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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[...]
Room of Heroes
The Melidoni cave has been inhabited since the Stone Age according to archaeologists who have found artifacts that indicate that the cave was used as a place of residence for early man. The cave was later used during the Minoan civilization - around 15 Century BC - for religious ceremonies to worship the Great Mother Goddess and Talos who was the mythical giant of Crete. Later on[...]
Remembering a Special Teacher
Wilbur Conover was a grade six teacher who left his mark. So much so, that on the weekend of October 1st, 2011 more than a dozen of his former students gathered to celebrate their teacher, fifty two years later. Mr. Conover, however, wasn't there. He was 58 years old when he started teaching, and has been dead for years.The occasion was a class reunion of students from the Queen Anne[...]
Tomb of the Giants
The Giants' Tombs are an archaeological phenomenon present on the island of Sardinia in Italy. Over 320 of these tombs have been discovered and many are undergoing preservation. The tombs were built by the Nuraghic people who lived in Sardinia in 1500 B.C.. Each clan built their own Giant's tomb and archaeologists believe that all clan members, not just people of importance, were all[...]
The Telephone to the Dead
"I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us." - Thomas Alva EdisonAs Spiritualism became a prominent religious movement between the 1840s-1920s, many scientists, psychical investigators and ghost hunters over the years toiled away in search of obtaining even the slightest proof of[...]
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