George J. Nicholls, author of Bacon and Hams, dressed as a side of bacon for the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball, April 1894.
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Silent Sundays: Circe (1493)
Woodcut from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle depicting the sorceress Circe changing Odysseus’ men into animals.
Silent Sundays: Latest Details of the Whitechapel Murders (1888)
Illustrated update on the Whitechapel Murders ascribed to notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper, from the Illustrated Police News, September 22, 1888 via G. D. Falksen.
Silent Sundays: Hell (1180)
Illustration of the tortures of Hell from the pictorial encyclopedia Hortus Deliciarum (The Garden of Delights) by Abbess Herrad von Landsberg around 1180.
Things That Go Bump in The Night: 10 Things You Might Have Missed in 2014 (Part One)
Every January, as we face the start of a new year, I like to take a moment to welcome all our new readers to the TYoH family. In addition, I owe a big thanks to you, our regular readers, for your ongoing support and… Read More ›
One of Us: 5 Marvels of the Early Sideshow
As public interest in the unusual was parlayed into exhibitions in the 16th century, physical oddities began to take on a certain caché, earning fame for many performers and paving the way for the rise of P. T. Barnum and the… Read More ›
Silent Sundays: Anatomical Skeleton (1523)
1523 anatomical study by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, with woodcuts by Ugo da Carpi, Courtesy of The National Library of Medicine.
Dancing Skeletons and Troublesome Heads: Joyously Macabre Films of the 1890s
Although the first years of film and its early pioneers present a fascinating and occasionally bizarre history suited to a much longer post, today I thought we’d simply focus on two short and deliciously outlandish movies from the dawn of… Read More ›
With Mien of Lord or Lady: Spooky Poe-Inspired Halloween Raven Tutorials
165 years ago today, a disheveled man died alone at a Baltimore hospital. He had been found four days earlier, lying disoriented and distressed in a gutter, and had identified himself as one Edgar Allan Poe, missing for over a week… Read More ›
