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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
While reading the links, you are invited to relax in the Strange Company HQ garden room!
Ancient Roman makeup.
Julius Caesar and the pirates.
Mummification in Europe may be older than we thought.
Disaster on the SS City of Montreal.
Descriptions of Ukraine in the 19th century.
A unique culture from 40,000 years ago.
The destruction of HMS Crescent.
The strange case of the "Battle of Los Angeles."
The world's oldest known intact shipwreck.
Shorter version: Carlos Castaneda was weird. If you have read his books, I suppose this will come as no surprise.
A battle that may have had no victors.
A German win in the Franco-Prussian War.
When Yellowstone became America's first National Park.
Urban legends surrounding indigenous burial grounds.
How to dress a Victorian gentleman.
A new look at the life of Stephen Crane.
If you drink tea rather than eat it, thank this man.
More letters of an 18th century Royal Navy seaman.
Recreating the face of a Stone Age woman.
How to be mourning and fashionable at the same time.
Massachusetts has a Ponyhenge.
Some gossip from the Gilded Age.
Stonehenge as a timekeeping system.
A look at medieval kissing.
In search of forgotten novelist Kathleen Sully.
Shrove Tuesday in early 19th century England.
Pro tip: leave trying to cast spells to the experts.
The man who had way too much of an appetite.
The legend of the Lambton Worm.
Accusations of witchcraft in modern-day India.
A weird image on Mars.
Some horrible housemates.
The invention of the question mark.
A child's strange disappearance.
The scams of Soapy Smith.
Football in 18th century England.
Yet another case of seduction and murder.
A cursed hotel in Japan.
A trespasser on Mount St. Helens.
The sad fate of a cat heiress.
An odd little Poe forgery.
An Elizabeth Canning-like mystery.
That cursed invention, the laugh track.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a particularly puzzling murder. In the meantime, I don't know what music exemplifies the Strange Company spirit better than "Heavy metal yodeling."
The story of Caesar and the pirates was fascinating. I didn't know of that part of his life. And I would love to spend a long day in the Garden Room.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Indian Burial Grounds link. Having done a research paper on the death customs of the Choctaws, I am marginally familiar with the idea that many Indians didn't bury their dead. On the way to Little Big Horn, Custer and his troops came upon a death platform the Sioux had left after a previoous battle. Naturally they destroyed it. No respect for the dead til you are one ?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the story about forgotten novelist Kathleen Sully. I would like to read one of her books, and best of all, it led me to NeglectedBooks.com, where there are worlds to explore!
ReplyDeleteI will be busy reading all! Thanks!
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