Strange Company

A walk on the weird side of history

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The Best of Strange Company 2024

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  Happy New Year!  Yes, it's once again time for our annual rundown of this past year's most popular posts. Whether you like it or n...
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Monday, December 30, 2024

Susie Smith's Weird Encore

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In 1874, a young woman’s extremely strange death--perhaps the right word is “deaths”--was widely reported in various newspapers and spiritua...
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Friday, December 27, 2024

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to the final Link Dump of 2024! Murder at a Christmas party. Pro tip: If you're going to murder someone, it's wisest not t...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Newspaper Clipping of the Christmas Day

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Via Newspapers.com This startling story--which sounds like something out of a Christmas-themed horror movie--appeared in the “Lichfield Merc...
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Monday, December 23, 2024

A Christmas Eve Mystery: Where Are the Sodder Children?

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A family named Sodder once lived in Fayetteville, West Virginia.  It was a large household:  The parents, Jenny and George, and nine of thei...
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Friday, December 20, 2024

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! A deadly box of chocolates. A brief history o...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com It’s time for another peep at that ever-popular Fortean category, Mystery Fires!  The “London Daily Mail,” February 5, 19...
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