Sunday, August 29, 2010

Another human foot found washed up on Washington beach 

It is the ninth severed foot to be found on the B.C.-Washington coast since August 2007, with seven of those in B.C.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:43 PM

Friday, August 27, 2010

Venom and Other Stories 

Hello folks. I'm still pretty busy with my mom so posting will be fairly sporadic for a while but in the meantime I wanted to let you know that my short story collection, Venom and Other Stories, is now for sale on Amazon. It's an ebook you can read on your Kindle, Ipad, Iphone, PC, Blackberry, Android or other digital device. Here's the product description:

A callous comic book publisher. A woman in love. A reporter in the old west. A psychiatric patient. A kidnapper. A Broadway actor.

Six people. Six short and twisted tales of terror and suspense.

The early reviews are in!


"Classic pulp fiction style. Quick-paced. Nasty characters. Very interesting story concepts, easy to read, kept me interested from beginning to end."

- Steve J. Scearce

"Clever, creepy, and twisted. My heart is still racing!"

- Denise Osmon Malinowski

Venom and Other Stories


I've also made a few other things available that may be of interest. I stumbled across these stories while doing research in old Kansas newspapers and thought that someone might like to read them.

A Trip To Salt Lake City, 1870


A Trip to the Verdigris and Caney Rivers in Kansas, 1869


"A Trip to the Verdigris..." is particularly interesting if you are curious about the early history of the Kansas settlers and how they lived. Pretty cool stuff.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:07 AM

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Greeks 'discover Odysseus' palace in Ithaca, proving Homer's hero was real' 

An 8th BC century palace which Greek archaeologists claim was the home of Odysseus has been discovered in Ithaca, fuelling theories that the hero of Homer's epic poem was real.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:38 PM

The strange case of solar flares and radioactive elements 

When researchers found an unusual linkage between solar flares and the inner life of radioactive elements on Earth, it touched off a scientific detective investigation that could end up protecting the lives of space-walking astronauts and maybe rewriting some of the assumptions of physics.

Thanks, Scott!

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:58 PM

Vancouver's TrailriderResearch explores paranormal aspects of Sasquatch encounters 

“There's a methodology that's pretty commonly accepted now for Bigfoot researchers,” according to “Bruce” from TrailriderResearch.

See also: Bigfoot to Make LA Premiere in Nightbeasts

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:46 PM

Is the Loveland Frog real? 

Have you ever heard of the Loveland Frog? A supposed 3-to-4 foot tall amphibian with green leathery skin that walks erect and hangs out near the Little Miami River in Loveland?

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:20 PM

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Cults of an Unwitting Oracle: The (Unintended) Religious Legacy of H. P. Lovecraft 

A man of Providence, Rhode Island, horror writer, self-proclaimed atheist, and “mechanical materialist” who spent most of his life ridiculing religion in his many extant letters, Lovecraft invented one of the most absurd and terrifying pseudomythologies (often called “The Cthulhu Mythos”) in the history of modern literature.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:29 AM

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Sorry for the lack of updates 

My apologies to regular readers for the lack of updates here. My mother is very ill and I have my hands full at the moment. I'll try to get back as soon as I can.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:41 PM

Monday, August 09, 2010

Bristol's origins, more than 1,000 years ago, remain shrouded in mystery 

Martin believes that this planning – a kind of Christian 'feng shui', if you like – has been hidden from us for 500 years, since the Reformation in fact, waiting to be rediscovered.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:23 PM

Detective who found Dr David Kelly's body raises questions over his death 

The mystery surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly deepened yesterday after the detective who found his body claimed he didn't see 'much blood'.

posted by Prof. Hex at 7:21 PM

Nefertiti and the Aten in Colour! 16,000 Amarna Art Talatat blocks in Luxor with Original Pigment Preserved 

Cool photos.

posted by Prof. Hex at 3:16 PM

Wonders of Iran: The Burnt City (Shahr-e Sukhteh) 

Includes ancient dice, animation, and an eyeball. Interesting stuff.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:35 PM

Can science explain the soul? 

Now some scientists are willing to venture into the once forbidden territory of the soul, attempting to extract a theory that will allow for its existence.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:30 PM

Houdini was better at magic than cycling 

Nineteen-year-old Houdini -- then still known as Erich Weiss, an avid bike racer, swimmer and boxer -- started the race in '93. "But he was faster with his hands than with his feet," Milwaukee cyclist Ed Aldridge recalled in a 1928 interview, and couldn't overcome the hazardous course.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:28 PM

Lindy Chamberlain set up to save tourism says ex husband 

The father of Azaria Chamberlain insists his ex-wife was accused of murdering their baby daughter at Uluru nearly 30 years ago to protect the Northern Territory's tourism industry.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:27 PM

Musick: Howard Hughes lived on 

Did Howard Hughes really die in 1976?

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:32 AM

Friday, August 06, 2010

Diogenes Club considers all things Sherlock 

With his best, dead-pan expression in place, Diogenes Club member John Durein states, tongue-in-cheek, "We basically believe that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were real and that Arthur Conan Doyle was a literary agent who helped Watson get his stories published."

