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The execution of a figure in the notorious murder of Sir Thomas Overbury. (I covered the whole weird affair in this post.)
The unexpectedly long history of UFO sightings.
Nothing to see here, just monstrous black swine in London's sewers.
Some marvelous photos of mid-19th century Egypt.
More forgotten corners of Old London.
Yet another case of jealousy leading to a body count.
A historically significant spy.
Newly-discovered Nazca lines.
A steam circus to promote steam locomotives.
The bank cat and the cat burglar.
Thanksgiving during WWII.
Fortune telling in the Georgian era.
The mystery of Ireland's Chinese seals.
Marie Antoinette's Potemkin village.
Anne FitzHugh, the wife of Richard III's friend Francis Lovell.
Something weird was happening around the sun in the 18th century.
Why you didn't want to smoke around First Lady Louisa Adams.
The strange murder of Christopher Marlowe, and other theatrical links.
The strange disappearance of a UFO musician.
A newly-discovered ancient ritual site.
Two words: automated gallows.
Yeah, Philip K. Dick was an odd duck.
A woman who founded a 20th century religious movement.
A Fortean Irish road trip.
A ghoulish ancient burial.
A ghost that may have been a premonition of death.
The 1881 census of India didn't go too well.
You really need to be careful about what you say around sickbeds.
Luella Cameron visits Heaven.
An inexplicable German mass murderer.
Bird mummies of ancient Egypt. A lot of bird mummies.
Jean Harlow's premonition.
The grand estate of Napoleon's brother.
Since ancient Babylonia doesn't do take-out anymore, here are some of their stew recipes. "Unwinding" doesn't sound half-bad.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at the many colorful legends surrounding an old manor house. In the meantime, here's some Rosanne Cash.
The article about the object in front of the sun in the 18th century was interesting, but also frustrating. Surely there are some detailed theories floating about nowadays regarding what it might have been.
ReplyDeleteEqually frustrating are the politically correct complaints about the photograher in mid-19th century Egypt not including Egyptians in his photos. If someone wants to take a picture of a sunset, he doesn't call everyone near by to crowd into the shot, especially if he wants the image to look artistic. The 19th century photographer wasn't interested in people, just objects - as are half the photographers these days.