 |
| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
This week, the Strange Company staffers are taking a road trip!
Some remarkable pie art.
The war on East End vice.
Hearing a dead man groan.
A look at the "cunning folk."
Colorado's black cowboys.
A rescue, despite the odds.
That time robbers broke into a jail.
Why we need earthquakes.
The high school library with a mysterious mummified head.
How to dissolve the British Parliament.
Krishna: Man or myth?
From Civil War doctor to cult leader.
The "thousand-bomber raids" against Nazi Germany.
The diary of a Victorian bank clerk.
Wild saints and holy fools.
The story behind "Dali Atomicus."
Why it's called a "hamburger."
The origins of some popular songs.
The birth of Britain's National Gallery.
A look at the "Irish exit."
The world's oldest known pearl.
Jews in 18th century Wales.
America's first female POW in Vietnam.
The concept of "sonic seasoning."
The mystery of Neanderthal language.
The mystery of numbers station UVB-76.
A funeral for a very scary ham.
The story behind some hidden love letters.
The man who broke the news that Mount Everest had been climbed.
How mathematical probabilities led to gambling casinos.
The ropemakers of Stepney.
The first celebrity actress.
The unsolved "icebox murder."
You can boil an egg or you can climb Everest. Not both.
The "Holy Grail of shipwrecks."
Prehistoric domesticated cats.
Empress Matilda, who may or may not have been Queen of England.
The first photo of an electric chair execution.
Not Bruce Mayrock.
Crows can count out loud, which is more than I can say for some humans nowadays.
The Tolstoy family reunion.
A child murders his parents.
The oldest known human viruses.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll meet a resident of an English village who had a few posthumous surprises. In the meantime, this song seemed appropriate for this blog.
A number of items I've not heard of before, such as the Dali Atomicus; though one of the world's most influential photographs, it's passed me right by. I've never heard of the term 'Irish exit', either. UVB-76 is new to me, as well, and the 'new' history of the domesticated cat is very interesting. And how frightening for the three people to have been kidnapped by the Viet Cong, especially for the woman. (The link for the thousand-bomber raid, unfortunately, doesn't go to where it should...)
ReplyDeleteYes, I see it's now the dreaded "Page Not Found." They seem to have deleted the post, for some reason.
Delete