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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
Yes, we're still asking: What the hell happened to MH370?
In other words, our memories stink.
Some of Maine's most notorious murders.
How a dam disaster led to legalized marriages to the dead.
The oldest known indiscriminate massacre.
Unusual pain-relievers.
Ancient drunken apology letters.
The life of JMW Turner's housekeeper (and possible lover.)
The life of Lady Elizabeth Mary Murray.
Medieval "birthing girdles."
Assorted bad business at the City of London Cemetery.
The male impersonators of the music halls.
A significant shamanic experiment.
A British family's death spoons.
Weird duels from the Old West.
A deadly boating accident.
Some lost streets of Whitechapel.
Nothing says a fun time in the outdoors like "Donner Party Road Trip."
The man who photographed Auschwitz.
A case of spontaneous human combustion.
A 16th century rocket man.
It says a lot about Scotland when a countess flying around the room is merely a "distemper."
“Strange cat shows up out of nowhere, demands food” has a long history.
Someone in Winchcombe just had a meteorite fall in his driveway.
A tombstone as an aid to wooing.
Ancient subversive manuscripts.
Some unusual uses for canes.
Two strong contenders for the "Worst Parents in History" award.
The 19th century "Protector of Muscat."
A Victorian anatomical museum.
The Gentlemen Cats of Greenwich Village.
The first Carnegie library.
The mysterious end of the SS Morro Castle.
When a cave was used to treat tuberculosis.
The doctor who wanted to do a head transplant.
Some recipes from 1719.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a mysterious family tragedy. In the meantime, let's attend a 17th century dance.
The article on the photographer at Auschwitz is fascinating and terrible to read. To me, the monstrosity of the Holocaust is as much in the terror it made people feel as in the deaths it inflicted.
ReplyDeleteThe story of the 'Morro Castle' is an interesting one. Another conspiracy theory without real evidence, but an intriguing one just the same.
And it makes sense that domestic cats look very much like their wild relatives since not only did they really appear to have domesticated themselves but, once domesticated, mankind didn't try to train them for anything: breeding to develop certain types wasn't necessary.
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