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Georges Rodenbach: The Grave Escape

November 13, 2022November 13, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Coming outta his grave and he's been doin' just fine...

Walter Summerford: The Unluckiest Man in the World

October 29, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Not only was he struck by lightning multiple times in his life, but once more after his death for good measure.

The Last Witch of Scotland

October 23, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

What may seem to be a simple piece of masonry is in fact the memorial to the most brutal and hysterical of executions.

1000-Year Old Boulder Demon Released!

October 15, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

The boulder imprisoned an ancient demon that was released as soon as the stone broke. To add insult to injury, anyone who touches the rock is thought to die...

The Grave that Keeps Growing

October 10, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

A tomb in Uzbekistan is able to boast the unusual claim of housing not only a prophet, but a prophet that keeps getting bigger in death.

The Lost Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

September 18, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

The lost mausoleum at Halicarnassus in Bodrum, Turkey was one of the most visually impressive burial monuments the world had ever seen

Treasures of St Mary’s Church, Barton

July 30, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

I must sound like a broken record, but I truly believe that every church has a fascinating history, or a weird little artefact hidden inside, and St Mary’s at Barton is no different.

The Hangman’s Locket

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

As much as the Victorians revelled in beauty and sentimentality, they really were a bunch of morbid sods at heart.

The Ghost Clown of Flaybrick Cemetery

April 21, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

‘There’s a clown in my graveyard, what am-ah-gonna-do?’ the people of Birkenhead once yelled in the early 1990s. Or at least they would have done if they were particularly big UB40 fans.

Jacques Cazotte and the Dinner Party of Terror

April 5, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

In 1788, one year before the Reign of Terror began, a writer and would-be mystic was at a dinner party. Jacques Cazotte was a man of standing and was dining with the great and good aristocrats of France, poised to spoil everyone’s appetites.

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