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Category: Women

The Car Park Grave of Mary Ellis

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Beneath the tarmac of Loews Theater car park in New Brunswick lie the remains of Mary Ellis. For the last 193 years, she has occupied a prime parking spot; a strange conclusion to a romantic and tragic life.

Ghosts on Film: Hampton Court Palace

January 18, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

See them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight...

Nanette Stocker, the Smallest Woman in the Kingdom

August 29, 2021August 29, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Nanette (incorrectly recorded as ‘Nanetta’ on her stone) is a forgotten music hall star and little person who died with a huge following.

Kim Cattrall: The Unwelcome Cleopatra

May 1, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

What, so you thought I couldn’t link Sex and the City with bizarre grave controversies? Bet your finest patent heels I can.

Love Me, Love My Dead Husband’s Calcified Heart

March 27, 2021March 18, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was not simply a literary force, but a tragic, romantic, gothic icon whose exploits in sex and death put the rest of humanity to shame.

Annie Fairlamb Mellon: The Geordie Medium.

August 5, 2020December 18, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

Annie Fairlamb Mellon was one of the UK’s greatest materialisation mediums and is so rarely celebrated for her weird and wonderful claims.

Stanisława Tomczyk, Medium – Running with Scissors

July 22, 2020July 20, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Tomczyk’s main draw as a medium was her claim that she could levitate objects with the power of her mind, stop clocks and ‘influence the turn of a roulette wheel...

Mary Toft: The Woman Who Birthed Rabbits

May 28, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

In 1726, when the rest of the country were dealing with periodic harvest failures, Mary Toft sat at home and gave birth to rabbits.

A Sensation in Quebec!

May 16, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

'A Quebec Woman Creates a Sensation, Riding Through St. John Street in a Hearse, Reclining on the Coffin-Bed, and Smoking a Pipe...'

Collection Feature: Agnes Sturgeon

April 22, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

The life of Agnes Sturgeon has expanded beyond her small, folded memorial.

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