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Visions of the Virgin Mary were popular in days gone by. Whether people believe or not, the circumstances of and reactions to the visions are…

Phone calls from the dead are a fairly common occurrence even though incidents are almost never reported in newspapers these days. When they first started…

This piece comes from a time when food science was relatively new, so please don’t use it in place of the latest discoveries regarding spices…

Before it became known as rabies, it was called hydrophobia (fear of water). The fear of water is one of the symptom of rabies, a…

Lemons are great for many things, but can they be used as a treatment for rheumatism? The following article appeared in The Rice Belt Journal…

Out of the 13th century came the Vehmgerichts or, more commonly, the Holy Vehm. These Christian “police” were formed in Westphalia, Germany in an effort…

While this article, published in 1912, treats witchcraft as trickery and hallucinations, some of the historical facts are interesting and valid. When Witches Were Not…

In popular culture today, Ouija boards are seen as evil tools that summon up destructive, murderous spirits. However, the Ouija board was originally developed as…

Should prisoners about to be executed be deprived of their corneas first? Do you think murderers should be deprived of the right to their organs?…