Friday, October 13, 2023

Weekend Link Dump

 

"The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn

This week's Link Dump is hosted by another of our Halloween Cats!

Everybody dance!



Watch out for those phantom coffin-makers!

This week in Russian Weird looks at Moscow's legendary lost library.

A coin hoard linked to the Glencoe Massacre.

The ghost of Mecklenburgh street.

The life of a polar explorer.

A brief history of the theremin.

The birth of James Bond.

The science is settled: cats are perfect.

Coin tosses might not be all that random.

A jazz age superstar in Britain.

A look at narcosynthesis.

The legend of Queen Esther's Curse.

A "holy terror" privateer.

If you love books, go to Hay-on-Wye.

Nobel winners gone mad.

A very well-preserved ancient tomb.

Soul houses and false doors in ancient Egypt.

A 1918 hotel for dogs.

The remarkable "human camera."

A case of early 19th century bigamy.

The link between "Rocky Horror" and Victorian seances.

The Brixton baby farmers.

America's deadliest fire.

The days of professional pew-openers.

Why so many females become ghosts.

Related: A girl ghost in Pennsylvania.

A fiend with a shotgun.  Not good.

19th century "recipes for the poor."

A brief history of "yo."

10th century food poetry.

What's inside the Moon.

A tomb that was used to conceal a murder victim.

The menu of a Cold War fallout shelter.

And, finally, you will be pleased to hear that gurning has a new world champion.

That's it for this week!  See you on Monday, when we'll look at a supernatural murder plot.  In the meantime, here's Joni Mitchell.  I wouldn't say I'm one of her biggest fans--she's one of those singers where a little of their music goes a long way with me--but I love this song.

1 comment:

  1. The Flemings were interesting people to read or read about, though I have found Peter's books more entertaining than Ian's. And I have long longed to go to Hay-on-Wye - and stay for a few years... But I had no idea that its bookish reputation was founded so recently.

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