Victorian

Mermaids and Mad Men – Mermaids in Advertising The Mad Men of advertising swam with the mermaids.

Outrunning the Dragon A witness sees a man trying to outrun a dragon, which seems at first only a cloud of dust.

Wizard Richardson “Wizard Richardson,” as Dr Elisha Richardson was called, a healer and perhaps “cunning man” of New Hampshire, locates the body of a missing man.

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.

Dead as a Doornail -The Carpenter of Doom Over the space of a lifetime, a man was haunted by recurring visits from a mysterious carpenter, whose presence meant death.

Called by the Dead The living are called by the dead to join them, even if it means committing suicide. The dead can be so demanding…

Silk in the Super-Sargasso Sea A vanished roll of silk mysteriously reappears–had it been captured by Charles Fort’s Super-Sargasso Sea?

An Overwhelming Odour of Corruption was the main feature of the haunting of “Holly Cottage” The stench of corruption, flabby hands, spitting in the dark, and the sound of a coffin being moved. No wonder the rent was so low.

The Fatal Glass of Beer Mrs Hubbard was mysteriously poisoned by a fatal glass of beer. In the aptly named Brooklyn neighborhood of Gravesend, a railroad flagman has an unexpected encounter with the dead woman.