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Friday, March 6, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to the Link Dump!  Our host for this week is Muggins! ALL HAIL MUGGINS! A woman's murder of her sister. Why it took so long fo...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com Yet another example of how returns from the grave can be quite awkward appeared in the London “Sunday Dispatch,” Septembe...
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Monday, March 2, 2026

The Weird Death of Joan Norkot

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Sir John Maynard (d. 1690) had a long and distinguished career as a lawyer, serjeant-at-arms, and Member of Parliament.  Shortly after his d...
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Friday, February 27, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump! The Strange Company staffers are enjoying a snow day! Watch out for those bloodsucking vampire vines...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com So, who doesn’t love stories about evil phantom cats?  The “Buffalo News,” January 25, 1897: A special to the Cleveland P...
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Monday, February 23, 2026

The Vanished Gold of Gippsland

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Martin Weiberg, 1880 Every now and then during my wanderings through the historical weeds, I come across a story where I think, “What a movi...
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Friday, February 20, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to the Link Dump!  Our host for this week is "Jimmy on the veranda," 1890. I don't know anything more about Jimmy, b...
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