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Malignant Vapor

May 30, 2023 boneandsickle anomolies, books, death, disasters, dwarf, Egypt, EPISODE, history, plague

A malignant vapor, weird plagues and punishments, a Polish dwarf, and a perilous journey into the lightless depths of a[…]

Epitaphs

February 24, 2023 boneandsickle books, Britain, cautionary tales, death, EPISODE, graves

Epitaphs can sum up the life of the individual buried beneath or can comment on the human condition generally. From the[…]

A Remarkable Circumstance

February 9, 2023 boneandsickle anomalies, books, Britain, crime, criminals, curiosities, death, EPISODE, history, horror

A potpourri of peculiar tales culled from a favorite 19th-century volume. This episode features some outstanding British eccentrics, an extraordinary[…]