marc Archive
Giant Mirrors for Mars and a Plea to Andrew Carnegie
Taphophobia and a Little Help From Dead-Houses
Things Said About the Talking Mongoose of the Isle of Man
Nikolai Kobelkoff: No Arms, No Legs, Lots of Everything Else
Johnny Fox: A Tribute to the King of Swords
![Artificial nose, 17th-18th century, made of plated metal. Such noses would have been made to replace an original, which may have been congenitally absent or deformed, lost through accident or during combat or due to a degenerative disease, such as syphilis. By Science Museum London / Science and Society Picture Library [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Artificial_nose_17th-18th_century_By-Science-Museum-London-Science-and-Society-Picture-Library-CC-BY-SA-2.0-via-Wikimedia-Commons-370x297.jpg)
Things to Know About the No Noses Club
A Case of Hypnotism Gone Wrong and a Desperate Attempt to Make It Right
Dan Rice, The Clown Who Ran For President
The Irish Giant vs. The Eager Anatomist
Myths and Misunderstandings Regarding Mermaids
After 92 Years, A Two-Headed Calf Get Its Own Festival
Stone-Eaters: A Hard Way to Make An Easy Buck
Daniel Lambert and the Origins of Obesity on Exhibition
The Unfortunate Case of the Two-Headed Sparrow
![Premature Burial [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons-Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's story The Premature Burial by Harry Clarke (1889-1931), published in 1919.](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/premature-burial-crop-370x297.jpg)
Proper Care for the Not-Quite-Dead-Yet: The London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial
Les Diableries: A Jaunt Through Hell in Spectacular 3D
Lottie Fowler: The Psychic Who Officially Went Insane
Galileo Observed the Universe. You Can Observe His Fingers.
Inside the Never-Before-Seen Scrapbook of the Rubber Skin Lady, a 1930s-era Sideshow Star
Death, Design, and the Extraordinary Crypt of the Capuchin Monks
Body Snatching and a Singular Case of a Corpse’s Revenge
A Clever Escape For The Buried Alive
A Short History of the Exhibition of Ossified People
Post-Mortem Telepathic Hypnotism: A Theory on Haunted Houses
Dr. Ding and His Three Extreme Fingernails
The Wonderful and Eccentric Lazarus Colloredo and his Parasitic Twin
A Strange Case of Animals Generating Within the Human Body
A Short Story About The Long Nose of Thomas Wedders
Medusa Van Allen: The Woman Who Couldn’t Grow
Mars Has Women. And Other Tall People with Big Ears.
Just a Few Tricks Mediums Use To Lift Tables At Séances
![Ted Serios, by Jule Eisenbud [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ted_Serios_1-crop-370x297.jpg)
Ted Serios, the Man Who Could Print Photos From His Mind
![Toby The Sapient Pig, 1817 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Tobythesapientpig-1871-crop-370x297.jpg)
Words of Wisdom from History’s Most Scholarly Swine
Thomas Edison’s Creepiest Invention: The Talking Doll
History’s Most Unusual Gift: A Table Made of Brains, Ears, a Foot and Other Preserved Body Parts
The Unfortunate Career of Charles-Henri Sanson: Executioner of France
Struggles and Triumphs: The Life of the Bearded Lady
The True But False Story of Edward Mordrake
![Pharmacie Rustique, by Nach Natur gezeichn et von G. Locher (1730 - 1795) (1774), graviert von Bartholomäus Hübner (1775) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Pharmacie_Rustique-By-Nach-Natur-gezeichn-et-von-G.-Locher-1730-1795-1774-graviert-von-Bartholomäus-Hübner-1775-Public-domain-via-Wikimedia-Commons-cropped-370x297.jpg)
7 Examples of Medical Remedies Using Animal Dung from 1747
Dave Ballard, aka Tobor the Robot, the World’s Tallest Santa, and the Texas Giant
![Lady Wonder - By Francis Wickware (Dr. Rhine and ESP. Life Magazine. April. 15, 1940) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Lady_Wonder_Horse-By-Francis-Wickware-Dr.-Rhine-and-ESP.-Life-Magazine.-April.-15-1940-Public-domain-via-Wikimedia-Commons-370x297.png)
Lady Wonder: The Nostradamus of Horses
The Oldest People Who Ever Lived, Or Didn’t
Clifford Calverley: Flirting with Death for Fun and Fame
Believe It Or Not: The World Famous Armless Musician, Ray Myers
Matthew Buchinger: The Most Wonderful Character in The Book of Wonderful Characters
Notes and Reminiscences Regarding the Elephant Man
Toy Dogs, Safety Pins and Other Unfortunate Things People Swallowed and Had Extracted
Le Petomane and His Fantastic Farts at the Moulin Rouge
The Curious Adventures of Oliver Cromwell’s Head
The Oddest Family That Ever Lived
The Time When Time Started Over
8 Speeding Motorcycles, 1 Globe of Steel
Celebrate a Death-Defying Art: World Sword Swallower’s Day
