Prompt: A Wise Man Views a Moonless Night With Fear
You might think the idea of improving life on Earth by destroying the Moon would be something from fiction or at the very least,...
The Oldest Name in the Book
A post on Amusing Planet describes a 5,000 year old clay tablet that may have the oldest recorded name in history. The cuneiform tablet...
Who’s Buried in Nor Loch?
My Macabre Road Trip visits Edinburgh's Nor Loch, a marshy area that was blockaded and filled with water during the 14th century, and later...
Who Made These Big Ass Jars?
Science Alert shares photos and a story about the discovery of 65 giant sandstone jars across the region of Assam in India. No one...
History’s Body Snatchers
A post on My Macabre Road Trip shares the sordid tales of famous corpses stolen from their final (?) resting place. The victims included Abraham...
Prompt: Fear or Thrill?
This week’s prompt from the Write the Book podcast is to imagine a creepy scenario that has always frightened you and write from the...
30 Magnificent MacGuffins
Does your Indiana Jones need an Ark of the Covenant? Does your Sam Spade need a Maltese Falcon? Your Darth Vader an R2D2? A post...
Salvation at the End of a Gun
Murder by Gaslight shares the tragic tale of Salvation Army Captain Hattie Smith, murdered in Nebraska in 1891. After an event honoring a French...
Dead Space
This one is gross. Sorry.
In a post on Mysterious Universe, Brent Swancer delves into the U.S./Soviet space race to find a bizarre story about...
Archaeologist Finds God
A team of archaeologists have found a lead tablet that could be the oldest known sample of Hebrew text. Discovered at Mount Ebal in...
