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Monday, November 3, 2025

The Murderer's Angry Skull

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Because it’s always fun to see people who play silly buggers with other people’s body parts get a terrifying supernatural comeuppance, let’s...
Friday, October 31, 2025

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump! Everyone here at Strange Company HQ wishes you a happy Halloween! The plague that may not have happe...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com All I’ll say is, 1913 was a lousy year for Halloween festivities.  On November 1 of that year, the “Arkansas Democrat” ga...
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Monday, October 27, 2025

A Murder on Halloween Night

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As Halloween is this week, it seems appropriate to look at an unsolved crime that seems straight out of a seasonal horror movie. 57-year-old...
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Friday, October 24, 2025

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump! Let the show begin! The hazards of Victorian steam rollers. When sunken living rooms were a fad.   P...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Since we’re into the Halloween season, it seems appropriate to share this bit of spooky folklore from the “Baltimore Sun,” October 31, 1998:...
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Monday, October 20, 2025

The Return of the Libelous Tombstones

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A while back, I did a post sharing some outstanding examples of that little-discussed, but thoroughly endearing phenomenon I’ve dubbed “libe...
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