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:45 AM

Montauk Monster: What Was It? 

It may be a real-life X-File.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:37 AM

Mystery of elusive Blue Mountains cat 

Two T-bone steaks, a can of Whiskas and an audio recording of a cat purr - if they're out there, we'll find them.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:36 AM

The legend of Capt. Kidd's treasure in Cape lives on 

When Captain William Kidd arrived in Lewes, colonial authorities were clamoring for the arrest of the notorious buccaneer.

See also:

You Don't Say: Somebody should have found gold at City of Rocks

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:49 AM

Validating Big Foot Intrepid researcher looks high and low for allusive hominoid 

Eight months ago in January, the Humboldt Beacon reported on Big Foot researcher William Barnes of Nevada City who unveiled plans for bringing a research team to Humboldt County last month in July to look for and document the controversial creature.

Yes, the headline really says "allusive." And they made Big Foot two words. The article, however, is much more competent.

posted by Prof. Hex at 2:14 AM

UFO mystery revealed 

Experts believe decades of UFO sightings in the Outback may have started from a trick of light caught on a camera 55 years ago after secret government documents were released.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:57 AM

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Scientist Get One Step Closer to Tissue Regeneration 

Growing a new arm or leg sounds like science fiction, but scientists may be one step closer to regenerating tissue like salamanders or a newts do.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:40 PM

The Bootleg Files: In Search of... 

Back in the 1970s, there was a sudden groundswell of interest in unexplained phenomena and historical conspiracy theories. Movies, magazines and books were devoted to such diverse oddities as UFOs, cryptozoology, revisionist theories and anything that challenged the placidity of the too-easy-to-explain world.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:39 PM

The Mystery of the Lost City 

When it was built in 1833 Colonnade Row was the biggest thing in New York since the British occupation, a 200-foot-long sweep of glistening white marble in the form of a Corinthian colonnade, nine houses combined into one great Greek revival statement on what is now Lafayette Street, opposite the Public Theater.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:34 PM

Death Alley 

Southern California's "wild men."

posted by Prof. Hex at 4:24 PM

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Wednesday's Witches: Shakespeare's Prospero 

Historian Brian Moffatt claims to have found the historical personage that was the inspiration for Prospero, the powerful mage at the center of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:28 PM

The witch of Wall Street 

Hetty once told a reporter, “My father told me never to give anyone anything, not even a kindness.”

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:50 AM

Hidden History of Maine 

Book review.

posted by Prof. Hex at 11:44 AM

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

King Tut’s chariot arrives in Times Square 

As 18th Dynasty pharaohs’ chariots go, the one that arrived in Times Square on Friday night was not a Mercedes or a Bentley.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:52 PM

Tectonic shifts helped Tecumseh thwart American invasion 

A team of U.S. scientists has solved a longstanding mystery surrounding the cause of a rare and massive series of mid-continental earthquakes that shook much of central North America nearly 200 years ago.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:26 PM

Mexico Finds Tunnel, Possible Tombs Under Ruins 

A long-sealed tunnel has been found under the ruins of Teotihuacan and chambers that seem to branch off it may hold the tombs of some of the ancient city's early rulers, archaeologists said Tuesday.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:52 PM

Northern Lights' magic, mystery coming south 

The Northern Lights may wander as far south as Minnesota this week.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:50 PM

Building a New History By Exhuming Bolivar 

Marching to the national anthem, a team of soldiers, forensic specialists and presidential aides gathered around the sarcophagus of Simón Bolívar, the 19th-century aristocrat who freed much of South America from Spain.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:49 PM

Remains of St John the Baptist 'found' 

Video.

posted by Prof. Hex at 1:31 PM

On the trail of Chang Apana, the real Charlie Chan 

Excellent article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 12:42 PM

Monday, August 02, 2010

I Just Saw a Frightful Monster 

Sea monsters around San Diego with a guest appearance of what sounds like a teradactyl. Good article.

posted by Prof. Hex at 10:22 AM

Galileo's lost fingers join Medici treasures in exhibit 

Florence's Museo Galileo, the Renaissance-science museum exhibiting two centuries of Medici treasures, credits the luck-goddess Fortuna for the rediscovery of its centerpiece relics in time for its reopening.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:46 AM

Soldier’s diary ends 75 year Himmler mystery 

Harry Oughton Jones was one of the witnesses to the 1945 cyanide suicide of Hitler's evil No 2.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:14 AM

Still a tempest 

Here (maybe) is the astonishing truth: Shakespeare’s Prospero was that 16th-century sorcerer Francis Stewart.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:10 AM

Unidentified falling objects 

What do Dunkirk, N.Y., and Roswell, N.M., have in common, aside from the fact that neither town is known for its music scene? Both were duped by weather balloons. Allegedly.

posted by Prof. Hex at 9:07 AM

Electronic Home Library (1959) 

Some unusual inventions for home entertainment and education will be yours in the future, such as the "television recorder" that RCA's David Sarnoff described recently.

posted by Prof. Hex at 8:59 AM