Strangeness | Vintage News
President Abraham Lincoln influenced the nation even in death, when his embalming made the practice more accepted
The Dreadful Tale of Blanche Monnier – Locked in a Room for 25 Years by her Mother
The Hopis were dubbed “the oldest of the people” by other Native Americans
Ian Brady, serial killer responsible for the Moors Murders, died in prison at age 79, regrettably a subject of media fascination
“Blind Tom,” born a slave, at the age of 10 became the highest paid pianist of the 19th century
The Erdapfel, the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, does not show the Americas but it does include the mythical Saint Brendan’s Island
Montserrat: The Pompeii of the Caribbean
Batman’s real name fused Scottish royalty with an American Revolutionary War hero
The mystery of the Vela Incident: some say it was a secret nuclear explosion
The Orphan Train Movement: a 19th century foster-home program that sent 200,000 homeless children from the East Coast to the Midwest
