It's time for yet another Link Dump!
Everybody dance!
What the hell caused the Moon's largest crater?
What the hell do conductors do?
Who the hell murdered Nellie Byers?
First-hand accounts of the battle of Jena.
These may be the oldest bones in Britain. (No, no, I'm not talking about the Queen. Now, shut up.)
A scorned and insulted woman's revenge.
I'm not surprised by this story; every morning, coffee brings me back from the brink of the grave.
A look at Georgian sedan chairs.
Let's talk Victorian feral sewer hogs.
You can now buy Caligula's ring.
Garrick's Shakespeare Jubilee, and other theater-related links.
The origins of sea shanties.
Britain's Great Theater Ticket Riot.
An inscription from the final years of Pompeii.
A 19th century vicar speaks ill of the dead, to the delight of future historians.
The ghost of a doll.
Two political New York cats.
The man who declared war on Canada.
A woman's highly suspicious disappearance.
A look at some trials for "concealment of birth."
The disappearance of Glen and Bessie Hyde. (Personally, I don't find the case very mysterious, but it's attracted an astonishing amount of folklore.)
Why a family collected human skulls.
19th century accidents on Rotten Row.
Grip, one of history's most famous ravens.
Neil Armstrong and the search for extraterrestrials...on this planet.
One of the strangest kidnapping cases.
How dance was used to deal with WWII.
Personally, I'd rather just drink coffee.
Detectives in the Victorian era.
A man with the habit of murdering his wives.
Queen Victoria's dogs.
The weird Crystal Skull of Belize.
A memorial service for a beloved supermarket cat.
Remember Balloon Boy? Here's the complete story behind that hoax.
Your salad is a lot smarter than you think.
That wraps it up for this week. See you on Monday, when we'll look at a murder that could literally be called star-crossed. In the meantime, here's more autumn-themed music.
The article about Machias Seal Island was very interesting. The U.S. tried twice to conquer Canada; maybe they'll at last get a tiny bit of it.
ReplyDeleteAnd the article about Liverpool's early police detectives was intriguing, too. I know quite a bit about the early days of the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) and its detective branch, but very little about other forces' detectives.
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