Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

…Heinrich Graun and Franz Benda. A meeting with Johann Sebastian Bach in 1747 in Potsdam led to Bach’s writing The Musical Offering. *** Invisible writes: On monarchs as artists. Under…

…patriot, who was expected to sleep with the enemy, had invisible ink placed in her underwear. Any other unusual invisible inks: drbeachcombing AT yahoo DOT com or any other good…

…WW2: Humber Stone: Dutch Mermaid: White Ladies: Patrick and Confusion: Invisible Libraries in Computer Games: Churchill and Waterloo: Romani in Eleventh Century England: Somehow Still Walking: Stalin Suffering the Children:…

…Haunted Ohio Books writes in with some great examples. ‘Of course there are probably hundreds of haunted libraries, but you seem to want stories of actual haunted books? An Uncommon…

…will be brief. But he had to share this brilliant catch sent in by Invisible, an important ally in the fight for the historically bizarre. Invisible came across (via a…

…1900 less inclined to see the Madonna? Perhaps, thinking about it. Thanks Invisible, Ruth and DenM!! 10 Sept 2011: Invisible strikes back: ‘I’m so (thankfully) out of touch with the…

…some commentators believe that Odoric was hallucinating in part here (which doesn’t seem necessary to Beach), if so then this would fit into Invisible’s explanation too? Thanks WJ and Invisible!!…

…ever ‘written’! Now back to the vegetable broth and the comic books. *** 3 Oct 2011: Invisible sends in this modern piece of publicity – have rumours of joy riding…

…class was that of Charlie Parkhurst. By some accounts she was the first woman to vote.’ Thanks DC! 22.2.2012: Invisible references a FT article on Hannah Snell. Thanks Invisible!  …

***Thanks to Invisible for this piece*** Not every day brings with it really bizarre history, but here is a cracker. An American and a Galician scholar, respectively, James Duran and…

…the question of why such a high percentage of the burials were of babies. Thanks Invisible! 18 Dec 2013: Invisible sends in this article for buried children from across the…

…has to be your location. Then Invisible comes in with another shower of blood for general edification: Your gorge-rising little story of the rain of blood made me think of…

…on Chrismas Eve. What cessation from the nightly pranks, the fun and mischief, the spite and evil-doing of the invisible creatures, this must entail! Many tale crowds upon the memory;…

…fantasy you might enjoy it. Thanks Invisible and Phil! Secret Mark: MR writes ‘I don’t know if you have seen this article Tony Grafton wrote a few years ago for…

…the short story, “A Crown of Feathers”. Thanks Adrian and Invisible! 23 May 2012: Invisible has some skepticism in relation to the sootikin: Quite unable to resist, I went looking…