Sup espresso start your weekend in a leisurely style via marshalling the troops for a hobnob over coffee. There are dozens of unbiased and person cafes to pick from. Time to odor the beans, watch the professional baristas in action and drink in the undying atmosphere o…
Barcelona is one of the most populated towns of Spain. due to its importance in finance, leisure, global change and tourism, it's far known as a worldwide metropolis in Europe. It has an extensive hyperlink of rail and avenue that gives the tourists some other purp…
via Newspapers.com The dead can get so damned touchy about what you do with their remains. This charming little cautionary tale was related by one S.G. Hobson, in what appears to have been a syndicated column. This particular reprint comes from the "Pittsburgh P…
"Buffalo Courier," December 31, 1873, via Newspapers.com On November 28, 1873, 28-year-old Nicholas Ryan and his 24-year-old sister Mary rented furnished lodgings on the fourth floor of a New York City boarding house run by Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Burke. Nichol…
This week's Link Dump is sponsored by more of our Christmas Cats! Who the hell made the Arthur's Seat Coffin Dolls? And why? Watch out for those cursed rings! Mrs. Hodges and the meteorite. Incidentally, the new film about Mary Queen of Scots sounds like a rea…
via Newspapers.com You may recall that a while ago, I posted a story about a man who was being pestered with letters...from his very dead wife. Curiously enough, this wasn't the only marital correspondence from beyond the grave that I've found. Here is a sto…
James Drummond, "The Porteous Mob," 1855 Historically speaking, many large-scale riots seem almost unpreventable, or, at least, unforeseeable. A series of unlucky or tragic events suddenly coalesces into mass violence, and it is difficult to say who could ha…