Let the show begin!
The notorious disappearance of Flight 19.
A case of lethal self-defense.
Public bathing in ancient Rome.
The 1915 sinking of HMS Goliath.
That time when someone translated "Dracula" into Icelandic, and things got weird.
The volcanic eruption that may have triggered the Black Death.
Some "lost" Bach pieces have been performed for the first time in over 300 years.
When "Pride and Prejudice" was rejected by a publisher. (Confession time: I love "P&P," but oddly enough, I've never been able to get through any of Austen's other novels. I found them all boring.)
A man's bizarre disappearance and death.
Prehistoric "3D storytelling."
The Bayeux Tapestry is hitting the road.
King John and the lost Crown Jewels.
Confirmation of how ancient Romans made concrete.
It seems that humans can sense buried objects without touching them.
Why we have two nostrils.
No doubt you'll be gratified to learn that we now know what happens when you send a menstrual cup into space.
Victorian poetry killed off Santa Claus.
The ghost of Paines Hollow.
The female gladiators of ancient Rome.
Photos of the streets of Old London.
A heroic last stand during WWI.
The ghost of the victim of an unsolved murder.
The unsolved murder of a telegraph operator.
The near-shipwreck which inspired "The Poseidon Adventure."
The oldest known evidence for humans making fire.
A "misunderstood distaste for bathing."
Cousin Molly's Christmas fund.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at an unusually complicated murder case. In the meantime, here's a Christmas season remembrance of the late, much-missed Rev. Robert Willis.
Those pictures of old London streets show how congested they were, and dangerous for pedestrians. But it's sad to see old trades that are no longer around. I never knew the 'Queen Mary' was unsettled by waves. It would have been difficult to capsize her, but terrifying if it had happened. Two nostrils serve the same way two ears and two eyes do; interesting. Oh, to find even some of King John's treasure - if any was lost. If it was, it probably would have hastened his demise; what a morale-breaker. And good old Bach, still making 'new' music centuries later.
ReplyDeleteYou should try Northanger Abbey. It's very funny.
ReplyDeleteI did start reading that one. It did have some pretty clever moments satirizing Gothic novels, but I just couldn't get into it.
DeleteI was very relieved to read that I am not the only woman who just did not enjoy her writing. 😘
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