America’s Lady Pinkerton
In an article for Smithsonian Magazine, Kellie Gormly writes about Kate Warne, America's first woman detective and the first female employee of the legendary...
Support Your Local Pervert
Like a pervert from a John Waters movie, Whipping Tom terrorized London women in the late 1600s by leaping out the shadows to spank...
The Bread-Baking Ghost of Big Sable Point Lighthouse
The Big Sable Point Light Station in Ludington, Michigan, is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a former lighthouse keeper. According to a volunteer...
The Real Jenny Diver
If you know the song Mack the Knife - and if you don't, you should - you're familiar with the name Jenny Diver, a...
The Scottish Nostradamus
Did you know there was a Scottish Nostradamus? In an article on Mysterious Universe, Brent Swancer has the story of this lost seer of...
The Adventures of History’s Youngest Pirates
We love kid gangs - from the Nazi fighters of 1940s comics to super-hero sidekicks, from the Goonies to Dumbledore's Army, kid gangs are...
Would You Do This Job?
An article on the British Newspaper Archive shares a number of unusual jobs that no longer exist. Some, like lamplighter and knocker-up (not a...
Prompt: Speak to the Dead
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, Peter Stamm suggests you go to a cemetery and see what the stones tell you...
Writing Prompt: You and You and You
During an interview with the Write the Book podcast, poet Ralph Culver (A Passable Man) offers a prompt suggested by one of his poems....
Whatever Happened to Trout Fishing in America?
We love characters with funky names and a great origin story.
In a post on Lit Hub, Walker Caplan shares the story of a college...
