Strange Company

A walk on the weird side of history

Friday, August 30, 2013

Weekend Link Dump

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Strange company thinks we all should learn to tiptoe through the tulips. Just like the cats. On to this week's Stroll Through ...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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In 1855, newspapers distributed a report from France delivering a highly unusual cautionary tale about the hazards of lightning strikes.  It...
Monday, August 26, 2013

The Murder of Dolly Reynolds: A Gilded Age Whodunit

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On the morning of August 16, 1898, a chambermaid entered a room at New York’s Grand Hotel, and thus unwittingly kicked off one of th...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Weekend Link Dump

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Strange company is thinking of learning hypnosis. The cats come by that talent naturally. This week's Path Through the Peculia...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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The following story was one of several "Remarkable unsolved mysteries" described by a New Zealand newspaper in June 1901: Th...
Monday, August 19, 2013

The Strange Disappearance of Dorothy Forstein

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Philadelphian Dorothy Cooper Forstein appeared to be happily married, comfortably well-to-do, a loving mother, and well-liked. She was,...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Weekend Link Dump

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The time has come, strange company said, to talk of many things: of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--of cabbages--and... ...cat...
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