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St Ebbas Epileptic Colony (closed 1918)
Historic malaria remedies
“Unda Wata Man’s Shoes” by Tosha Grantham (Translation: “Shoes for Walking in a Parallel Universe”)
Hand of St. Valentin (Bad Schussenried, Germany) “This delicate hand reaches out towards the viewer, holding the shaft of a torch.” ©
St. Deodatus (Rheinau, Swizterland) “One of two seated skeletons which arrived late in the 17th century in the town’s monastic church. He shows a rare style of facial decorations, with a wax mask molded over the upper half of the skull, and a cloth
St. Valerius (Weyarn, Germany) “One of the finest of all the decorated skeletons in Germany, his relic is still present in the town’s former monastic church.” ©
St. Luciana (Heiligkreuztal, Germany) “One of four full skeletons once owned by the nuns at the convent in Heiligkreuztal. She is no longer displayed in the church, but is kept in a small museum on the property.”
St. Felix (Gars am Inn, Germany) “He arrived at the town’s monastery church in the 17th century and was credited with an important miracle — it was believed that he saved the town’s market from being destroyed in a fire. Because of this, a pilgrimage
Konrad II (Mondsee, Austria) “He is the only one in this group that was not believed to be an Early Christian martyr. A medieval abbot of the town’s monastery, he was so famed that when the fad for decorating skeletons became popularized, his bones
St. Pancratius (Wil, Switzlerand) “He wears armor because he was believed to have been an Early Christian soldier who was martyred. The current suit of armor was made by a silversmith in Augsburg, Germany, in the 18th century. The skeleton was vandalized
St. Vincentus (Stams, Austria) “One of four decorated skeletons in the monastery church in Stams, he raises his hand to hide his face in a gesture of humility.” ©
Head relic of St. Deodatus (Roggenburg, Germany) “In some cases, not enough of the original skeleton was found to enable the decorators to articulate the entire body. That was apparently the case here, and a wax face and mesh veil were fashioned over
St. Konstantious (Rorschach, Switzerland) “One of the finest decorated skeletons in Switzerland, he has been present in the church since the 17th century, but is now hidden behind a painted cover.” ©
St. Maximus (Bürglen, Switzerland) “He was believed to have been an Early Christian soldier who was martyred (hence the armor). He was decorated in the late 17th century and became associated with the legend of a feral white cat, which some believed
One of the most famous mummies of the Taklamakan Desert is that of “Cherchen Man”. This European’s body was placed in a poplar-wood box, lowered into narrow shaft grave and left for eternity. His body dates back to 1000 BC and DNA analysis has shown
Mourning jewelry containing a finger bone from the deceased.
This original “Jack-o-lantern” made from a turnip in the early 19th century is on exhibit at the Museum of Country Life in Ireland. The origin of Jack o’ Lantern carving is uncertain. The carving of vegetables has been a common practice in
Bonaventure Cemetery, photo by Dick Bjornseth
Mary Queen of Scots, Death Clock,The original engraved dial with 18th century modified to a balance-spring movement by J. Moysan of Blois, France. Timepieces were formerly an apt reminder that your time on earth grows shorter with each passing minute.
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Curiosity Figure (Seed Man), made in Italy, c.1600
Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves The Kabayan Mummies of the Philippines, also known as the Fire Mummies, Benguet Mummies, or Ibaloi Mummies, are a group of mummies found in Kabayan, a town in the northern part of the Philippines. This group of mummies, made
The Bishop’s rectum, in a museum The rectum of the Bishop of Durham sits on display in London. No longer attached to the bishop, it rests alone inside a glass jar in the Hunterian Museum at The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The museum calls
Mammatus, also known as mammatocumulus (meaning “mammary cloud” or “breast cloud”) — is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name mammatus is derived from
London apparently takes riding the Underground pretty seriously. Get here to read and watch more interesting content on “hauted London Underground”: http://www.ghosttheory.com/2013/11/06/haunted-london-underground
Shuar (a shrunken head) — is a human head that has been processed and prepared removing much flesh and all bone, shrinking it in the process, filled with sand, for ritual use or trade. A shrunken head is a severed and specially prepared human head
Jeweled Skeletons of Christian Saints The new book Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs by Paul Koudounaris provide a rare look at the Europe’s jeweled skeletons of Christian saints. In the 16th century the Protestant
Great present for those who are keen on creepy things! BTW, Christmas is coming :) These ghoulish shrunken head ornaments are available right here.
