Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where our host will be Little Tim!
Although I don't think he approves of us one bit.
Watch out for the Skunk River Monster!
The Los Angeles novelist who is forgotten at home, but loved in Italy.
From "miracle vine" to invasive species: yes, yet another instance of government and unexpected consequences.
A ramming disaster at sea.
Europe's "hunger stones."
The hidden history of paper.
A mother's death kicks off a weird saga.
The real Christopher Robin was no fan of Winnie-the-Pooh.
Grave stories from a grave digger.
That time when people wanted a silver-plated Grandma.
A reminder to please leave the Sun alone.
Life in the 1860s Royal Navy.
The oldest known spear attack.
Will o'the wisps and William Blake.
Authors are easy marks.
A case of mysterious stone throwing in India.
Beer comes to medieval England.
The days of werewolf trials.
Nicolas Flamel and the Philosopher's Stone.
So, maybe some things on the bottom of the sea should be left there.
The disappearances of two sets of sisters.
A ghost visits a morgue.
A brief history of English vampires.
More evidence that we've been underestimating Neanderthals.
The bad, bad Bender family.
That time when the police recorded ghost activity.
Why ancient Romans drank gladiator blood.
The mystery of ancient mounds in Louisiana.
An 1875 balloon tragedy.
Peru's "Band of Holes."
The mystery of kissing.
In Elizabethan England, there was such a thing as bad publicity.
A love affair that ended with a bullet.
A very haunted school.
Some very haunted cemeteries.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a family gone very, very weird. In the meantime, this seems appropriate for your Friday reading:
Nope, just can't admire King John. He didn't seem to have much going for him, except his administrative abilities, and they were obviated by every other quality. The monster in Iowa sounds like a genuine report - until all the evidence disappears. And coating dead people in silver? Uh unh. The article on beer in medieval England writes about hopped beer; but isn't ale also made with hops? I didn't know the philosopher's stone was not a stone, or that the 'philosophers' in question were actually alchemists - though it makes sense. And staying out of the limelight in Elizabethan and medieval England was always a good idea, I think.
ReplyDeleteModern ale is made with hops, but in medieval times, no. They used a mix of herbs instead. I know my beer. :)
DeleteNeat to know, thank you. I collect trivia, so this will be tucked away in my brain.
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