Weekend Link Dump

Renoir, "Luncheon of the Boating Party"

This week's Link Dump thanks you for not smoking during our show.

[Note: I happened to come across the Renoir, and I decided I fancied it for my regular WLD header more than the Hogarth I've been using.]

What the hell wiped out this ancient civilization?

Why the hell do we dream?

A skeleton mystery in California.

J.S. Bach was quite the bad boy.

You'll be glad to know that Cornwall still has witches.

The theory that Christopher Marlowe faked his own death, and other theatrical links.

The medieval manuscripts of John Bagford.

Shorter version: Malaysian ghosts are weird.

How to eat like George IV. Assuming you want a George IV waistline.

Yet another busy day at Tyburn.

True tales of premature burial.

A look at Britain's massive 1926 General Strike.

This week in Russian Weird looks at Soviet hippies.  Oh, and in Russia, vodka buys you.

The lawyer and the Martian princess.

Egypt just uncovered 30 ancient mummies.   Yes, it's "cue the spooky music" time.

Exercise programs from the 18th century.

The Dead Man of Clerkenwell.

Ghosts of the Georgian era.

Before there was the Twitter online mob, there was the coffin threat.

An astronaut claims to have seen some mighty weird things in space.

The Witch of Moorgate.

Why it was a pain in the neck to paint Napoleon's portrait.

Two more articles for the "We don't know jack about human history" file.  It's a mighty big file, too.

The often-sad fate of WWI-era Indian military widows.

A very unlucky chemist.

A Slovenian water spirit.

Pictish cryptids.

The cats who swam in milk.

The world's oldest pearl.

Victorian introductions.

The ghosts of Antarctica.

The controversial UFO of Trindade.

Why booze and jealousy do not mix well.

That's a wrap for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a case where a child murdered a child...or did he? In the meantime, here's another autumn song: