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It's time for this week's Link Dump!
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A Byzantine shopping center.
A look at psychic researcher Harry Price.
The personality traits of cats. Personally, I think every cat is "a little of each."
The world's earliest known party.
Some particularly deadly spearheads.
The 4th Duke of Devonshire's "very disagreeable situation."
Some controversial Viking runes.
A punk rocker in 1920s Berlin.
The Statue of Liberty leaves Paris.
A look at the Palace of Saint-Cloud.
Victorians loved their porcelain dolls.
Our relationship with the "loved dead."
A palm tree that symbolizes pre-Disney Anaheim.
In which the Virgin Mary beats up the Devil. Repeatedly.
South Yorkshire has a demonic jackdaw named Derek. You're welcome.
So, family relationships get complicated.
In which we meet Mr. Trick and Mrs. Treat.
Harriet Tubman, psychic spy.
Six cursed objects.
The roots of the Day of the Dead.
Two of San Francisco's most popular dogs.
Benjamin Franklin's playful ghost.
A ghost story from 1827 with a twist ending.
A history of the term, "bone-deep."
A 5,000 year old brewery.
When veterinarians were also magicians.
The first film to be copyrighted.
A tale of Victorian adultery and detective work.
Memories of Irish Halloween traditions.
Ghosts in Bengal like fish. Just thought you should know.
A murderer confesses. And then they hanged the bastard.
Some odd news items from the past.
A brief history of wrapping paper.
Soup in Britain's Regency era.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a little-known poisoning mystery. In the meantime, here's some Haydn.
It's heartening to read of the Duke of Devonshire, and how he took office out of a sense of duty and, when duty was done, was pleased to relinquish power. Not many politicians feel the same way. (And Haydn has become my favourite Classical composer.)
ReplyDeleteI love Haydn, but Telemann and Beethoven are my very favorites.
DeleteMy 10 kitties are waiting for me to get home from the hospital - 5 weeks since we've seen each other. They have more personalities than I can count.
ReplyDelete10! Superhuman Cat Parent! I hope you can get home soon.
DeleteRe" the world's earliest party, "The two researchers state that the party that took place in that cave was for the funeral of a woman. "
ReplyDeleteCould this be when baked ziti was invented?
Re" runes https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/pseudo/21?rq=heavener
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