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True Crime Podcast on Vinyl
Well, not exactly, but close enough. Use embedded player below.History of the case here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 25, 2023 -
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Category: Crime, Death, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, United Kingdom, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Dwile Flonking
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 02, 2023 -
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Category: Games, Ridiculousness, Foolishness, Public Ridicule, Silliness, Goofiness and Dumb-looking, United Kingdom, Alcohol
The Mole Man of London
For some reason I recalled recently the odd case of William Lyttle, the Mole Man of London, who dug out a warren of tunnels under his home.Lyttle, originally from Ireland, inherited a 20-room property in the London borough of Hackney. In the mid-sixties he dug out a wine cellar under his home. Having done so, he said that he had "found a taste for the thing" and kept on digging, for some forty years.[2] He created a network of tunnels, wide and narrow, on several levels. Tunnels led in all directions, some of them up to 18 metres (59 ft) in length, and reaching as far down as the water table.[3] One excavation connected with the Dalston Lane tunnel, and the railway line.
I was intrigued to learn that 3 years ago, his derelict house had been renovated and repurposed! Read about it, with many pics, at the link.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 24, 2023 -
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Category: Domestic, Eccentrics, Caves, Caverns, Tunnels and Other Subterranean Venues, United Kingdom, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #555
The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 07, 2023 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Destruction, Advertising, Cereal, United Kingdom
Brief Intro to PRESTEL
This kind of tech will never catch on!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 04, 2023 -
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Category: PSA’s, Technology, 1990s, United Kingdom
Modern Flash Dictionary
Get hep to all the 1830 slang.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 04, 2023 -
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Category: United Kingdom, Nineteenth Century, Slang
The Decimal Shopping Game
When the UK made its switch from old-style currency to decimal currency, this board game was issued to help familiarize people with the new mode.Currently, a copy is for sale at UK eBay, where more pix await your inspection.
Board Game Geek has just a placeholder entry.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 08, 2022 -
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Category: Boredom, Games, Money, 1970s, United Kingdom
Miss Miniskirt of 1969
Your choice.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 21, 2022 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Fashion, 1960s, Europe, United Kingdom, Attractiveness, Sexiness, Allure and Personal Magnetism
5000 Hedgehogs Needed
I do not believe this mystery has ever been definitively solved.Source of first clipping: The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) 07 Oct 1935, Mon Page 7
Source of second clipping: The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) 09 Oct 1935, Wed Page 9
Source of third clipping: Western Morning News (Plymouth, Devon, England) 05 Jan 1937, Tue Page 4
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 09, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Unsolved Mysteries, 1930s, United Kingdom
Faking Someone Else’s Death
Modern life is full of stories about 1) people who fake their own death; and 2) people who fake having an illness (usually cancer) in order to get money. But this episode seems unique in that the scammers faked the death of someone else to get money.Source: North Mail Newcastle Daily Chronicle (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England) 28 Apr 1926, Wed Page 11
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 22, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Scams, Cons, Rip-offs, and General Larceny, 1920s, United Kingdom
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