Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

…Neil H. with a project for adding to the size of Europe… Invisible Bean Spell: Beach himself with (I thought) an interesting Irish parallel… Last Words of the Executed: Ricardo…

…Leif with an article and WDR with puffins… In Search of Medieval Pain: Invisible on a new book… In Search of the Anomaly Gap: Mike Dash contests and Beach parries……

…the future with spells and by mastering invisible forces: often supernatural entities. Self help has some striking similarities here. First, there is a tradition within the Self Help movement of…

…331) that will render the owner invisible, though note that the stone is also credited with bringing luck and curing humans and cattle of diseases: ‘[The stone] was in great…

…KMH on Biblical precedents… Burning Bluecoat Memories: Neil H. with a useful negative… Cockney Wandering Jew: Invisible with some intense fictional examples and KMH on a Biblical phrase… Decades and…

…logical narrative progression. Any thoughts: drbeachcombing At yahoo DOT com Several of you wrote in with the suggestion that this was a time traveller! However, Invisible actually has evidence to…

…a woman’s artful nature. Did this artist not think his wife would be taken doggy-style and preserve the lamb?   Invisible writes, 25 Nov 2016: To the best of my…

***Dedicated to Invisible*** Parents have scared children for generations with conjured horrors: the fairies, the black boggart, Jenny Greenteeth and many, many more. However, Beach today wants to look at…

…Wh writes a stern correction… Fairy Feast 1912: Leif with fairy horns and fairy food and Invisible with some extraordinary pictures (loved these two)… Flight in Seventeenth-Century Warsaw? Alan argues…

…Invisible, Chris S, Joan, Ricardo, Wade and others. I’ve put the very best contributions below to the posts from this month: the cream follow here, about 10,000 words worth. Next…

…common, and being generally sceptical, has not removed the secret suspicion that I was once threatened by a malevolent nonhuman intelligence.’ Thanks EC and Wade!   Totoro: Invisible writes in:…

…on the train… Thanks, as always, to the multiple linkers: Amanda, Invisible, Chris S, Joan, Ricardo, Wade and others. I’ve put the very best contributions below to the posts from…

…writes, the present brass plate is NOT genuine. Invisible writes: Your post on archaeological fantasias made me want to dig out Richard Halliburton’s Book of Marvels, with its tales of…

…they appreciate the occasional kiss of affection.’ Thanks, Andy! Mermaid, 1794: Kenton and Invisible write in with a possible reference to this mermaid from 1812 in the General Chronicle and…

…Legend. Princip’s Remorse? Probably non-existent in fact, but a worthy subject for Myth.’ Thanks Mikulpepper! 12 Feb 2012: Invisible writes in with this link to the unlucky car. Thanks Invisible!…