Animal Tales

Cloudy, With a Chance of Maggots An Iowa physician reports on an 1846 shower of maggots. Eww.

A Ghost of Evil Odour A ghost of evil odour is met by unfortunate travelers on the Lucan Road.

Fearing the Walking Dead, The Undertaker’s Revenge, and the Lost Art of the Coffin Threat A compendium of popular posts.

Notes on American Dragons Three accounts of dragons in Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio.

The Rabbit of Doom: Was the little white rabbit an angel sent to bring a little soul, hippety-hoppety, to the garden of Heaven?

The Man Who Talked to Monkeys at San Francisco’s Woodward’s Gardens.

Weekend Compendium: 20 February 2016 brings you the week’s posts: the Witch of Leadville, eye-lash history, the ghost of a living woman, a discontented and destructive daemon, as well as creepy crawlies in hair and jungle.

Weekend Compendium: 13 January 2016 Valentine Edition Featuring an 18th century “Missed Connection” ad, 19th century hints for photographic sitters. The Angel of Lourdes, monkey ghosts, Valentines for Undertakers and Spiritualist Mediums.

Aping the Devil. The unfortunate Mr Cocks found himself assaulted by a dark demon dragging a chain.