A Corpse on Eggs A mysterious infant corpse found on a layer of eggs in a chimney.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
March 27, 2018
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Occultism/Magic , Social History , Strange Bodies , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Corpse On Eggs , chimney burial , corpse on eggs , Easter , Easter eggs , egg magic , hidden charms , hidden objects , mummified infant , mysteries , Paris , witchcraft
Unlucky Houses. Stories of unlucky houses, cursed houses, fatal houses, hoodoo houses.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
February 3, 2018
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged 59 rue Boileau , cursed houses , curses , haunted houses , hoodoo houses , hoodoos , jinxes , Napoleon Ohio , North Baltimore Ohio , Paris , troubled houses , unlucky houses , Van Wert Ohio , Washington DC
A Corpse On Eggs The mystery of an infant corpse found on a layer of eggs in a Parisian chimney.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
March 22, 2016
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Occultism/Magic , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Corpse On Eggs , baby sealed in chimney , domestic deposits , Easter , eggs , eggs in the grave , Paris , Rue Gay Lussac
“Maisons de la foudre:” Lightning-induced Spontaneous Combustion Can a lightning strike trigger recurring, mysterious fires, as happened in 1906 France?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 4, 2014
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics , Poltergeists , Scientific Oddities , Spiritualism , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged "Maisons de la foudre:" Lightning-induced Spontaneous Combustion , Canneto di Caronia fires , Italian fires , La Costa , La Courneuve , mysterious fires , mysterious fires in France , mysterious fires in Italy , Paris , rue de l'Abreuvoir , spontaneous combustion
The day that St Paul and the Angel Gabriel invited themselves to dinner at a pious widow’s house. Hilarity and branding ensues.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 2, 2014
in Crime , News , religion , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Angel Gabriel , French Catholicism , hoaxes , miracles , Paris , religious hoaxes , religious imposture , saints , St Paul
A diabolical story of involuntary cannibalism from a French writer of depraved tastes.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 29, 2013
in Grim and Grewsome , News , Short Story , Social History , Strange Bodies , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged bohemian life , cannibalism , decadent , gruesome story , insanity , involuntary cannibalism , liver , macabre , Paris
