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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
The staff here at Strange Company HQ is ready for Halloween!
The light that remembers Lord Nelson.
The beatification of a murder victim.
That time they held a seance in a Toys "R" Us.
The attempts to assassinate the Duke of Wellington.
A doomed expedition to find a mythical land.
A 17th century ghost story.
A brief history of the Ark of the Covenant.
Pro tip: Faking your own death for insurance purposes rarely works out well. Even if cobras are involved.
The era of penny dreadfuls.
A gruesome murder leads to a haunted hotel room.
Animals may have inhabited this planet far longer than we think.
So, what's the best gun for hunting werewolves?
Speaking of werewolves, Vikings were really into them.
Egyptian mummies are much older than we thought, too.
The varying accounts about how General Charles Gordon died.
Edgar Allan Poe in New York.
Insights into the "cult of the cross."
The backstory of "It was a dark and stormy night."
Never offend an undertaker. They have their own ways of getting even.
Beautiful retouched photos of the Shackleton Expedition.
A peacetime naval disaster.
Luxury goods have been found in early medieval graves.
Teddy Roosevelt's embarrassing moment with a pitchfork.
So now you can lecture people about the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard.
18th century maritime quarantines.
Some ghostly statistics.
Politics and a famous poltergeist case.
Descartes and his blasted skull.
A famous early 19th century ménage à trois.
If you want to learn how to dissect a poisonous fish so it (probably) won't kill you when you eat it, be my guest. I'll be over by the stove fixing myself a grilled cheese.
An eccentric archaeological expedition in Jerusalem.
A brief history of tailgating.
Some of England's most haunted places.
The link between William Shakespeare and Calcutta.
The plane designed never to land.
Some fishermen may have discovered the Island of Gold.
Ohio's first serial killer.
The scandalous murder of Sir Thomas Overbury.
A look at a medieval charnel house.
When human skulls were medicinal.
A hero cat sounds the fire alarm.
Very cute 1,500 year old sandals.
The mystery of the "veiled murderess."
Why lords could be, well, "drunk as a lord."
A murderer's incredibly obtuse last words.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a ghost's efforts to seek justice. In the meantime, let's get Macedonian.
The expolanation that 'penny dreadfuls' were responsible for increased literacy in Britain makes sense. Nothing makes someone do something difficult like simply wanting to do it.
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