"...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, July 18, 2025

Weekend Link Dump

 


Welcome to this week's Link Dump!

Meanwhile, the Strange Company HQ staffers are off on their summer camping trip.


The questions about how Neanderthals buried their dead.

I never thought I'd see "Ulysses S. Grant" and "erotic vampire novels" in the same headline, but I guess it's just that sort of world.

The Knights Templar and Jesus' bones.

An 18th century abduction "under color of law."

In praise of the Etch A Sketch.

Britain's first book-of-the-month club.

The classic movie that may have been responsible for several deaths.

A newly-decoded Babylonian hymn.

How Napoleon spent his years in exile.

An aristocrat who was "Good for nothing and lived like a hog."

Why weddings have flower girls.

The mysterious death of "the only midget ever to play baseball in the major leagues."

The war between an Empress and a Queen.

A murder victim haunts the site of his death.

A historic library battles hungry beetles.

In case you're wondering what scientists do with all that sweet grant money, they have now proved that sloths break wind.  You're welcome.

The couple who survived 118 days on a rubber raft.

Meet Pepper, the virus-hunting cat.

The last soldier killed in WWI.

A new study about Easter Island.

An East India Company laborer goes from rags to riches.

A visit to Chatham Royal Dockyard.

A "wicked little thermometer."

A hotel where stray cats find a home.

The American Revolution and the Beeline March.

The 19th century craze for stupid (and dangerous) hoaxes.

Decoding a mysterious medieval tale.

Tortoises have feelings, too!  So, show them a bit more courtesy.

A 1678 crop circle.

Murder by cuspidor.

That's all for this week!  See you on Monday, when we'll investigate a Weird Sound in the Woods.  In the meantime, here's another Blast From the Past.

1 comment:

  1. Some good stories here. I like the hymn to Babylon. Babylon has always had some bad press; it's nice to see some of its people liked it, anyway. The couple who spent 118 days adrift were very lucky - and they managed to keep their marriage intact despite the ordeal! I like Justice Holt; he seemed to take a considerate and progressive view of things in the early 18th century, saving a lot of lives in the process. And it was nice to read about Benjamin Constable making his way up in the world. I hope he felt good about it, though it was sad that all his sons died before he did...

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