These diaphonized mouse specimen are handcrafted by Greg Bowser of Pandora’s Box using a chemical process that leaves the soft tissue clear and dyes the skeletal system a deep pink color. Available in extremely limited edition right here. Pandora’s
Weird gravestone
Monastery of San Francisco, Lima Convento de San Francisco is the Spanish name for Saint Francis Monastery located in Lima, Peru at Ancash, south of Parque la Muralla and one block northeast from the Plaza Mayor. The church and convent are part of the
San Bernardino alle Ossa San Bernardino alle Ossa is a church in Milan, northern Italy, best known for its ossuary, a small side chapel decorated with numerous human skulls and bones. In 1210, when an adjacent cemetery ran out of space, a room was built
Capela dos Ossos (English: Chapel of Bones) Located in the walled medieval city of Evora, Portugal, the Capela dos Ossos is a 16th century Franciscan chapel lined with skulls and bones that stretch over the interior groin vaulting and all over the walls.
Mount Rose Cemetery This remarkable Victorian cemetery rests inside steep hills and valleys created by glaciers during the ice age. It was built in 1837 to alleviate overcrowding in the smaller local cemeteries, and to provide a more remote location for
Antique burial shoes
An ancient Roman larva convivialis, a memento mori. ‘Memento mori’ translates from Latin as “Remember you must die”. This is a special type of memento mori called a larva convivialis, given to revelers at a banquet or feast. Even
“Soapman,” circa 1800s A new type of mummy was found in the late 19th century… in Philadelphia. The unexpected find was unearthed by accident during a construction project in 1875. There are different accounts as to why the remains were being
Asthma cigarettes x)
For nearly four decades, anyone driving down Route 16 near Fayetteville, West Virginia, could see a billboard bearing the grainy images of five children, all dark-haired and solemn-eyed, their names and ages—Maurice, 14; Martha 12; Louis, 9; Jennie,
No one knew what was bothering 7-month-old Mya Whittington. Her discomfort stumped her parents and doctors. She was finally hospitalized - and a 2-inch feather eventually poked its way out of her neck, shocking everyone. “We were just pretty much
Teratoma in ancient world — archaeological findings. In a necropolis in Spain, archaeologists have found the remains of a Roman woman who died in her 30s with a calcified tumor in her pelvis, a bone and four deformed teeth embedded within it. Two of
Le Cimetiere des Chiens– Cat sitting on dog’s grave.
“In memory of the girl in blue, killed by train, December 24, 1933 - unknown but not forgotten.” The newer stone on the ground reads: “Girl in Blue identified as Josephine Klimczak, December 24, 1933.” Located in the back plots of Willoughby
Grave of Tiddles the church cat in Fairford churchyard, 1963-1980
Skull made with 375 slices of real human brains at Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum, created by Skull-A-Day artist Noah Scalin.
In 1901 a pregnant Madame Bobin arrived on board a steamer from Western Africa and appeared to be suffering from yellow fever. She was then transferred to a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases. There she became worse and apparently died
Let us all have Dark and Scary Halloween / Samhain today.
Items made out of the victims of Ed Gein, found in his home. Edward Theodore “Ed” Gein (August 27, 1906[1] – July 26, 1984) was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Plainfield, Wisconsin,
Sedamsville Woods (Sleepers Hill) These woods are said to be Haunted by the ghost of old man Sleeper. He was a hermit that lived atop the hill here back in the 50′s, and he was notorious for hating trespassers. He would chase off them off, sometimes
When a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook Olympia, Wash., in 2001, shop owner Jason Ward discovered that a sand-tracing pendulum had recorded the vibrations in the image above. Seismologists say that the “flower” at the center reflects the higher-frequency
Barnard Castle, England - has its own graveyard
Cask from the Imperial crypt in Vienna.
Ruined Auld Kirk Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland
Late 1800s gold plated mourning hair cuff link set. Note: Do not wear on first date.
Great Expectations St James, Cooling, Kent These children’s anthropomorphic gravestones provided Charles Dickens with the inspiration for poor Pips dead brothers in his novel Great Expectations.
Major Martin was a homeless man, who died of pneumonia and was then used as a weapon of deceit by the British in Operation Mincemeat. The body was disguised as a dead Royal Marines Officer and left to be found in the sea off the Spanish coast, with a
Syphilis of skull