Welcome to the Link Dump, where this week, our Strange Company HQ staffers give a shout-out to Clarence, Iowa!
Well, why not. I'm sure it's a charming place.
Where the hell is the Pedro Mountain Mummy?
The tomb of King Midas' father.
Graham Greene in Mexico.
A look at supernatural smells.
A German liner goes to war.
A woman accused of murdering her sister.
A mysterious object named Phoebe is zipping around the galaxy.
A reminder that it's really not a good idea to steal cursed rocks.
An appreciation of Washington Irving.
The enigma of the Tartaria Empire.
A visit to Volvo Island.
Two aristocratic New York cats.
A successful 18th century silk designer.
The strange case of the Burning Boarder.
A 3,000 year old gold ceremonial headdress.
A history of the UK's "marriage franchise."
The Canadian town with a gopher museum.
The "hard and sorrowful" job of photographing the dead.
Some newly discovered ancient standing stones.
The medieval version of Artificial Intelligence.
America's deadliest maritime disaster.
Leopold II, the King of Terror.
The homes that inspired "Rebecca."
The latest news from Gobekli Tepe.
Some decisive medieval battles.
The most remote spot on Earth is--not really surprisingly--a rather odd place.
WWII's worst civilian air disaster.
A technological revolution from 146,000 years ago.
Rewriting history in the Amazon.
A teenager who was a spy during the American Revolution.
A brief history of the smorgasbord.
Someone finally figured out what the Civil War needed: More cats.
That's all for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a very strange servant. In the meantime, wind your way down to Baker Street.
I find it hard to believe that people are just now getting around to learning about King Leopold II's actions in the Congo. Casement revealed them to the world as they were happening. The Freckleton disaster was truly horrendous; so very sad. I had no idea that there is a gopher museum in my province. But now what to do with that knowledge... The giant sun-hat is a really bizarre bit of archaeology... Wouldn't 'Phoebe' have to be travelling phenomenally fast to alter the light of a Magellanic cloud for just an hour? Johnny the cat at 62 Montague Street looked like my old lion Neville. (62 Montague Street itself looks fabulous; more buildings like that, please.)
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