Scientific Oddities

The Psychic Howler – Vintage Ghost-hunting Tools Vintage ghost-hunting tools including the psychic howler or ululometer to detect spirits and spirit energy.

Bats in the Coal A unique tale of living bats said to have been found inside a solid lump of coal. Toad in the Hole with wings.

The Silver Coffin of Genghis Khan Where is the Silver Coffin of Genghis Khan?

The Spectral Well of Virginia It began playfully, with a fortune-telling game: hold a mirror over a well and you will see the face of your future husband. But the young woman on her father’s Virginia plantation never dreamed of the ghostly sights and strange visions that would arise from those waters

The Suffolk Sea Monster A strange Suffolk sea monster is shown by one of the fishermen who was injured while capturing it.

The Quick and the Red. Ghostly visions of old women in red cloaks–what do they mean?

Death by Eclipse and Other Coronal Curiosities Strange deaths, insanity, and portents associated with the eclipse.

Cholera Curiosities Fortean curiosities of cholera including blue fog, sulfurous stenches, vanishing birds. and Women in Black.

Down to the Sea in Sharks Stories of objects and people eaten by sharks.