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Month: November 2017

Thanksgiving Ragamuffins: The tradition.

Thanksgiving Ragamuffins: The tradition.    Frederick Wertz You might be puzzled this Thursday if you heard a knock on your door, and were posed this question by a gaggle of children dressed in creepy masks and ragged clothes. But in Read more…


The Real Electric Frankenstein Experiments of the 1800s

The Real Electric Frankenstein Experiments of the 1800s Why scientists during the late 18th and 19th centuries conducted crude experiments with reanimating corpses. BY LAUREN YOUNG In this 1867 illustration, a crowd of scientists watch in horror as Andrew Ure Read more…


The First Lady Of San Quentin – Mary Von

The First Lady Of San Quentin – Mary Von Mary Von Shayne Davidson She was prone to episodes of violence. Very little is known of her early life, including her birth name. Born in Ireland in the 1840s when the Read more…


Daniel Dunglas Home Magician or Psychic?

Daniel Dunglas Home Magician or Psychic? by Stephen Wagner                           Did D. D. Home truly possess extraordinary paranormal abilities?   Daniel Dunglas Home was the most celebrated medium Read more…