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Creepy Wikipedia: Oscar The Therapy Cat, Omen Of Death And Provider Of Comfort

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Previously: The Final Voyage Of The Bluebelle. This week’s Creepy Wikipedia subject is more heartwarming than spooky — although I’d argue that it’s still spooky-adjacent, hence its inclusion here Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: Oscar The Therapy Cat, Omen Of Death And Provider Of Comfort

Creepy Wikipedia: Ong’s Hat, New Jersey vs. Ong’s Hat And The Incunabula Papers

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Previously: Mike The Headless Chicken. If you search for “Ong’s Hat” on Wikipedia, you’ll find not one, but two different articles. That’s because when we talk about Ong’s Hat, we talk about two Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: Ong’s Hat, New Jersey vs. Ong’s Hat And The Incunabula Papers

Creepy Wikipedia: The Moberly–Jourdain Incident, Time Slips, And The Ghosts Of Versaille

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Previously: Weegee. Have you ever been to the Palace of Versaille? I haven’t — not yet. (Ironically enough, despite being the only member of my family to have studied French, I am also the only Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: The Moberly–Jourdain Incident, Time Slips, And The Ghosts Of Versaille

Creepy Wikipedia: Weegee, Crime Scene Photography, And The Business Of Murder

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Previously: The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine. When I first stumbled upon the Wikipedia page for the photographer Weegee, who is known primarily for his street shots, documentation of the activity of Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: Weegee, Crime Scene Photography, And The Business Of Murder

Creepy Wikipedia: The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine, Which May Or May Not Exist

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Previously: Phantom Clown Sightings. In Arizona, about 40 miles of Phoenix, there’s a mountain range known as the Superstition Mountains. The name is fitting; many stories and tales cling to the Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine, Which May Or May Not Exist

Creepy Wikipedia: Phantom Clown Sightings And The Great Clown Scare Of 2016

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Previously: Witch Bottles. In the late summer of 2016, something unnerving arrived in Greenville, South Carolina. It was shaped like a clown, but it… didn’t seem like a clown. In fact, it seemed Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: Phantom Clown Sightings And The Great Clown Scare Of 2016

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