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Friday, August 28, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump! Just watch out for Strange Company HQ's resident flirt. How the California Gold Rush birthed the...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com The following story goes in that bulging file known as “restless ghosts of murder victims.”  The “Ithaca Journal,” August...
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Monday, August 24, 2026

The Welsh Servant

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The 1883 book “Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings” included a story about what we today would call a “poltergeist” which appeared to...
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Friday, August 21, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  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 sur...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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Via Newspapers.com On this blog, I’ve covered what many Fortean experts like to call “Anomalous Falls From the Sky,” but this is a new one f...
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Monday, August 17, 2026

The Mystery of "Mary Anderson"

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"Kitsap Sun," February 18, 1997, via Newspapers.com Every suicide is a tragedy, of course.  However, among the most poignant ones ...
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Friday, August 14, 2026

Weekend Link Dump

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  Welcome to this week's Link Dump! IS EVERYBODY HAPPY??? What the hell was the Whitechapel Mount? Fair play for cannibals. The "wo...
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