Welcome to this week's Link Dump!
Everyone here at Strange Company HQ wishes you a happy Halloween!
The plague that may not have happened.
The lawyer who led the Nuremberg prosecutions.
Why we just can't kill off the Frankenstein monster.
The still-mysterious Halloween death of Harry Houdini.
A brief history of the haunted house.
A woman's unsolved murder.
The controversy over "The Telepathy Tapes."
The Americas' oldest book.
We want a world full of happy bees!
Look, when you choose to film a movie about demonic possession, don't come crying to me when things get weird.
Look, when you choose to have archaeological exhibits, don't come crying to me when people leave ancient body parts on your doorstep.
The year when Italy was invaded by UFOs.
A rejected suitor turns to murder.
The ghosts of English Heritage sites.
In 1907, a man walked on a lot of water.
A ghostly catfight in London.
A famous archaeological hoax.
A haunted church on Halloween night.
Tod Browning's enduring "Freaks."
The first women to survive Caesarean deliveries.
The bacteria that killed Napoleon's troops in Russia.
When the Devil really made them do it.
We have a lot to thank Jupiter for.
The life of Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orleans.
The actor who is most famous for being kidnapped.
A midnight ramble with Teddy Roosevelt.
The history of the word "fawning."
An undertaker gets a bad fright.
An explosion in Portsmouth, 1809.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll hear a cautionary tale about stealing skulls. In the meantime, here's a fun cover.
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