marc Archive
Forget Martians—What About Life on Venus?
The Sword Swallower Who Almost Won America’s Got Talent: Meet Brett Loudermilk
The Curious Sale of the Damn Parrot Who Wouldn’t Shut the Hell Up
A Few Cases of Duels That Didn’t Happen in the Old West
Reminiscences of the Elephant Man, Now Available
When Baby Cages Were a Thing and Safety Wasn’t
The Time a Bearded Lady Went to Jail to Grow a New Beard
The Woman Who Laughed at Death: A Chat About Evatima Tardo with Bess Lovejoy
Thomas Schweicker, the Calligrapher Who Didn’t Need Hands or Arms
Just a Little Vampire Miscellanea
Cheers! From Mars! A Conversation About Alcohol in Space with Explore Mars CEO, Chris Carberry.
Talking UFOs and Extraterrestrials with Lee Speigel of The Phenomenon
The Art of the Art of Magic: An Interview with Philip David Treece
“We Don’t Have Meat Here” and Other News from the Afterlife
The Piano Medium That Played the Crowd
Excerpt from The Talking Dead: An Interview with Abe Lincoln
The Sight of Hell is Now On Sale—For Under Ten Bucks
In Case You Didn’t Know, Houdini’s Bathtub Could Be Yours
Everything You Need to Know About Spirit Slate Writing and, of course, Kindred Phenomena
Launching Everywhere on Earth: The Big Book of Mars
When Automatic Writing Brought Us Words from Beyond the Grave
Meet the Man Who Got Jilted By His Spirit Bride and Sued
How to See Ghosts in the Comfort of Your Own Home
A Few Not-So-Odd Questions for Freeman and Fugate Oddities.
Rope Escapes, Musical Ghosts, and the Mysterious Magic of the Davenport Brothers
Satan, the Rumplestiltskin of the Devil’s Bible
Meet George Romondo, the 18th-Century’s Most Eccentric Mimic
The Museum of Interesting Things is Exactly as Promised
Fun and Horror with Ventriloquism Through History
Alfred Pilgrim: The Boy Who Lived without Arms and Legs
Martin Van Butchell: The Man Who Embalmed his Wife and Cured Carbuncles
Chin Up, Head off: Headless Portraits in the Victorian Age
The World’s Greatest Knife-Throwing Mom (and the World’s Bravest Daughters)
Circus Posters, an Electric Chair, and Other Ways to Make Your Home More Interesting
Mother Shipton: The Witch of York, England’s Prophetess, the Devil’s Daughter, or Hoax?
A Fiery Tour of Hell for Children and other Youngsters
The Night Joseph Dunninger Spooked a Spiritualist with a $21,000 Check
The Iron Chair and Jean Calas’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in 1762
The Strange Afterlife of the Eccentric Hannah Beswick
Anatomy Takes on All Forms at Amsterdam’s Museum Vrolik
Four Crappy Ailments Once Believed to Have Been Cured by Reptile Poop
The Man Who Grows Reached the Height of Vaudeville and Astounded Scientists
A Rather Brief History of Life on the Moon
Blood Rushed to Their Heads, And Sometimes Beyond: Meet the Victorian Ceiling Walkers
True Ghost Stories, According to Psychic Investigator Hereward Carrington
Bringing Lorraine Warren Back From the Grave
A Few Brief Words and Illustrations Brought to You From the Dead
Looking for a 19th-Century Anatomical Model or a Ceramic Poppyseed Bagel? The Doyle Oddities Auction Has It All.
That Time When Body Snatchers Entered the City of the Dead
The Greatest Robot of the 1700s was a Pooping Duck
Charlotte Canda: A Tragic Death and Magnificent Monument
Robert Wadlow, the Tallest Man Ever, Should’ve Been Nine Feet Tall
Where to Find a 19th-Century Anatomical Model of a Horse and Other Things You Didn’t Know You Needed to Have
