly places.

A planet's gruesome death.

So, let's talk Danish Protest Pigs.

An English "major UFO scare."

The case for advanced ancient civilizations.  

The Scottish actor who inspired Homer Simpson.

The town of Ludlow and the Wars of the Roses.

A visit to a pet cemetery.

Something swept over our solar system, and astronomers are damned if they know what it was.

An unsolved murder and attempted murder.

The sinking of a WWI hospital ship.

A handy guide to spotting art forgeries.

Oscar Wilde's scandalous tomb.

The Notre Dame of Beijing.

Some people take their shrouds very seriously.

The Pope with the Evil Eye.

A Victorian embroideress.

It turns out that Saturn has more moons than you can shake a stick at, plus the stick.

When the Sahara was green.

The life of Princess Charlotte, daughter of George III.

When accused witches filed lawsuits.

That time when the BBC wanted to censor George Orwell.

A famed 18th century perfumer.

Virginia's first female newspaper publisher.

The world's oldest-known impact crater.

A brief history of the manicule.

The tragic, and slightly mysterious, end of three siblings.

One of the world's most famous beds.

That's all for this week!  See you on Monday, when we'll look at a hike in the countryside that turned very, very weird.  In the meantime, here's a real golden oldie.

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