The Hardy Tree is a centuries-old ash tree surrounded by a radiating circle of densely-packed headstones. But why was it created?
The Hardy Tree
Tag: Curiosities
The Hangman’s Locket
As much as the Victorians revelled in beauty and sentimentality, they really were a bunch of morbid sods at heart.
The Ghost Dog of Tingewick
Spectral spaniel or fake Fido? You decide...
Bent Spoons and Sensotrons: Uri Geller’s Strike!
Uri Geller's Strike! is quite possibly one of the strangest games ever to hit toyshop shelves.
London’s Secret Victorian Pet Cemetery
Hyde Park's hidden pet cemetery's once described as 'the most horrible spectacle in Britain.'
The Car Park Grave of Mary Ellis
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
See them walking hand in hand across the bridge at midnight...
The Weirdest Epitaph in America: Sterling Hallard Bright Drake
"‘An idealist and a dreamer, he died of loneliness and a broken heart, searching for a shrine he never found."
Going Out in Style! Ghana’s Fantasy Coffins
Fantasy, figurative or proverbial coffins (abebuu adekai), are unusual, transient memorials, being elaborate representations of the deceased’s interests, dreams and achievements.
Ye Olde Eco-Burial: The Trapdoor Coffin
In the 16th and 17th centuries, plenty of rural parishes in Scotland utilised a communal coffin of sorts called a ‘common mortkist’, ‘bier’ or ‘parish coffin’.
Burials & Beyond 