Posts tagged
‘telekinesis’

The Case of the Levitating Law Books

The Case of the Levitating Law Books Law books levitate before multiple witnesses in open court at the Civil Court at Port Elizabeth, 1912.

The Lady with the Slithering Alligator Purse

A story of a curiously fortean fashion accessory to make your skin crawl: alligator purses and handbags that move by themselves. A “peculiarity of the skin” is claimed.

The Ghost of a Dead Mother Visits Her Baby

The Ghost of a Dead Mother Visits Her Baby Mother’s Day is coming up, so I feel obligated to do something on the theme of maternal devotion, since last year I rather savaged Motherhood in a piece on Maternal Influence and Monsters. Prepare to be heart-warmed.