I love history. I love weird/spooky history more
Think of some weird little things I can look up.
Here’s my demon Contribution
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Taylor_(demoniac)
I can’t find a link for the talking Spanish cooker 
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Mentioned in dracula thread about first discovery of what are believed to be vampire burials..three skeletons found outside of consecrated ground, I think it was Edinburgh, all buried face down with their necks and wrists pinned into the ground. Theory is if they tried to scratch their way out, being face down they would dig deeper.  |
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"Mentioned in dracula thread about first discovery of what are believed to be vampire burials..three skeletons found outside of consecrated ground, I think it was Edinburgh, all buried face down with their necks and wrists pinned into the ground. Theory is if they tried to scratch their way out, being face down they would dig deeper. "
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"Mentioned in dracula thread about first discovery of what are believed to be vampire burials..three skeletons found outside of consecrated ground, I think it was Edinburgh, all buried face down with their necks and wrists pinned into the ground. Theory is if they tried to scratch their way out, being face down they would dig deeper.
I loved that xx"
Dracula or the info..I ll look it up in my stuff, get more details..xx |
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"Mentioned in dracula thread about first discovery of what are believed to be vampire burials..three skeletons found outside of consecrated ground, I think it was Edinburgh, all buried face down with their necks and wrists pinned into the ground. Theory is if they tried to scratch their way out, being face down they would dig deeper.
I loved that xx
Dracula or the info..I ll look it up in my stuff, get more details..xx "
The info x |
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Check out the mutilation of the Herms. Castration of giant phalluses of the god Hermes around Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE.
... I should stop with the castration theme, I'll scare people  |
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"Mentioned in dracula thread about first discovery of what are believed to be vampire burials..three skeletons found outside of consecrated ground, I think it was Edinburgh, all buried face down with their necks and wrists pinned into the ground. Theory is if they tried to scratch their way out, being face down they would dig deeper.
I loved that xx
Dracula or the info..I ll look it up in my stuff, get more details..xx
The info x"
Interestingly it's now believed that TB was often mistaken for vampires as the skin goes pale, the sufferer rages for food but also the intestine breaks down causing the sufferer to cough up a dark red/ black which could be mistaken for fresh blood. Another curious but not historic fact particularly is the rise in America during either the 90s or naughties of vampires and feeders. It was a club scene where people would dress and act like vampires, complete with specialised artificial teeth..they gathered at raves and "fed" of willing volunteers. Reached worrying heights. |
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"There a place called Loftus Hall in fethard, wexford. Not too far from where my nanny is from.
Its alleged its haunted by the devil himself and a young woman who died there"
https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/loftus-hall-most-haunted-house-ireland-has-not-revealed-all-its-dark-secrets-021750 |
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"Check out the mutilation of the Herms. Castration of giant phalluses of the god Hermes around Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE.
... I should stop with the castration theme, I'll scare people "
May have cost Athens the Peloponnesian War, that one. |
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"Mentioned in dracula thread about first discovery of what are believed to be vampire burials..three skeletons found outside of consecrated ground, I think it was Edinburgh, all buried face down with their necks and wrists pinned into the ground. Theory is if they tried to scratch their way out, being face down they would dig deeper.
I loved that xx"
vampire coffins found in Italy... bodies had their Jaws broken and a brick pushed into their mouths so if they were ever to return again they would no longer be able to bite and suck on anyone's blood |
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"Check out the mutilation of the Herms. Castration of giant phalluses of the god Hermes around Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE.
... I should stop with the castration theme, I'll scare people
May have cost Athens the Peloponnesian War, that one."
One of many factors, sign of social and political upheaval to be sure. |
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This is nothing to do with history, I'm afraid. It's one of my all-time favourite Wikipedia articles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster
The last sentence of the section Design is particularly nuts. |
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"Check out the mutilation of the Herms. Castration of giant phalluses of the god Hermes around Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE.
... I should stop with the castration theme, I'll scare people
May have cost Athens the Peloponnesian War, that one.
One of many factors, sign of social and political upheaval to be sure. "
Also directly caused the defection of Alkibiades. |
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"Check out the mutilation of the Herms. Castration of giant phalluses of the god Hermes around Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE.
... I should stop with the castration theme, I'll scare people
May have cost Athens the Peloponnesian War, that one.
One of many factors, sign of social and political upheaval to be sure.
Also directly caused the defection of Alkibiades."
Yes. Ooh, and you spell it with a k. I like you  |
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"Australian troops once lost a battle against emus.
(if it'd been cassowaries I suspect the colonisers would have fucked off back to Britain) "
The great emu war. Who would of thought that machine guns would prove useless against emus. British troops lost spectacularly against New Zealand Moari's as well. |
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"Mentioned in dracula thread about first discovery of what are believed to be vampire burials..three skeletons found outside of consecrated ground, I think it was Edinburgh, all buried face down with their necks and wrists pinned into the ground. Theory is if they tried to scratch their way out, being face down they would dig deeper.
I loved that xxvampire coffins found in Italy... bodies had their Jaws broken and a brick pushed into their mouths so if they were ever to return again they would no longer be able to bite and suck on anyone's blood "
Yeah in the Slavic states they beheaded them totally...it is interesting how the myth is worldwide. Going off track a little, vampire bats dangle cleanly from draculas castle walls but actu ally in reality they defecate blood as their bodies take only what is required and the rest is erm...passed history lolol..saw a wildlife research programme based in South America..an old plantation over run and inhabited by the natural world and hundreds of vampire bats..the walls really did run with blood and the smell..eugh |
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Impalement has oft been used as a method of torture and execution.
The factors determining the rapidity of death appear to be the sharpness of the stake and the direction of insertion. Rapidity; a few seconds to minutes, intermediate; a number of hours to a few days, extended; up to 8 days of sufferance.
A blunt stake tends to push organs and major blood vessels out of the way (rather like acupuncture needles), a sharp one does not; the pointy stake kills you faster.
A stake inserted through the vagina encounters major organs and blood vessels sooner than one through the anus.
An anal insertion, directing the stake toward the posterior (back) wall of the abdomen and spine might encourage suffering for 6 - 8 days as no vital organs are pierced.
The Turks, Romans, Egyptians, Greeks and Chinese were enthusiastic adopters of long pieces of wood.
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