Monday, June 15, 2026

The First Mrs. Bennett

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William Bell Scott, Woman Startled by the Ghost of a Girl by a Mirror Second marriages can be awkward, especially when the ex-spouse has iss...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where the Strange Company staff is off on an early summer road trip! Daniel Webster prosecutes an ...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com This tale of strange goings-on in a seemingly unremarkable apartment was told in the “Western Mail,” March 10, 1927: An e...
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Monday, June 8, 2026

The Bizarre Murder of Pauline Amsel

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"Indian Citizen," November 12. 1914, via Newspapers.com A frightening and inexplicable tragedy hit the normally peaceful town of D...
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Friday, June 5, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump! I'm sure our host this week needs no further introduction.  The caption says it all. A medieval ...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com   Proof of reincarnation--sort of--appeared in the “Ottawa Citizen," December 16, 1933: LONDON (by mail).-Here is th...
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Monday, June 1, 2026

“Deserved A Better Fate”: The Misadventures of the “Great Eastern"

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Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett It would not be overly hyperbolic to describe Isambard K...
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