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Celeb Ghost Encounters
Actors and actresses may often portray ghosts on film or fight off spirits in horror movies, however rarely do we hear about their real life paranormal encounters. Some of Hollywood's biggest stars have admitted their eerie face to face encounters with the dead.One of the original Ghostbusters himself, Dan Aykroyd could use some back up from the rest of his supernatural fighting[...]
Julia Pastrana - The Bearded Lady
Julia Pastrana, known as "the Bearded Lady" or the ¨Ape-Woman" was one of the most famous human curiosities of her time. In the mid 1800s, she toured Europe, Canada, and the United States. Julia suffered from a rare disorder (hypertrichosis), that caused her entire body to be covered in silky, black hair. To make her more conspicuous, she had a jutting jaw with huge teeth. The last[...]
Clocking the Time of Death
But it stopp'd short — never to go again When the old man died. - My Grandfather's Clock by Henry Clay WorkEvery week for 30 years Dr. John Farrer who lived in Clapham, North Yorkshire climbed the narrow, stone spiral staircase of St. James Church up into the tower so he could wind the heavy weights of the clock and clean it as well. In the past few years he had regretfully handed[...]
Starry Eyed - James Lick's Legacy
"A telescope superior to and more powerful than any telescope yet made; and also a suitable observatory connected therewith." - Removed from James Lick's deed of trust, 1874.On his deathbed, James Lick a woodworker turned millionaire had nothing but the best in mind for his legacy. His one wish was to have an observatory built in his name. He planned to have the observatory boast the[...]
Brokering a Deal with the Devil
The notion of selling your soul to the devil has been around since the advent of Christianity and stories have been passed down through the ages despite there being no reference to the soul selling process in the Bible. Made popular by Christopher Marlowe's play Dr. Faustus, which was written in 1592, it tells the story of a German scholar who grew dissatisfied with the limits of the[...]
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