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In Atlanta, Georgia, just prior to midnight on September 8, seventy-seven year old Minnie Winston found what appeared to be blood splattered on her bathroom floor and fetched her seventy-nine year old husband, William. Further searching by the couple
In June 1942, after a population boom brought about by the increased manufacturing of warships in the area, the citizens of Pascagoula, Mississippi were stalked by more than the specter of war—a hair cutting phantom terrorized the night. The man nicknamed
The Baychimo, a 1,322 ton steam ship owned by the Hudson Bay Trading Company, regularly traveled to Alaska and British Columbia transporting goods and passengers, and fur trading with the Inuit who lived along the Beaufort Sea. On October 1, 1931, Baychi
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Motorcycle rider wearing flipflops
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Laboratoire Culture
Zoar Valley is a small area near Gowanda, New York. Its history has long been associated with tales of the strange and bizarre. Perhaps the strangest tale of all to come out of Zoar Valley is that of the Clawfoot People. In the late 19th and early 20th
Pessaries (300s BC - 1900s) A pessary is a vaginal suppository used to kill sperm and/or block their passage through the cervix. It’s one of the oldest contraceptive devices, having been used for over 3,000 years in various cultures. Ancient pessari
Alexandria’s Genesis, also known as ”violet eyes” (a mutation). – a hoaxWhen someone is born with Alexandria’s Genesis, his eyes are blue or gray at birth.After six months, the eyes begin to change their original color to
In 2007,Car crash victim Shannon Malloy was made a living medical history when a crash caused her head to smash into the dashboard & itself from her spine known as internal decapitation. Malloy’s spinal cord remained intact, which allowed screws
Late 19th-early 20th century, African art from Nigeria. The mask is built on a real human skull, hung with antelope skin, and covered with human hair on the skull and chin.
red gypsy dancers
Africa | Scarification on a Nuba woman marking the weaning of her first child. The scarification is achieved by hooking the skin with a thorn and then cutting it with a small knife.
These remarkable Italian mummies have been preserved almost perfectly 200 years ago for medical demonstrations. Giovan Battista Rini stripped away the skin to show the muscles, airways and blood vessels inside the heads. Academics have now discovered
Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818 | Credits: Science Museum, London
Mongolia in color, 1913. A Mongolian woman sentenced to starvation death.
Durham Cathedral Cemetery, Durham, England
Lower half of John Torrington of the Franklin expedition, buried in permafrost in 1846, Uncovered for forensic study in modern day. His clothing and skin are almost totally undamaged! Amazing after 250 yrs!
The Ica stones are a collection of andesite stones that contain what are alleged to be ancient depictions of dinosaurs and advanced technology. Beginning in the 1930s, the father of Dr. Javier Cabrera, Cultural Anthropologist for Ica, Peru, discovered
After succumbing to a fever of some sort in 1705, Irish woman Margorie McCall was hastily buried to prevent the spread of whatever had done her in. Margorie was buried with a valuable ring, which her husband had been unable to remove due to swelling.
“Poveglia Island is one of many islands located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon… The soil of the island combined with the charred remains of the bodies dumped there creating a thick layer of sticky ash. The core of the island
Wait, what?!
Human egg emerging from the ovary
Men waiting in line for an opportunity at a job during the Depression, 1930
HYDRIADS are more commonly known as Naiads in the traditional folklore. They are nymphs who live near running natural water sources. Prime examples of their habitats are streams, lakes, and rivers. Like the other nymphs to whom they are related, Hydriads
This little piggy… WTF!
In Vodoun the familiar spirit is known as the Ti Bon Ange or “little good angel”. This spirit is housed in a lidded jar draped with beads, and made offerings to maintain its energy. This concept can be translated for our purposes by use
The Boomschmidt Circus giant and his legless wife
Supernumerary thumb, from Edward M. Foote’s A text-book of minor surgery, 1909
Radio stroller Stroller equipped with a radio, including antenna and loudspeaker, to keep the baby quiet; USA, 1921.
Succubus Summoning Ritual
In 1983, the Natal shark Board brought up in its nets a formidable Bull Shark, weighting 116 Kg and 1.74 meters in length. During the autopsy, its stomach was found to contain 2.3 Kg of human flesh such as these dismembered feet.
Proof that carrying a Bible with you is a good idea: Civil War Prayer Book which stopped a Bullet at the Battle of Roanoke Island, N. C. and saved the life of Private Edward R. Graton, Co. C, 25th Regt. Mass. while it was tucked inside his uniform coat
The Prehistoric Cube. In Austria around 1885, a cube made of iron, carbon, and nickel was discovered in a coal bed. The coal bed dated to around 12 to 70 million years ago, suggesting that the cube originated from the Tertiary period. At first glance,
A great article or overview of the ancient mysteries of Wiltshire including Woodhenge, rumored to be older than Stonehenge. http://www.gonomad.com/destinations/0807/england-wiltshire.html
Hair Follicle Illustration from the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden.
Birth control advocate Margaret Sanger has her mouth covered in protest of not being allowed to talk about birth control in Boston. 17 Apr 1929.
This is the Cenote Angelita river in Mexico. Like many other rivers in the world, you can find trees & leaves along its banks. Notice that little guy to the left of the picture? That’s a scuba diver. Because unlike other rivers, this one is
“At Rest”, by Italian artist Paolo Schmidlin, is a painted bronze sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in her casket. The work presents the actress in the green dress and scarf she was buried in, complete with a veil covering her open coffin.
Archaeologists Uncover Hundreds of Mysterious Orbs in Ancient Temple. In news that will likely delight Apollo 11 deniers, Roswell frequenters, and Illuminati enthusiasts alike, archaeologists have discovered hundreds of mysterious, once-metallic spheres
The Vienna Coronation Gospels represent one of the most beautiful manuscripts of the Middle Ages and a major work of court art at the time of Charlemagne. The book consists of 236 purple-dyed vellum leaves with text written in gold and silver ink. Each
Aleshenka Erashov (Russian: Алёшенька, Alyoshenka, a hypocoristic for the Russian male first name Alexey) was a small creature allegedly found in the village of Kaolinovy, near Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia in August 1996. Aleshenka was
Creepy!!
I’ve got the other one, but quite alike – The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Definitely worth reading!
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Reconstructing Jane: Researchers create a reconstruction from remains of a 14-year-old girl of the Jamestown colony that may have been a victim of cannibalism. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/skeleton-of-teenage-girl-confirms-canniba
Calling card case made from the skin of the executed 18th c bodysnatcher William Burke, displayed in the Police Centre on Edinburghs Royal Mile
The Fiji Islands located east of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean were once called the “cannibal islands” because cannibalism was so wide spread. The natives compared human flesh to roasting a “big pig”. One Methodist Missionary, Reverend