The Manchester Mummy – How a Respectable English Woman Got Embalmed Egyptian Style
In 1828, a mummified body was put on display in the entrance hall [...]
The Cardiff Giant – Was a Colossal Corpse Unearthed in Victorian New York?
In 1869, workers digging a well behind a barn in Cardiff, New York [...]
The Gorbals Vampire – Did a 1950s Nosferatu Prowl Glasgow’s Southern Necropolis?
On the evening of 23rd September 1954, Glasgow police received a call summoning [...]
Who Was Old Father Christmas & Did Coca-Cola Invent Santa Claus?
One of the best-known aspects of the British, American and – increasingly – [...]
Halloween’s Weird History, Spooky Origins & Strange Soothing of the Psyche
Halloween is a time of pumpkins, fancy dress, ghost stories and horror films. [...]