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weekend link dump

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!Just watch out for the Strange Company HQ bouncer.  He doesn't play games.Disaster hits HMS Queen Charlotte.A shipwreck that is a "monument to 19th century diplomacy."The "golden age of languages."The ancient Greeks sure liked to put curses on each other.Scientists...

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!Featuring music from the Strange Company Orchestra!The forgotten Fifth Crusade.The gangs of 1970s Brooklyn.A visit to Waltham Abbey.A memorial to a murdered postmaster.How ancient humans regarded eclipses.How new technology is finding old cities.U-Boat action off...

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!And greetings from the Strange Company mail room!A teenager who died in the American Revolution has finally been identified.An ancient Roman fossil collector.The strange case of the "Leavenworth Look-Alikes."The legend of what may have been the first underwater...

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump, which is so action-packed, not one, but four hosts were required!Two ships from the "dawn of naval aviation."It turns out that wild chimpanzees are pretty good drummers.If you're planning to visit the Grand Canyon, maybe think twice about that.I was in a happier...

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where we wish our fellow Americans a happy 250th birthday!The unveiling of the Victoria Cross.A handy reminder that Robin Hood was no hero.One really freaking long tennis match.The motivations of Richard, Duke of York."Somebody's father" at the battle of...

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!  Our hosts for this Friday are Goldie and Brownie!Because why not.A plague outbreak from over 5,000 years ago.A case of explosive revenge.A medieval communication network.How angry fishermen saved the American Revolution.A remarkable amber pendant.The liver-eating...

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!Oh, God, the Strange Company staffers are bar-hopping again.A case of avenged honor.The most famous dog of the Middle Ages.The legend of King Arthur in Greenland.A Welsh village that became a casualty of WWII.The rise and fall of masquerade balls.In which science...

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where the Strange Company staff is off on an early summer road trip!Daniel Webster prosecutes an "extraordinary case."Is there a planet hidden behind Neptune?A woman's unsolved disappearance.A medieval domestic violence case."London characters" of the early 20th...

Weekend Link Dump

Undine

Welcome to this week's Link Dump!I'm sure our host this week needs no further introduction.  The caption says it all.A medieval anti-war satire.Mysterious meat shower?  Or vulture vomit?The paranormal side of the Cold War.Ernest Hemingway, boxing, and, uh, salad dressing.The man who blew up a...