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October 26, 2015
Werewolves 2500 Years Ago (Creepy History 11)
Originally posted on Windows into History:
Herodotus was arguably the first historian whose work is largely reliable, and for that reason he is known as the ‘father of history’. He lived in Halicarnassus in the 5th Century B.C. In the fourth book of his one great work Histories, he wrote about a tribe in Scythia (Eastern Europe) called the Neuri. With some degree of scepticism, he reported what he had been told about their lycanthropic nature:
The Neuri follow Scythian customs, but one gener...
Buster Keaton
Originally posted on Exequy's Blog:
circa 1925: American film comedian Buster Keaton (1895 – 1966).
Buster Keaton (born Joseph Frank Keaton, October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American silent film comic actor and filmmaker. His trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname “The Great Stone Face” (referencing the Nathaniel Hawthorne story about the “Old Man of the Mountain”).
His career as a performer and director is widely rega...
Witches and Werewolves
Originally posted on History Witch:
Situated in the Lungau region of Salzburg, Austria sits the very creepy Moosham Castle, otherwise known as The Witches Castle. It got its’ devious nickname from the fact that hundreds of witches were executed (beheaded) and thousands more were tortured and imprisoned.
Villagers believed that witches lived among them- hence ahysteria that lasted for 15 years. Between 1675 and 1690 men, women and even children were arrested and brought to the castle. Many o...
The Ghost of Westminster Abbey (Creepy History 1)
Originally posted on Windows into History:
Westminster Abbey, painted by John Varley in 1832.
All October, in the lead-up to Halloween, I will be presenting a ‘Creepy History’ series, featuring extracts from old books that have been largely forgotten. These will all be non-fiction, as the best scary fiction from the past is still popular and readily available. The following true story is from the snappily titled Apparitions, or the mystery of ghosts, hobgoblins, and haunted houses develope...
The Ebbing And Flowing Well, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
Originally posted on The Journal of Antiquities:
Ebbing and Flowing Well, Giggleswick (photo credit: Humphrey Bolton for Geograph)
OS grid reference SD 8039 6538. The Ebbing and Flowing Well is, perhaps rather annoyingly, locatedat the side ofthe busyB6480 (old Clapham road) out of the village of Giggleswick,about two-thirds of the way up the steep and ‘often very busy’Buck Haw Brow, opposite Settle Golf-course. It’s about 1 milenorth-west ofGiggleswick and one-and-three-quarter miles fro...
October 25, 2015
Ayr’s Mystery Witch: the legend of Maggie Osborne
Originally posted on South Ayrshire History:
At Halloween, ‘witches’ make their annual appearance in our streets as door-to-door guisers or as party-goers. However, to be accused of witchcraft was of course a very serious matter indeed throughout Britain and Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and Ayrshire has its share of recorded trials and executions.
Robert Burns’ poem Tam O’Shanter was inspired by the tales of Ayrshire witches and warlocks which had been part of his...
FACT or MYTH: Vampires, Witches and Werewolves – Full-Length Documentary
Originally posted on Amazing Documentary Films:
A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope, is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (e.g. via a bite or scratch from another werewolf). Early sources for belief in lycanthropy are Petronius and Gervase of Tilbury.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKQZx6mEkzQ&list=UU-JBgg_36D88GL735QUZVzg
The Roman Legions – Greatest Killing Machines The World Had Ever Seen
Originally posted on Amazing Documentary Films:
In reference to the early Roman Kingdom (as opposed to the Roman Republic or empire), “the legion” means the entire Roman army. The subsequent organization of legions varied greatly over time but they were typically composed of around five thousand soldiers, divided into three lines of ten maniples during the republic, and later into ten cohorts during the early empire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ7U107xvu8
Agincourt 600
Originally posted on History... the interesting bits!:
Today is the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, when Henry V and his small ‘band of brothers’ defeated the French with only a few casualties.
The Review Blog are hosting an Agincourt weekend, in celebration of the great victory, for which I wrote an article looking into the origins of the Hundred Years War.
Here’s a snippet:
“Commemorating Agincourt: The Hundred Years War and The Road to Agincourt“
This Sunday, 25th of October...
