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Travel Course Creator Positions at Bright Trip
Bright Trip is seeking travel course creators (“online courses for travelers”). While not technically a history job, they are seeking people to write travel scripts…
Early Anatomists
This 1905 article about early anatomists drops some very interesting names, such as Madonna Manzolina and Dr. John Shippen. Both are worth further study. Early…
How to Make Wood Plant Sticks Instructions from 1922
The following instructions for making plant sticks were published in 1922. The idea of making plant sticks and having children paint them would be an…
Medical Students and the Gruesome Work in the Name of Science
Originally published in 1895, the article below describes what it was like inside a dissecting room. What I found interesting was the description of how…
Archaeologist and Field Tech Positions in CA, NV, and OR
ASM Affiliates has positions open for Senior Archaeologists, Associate Archaeologists, and Field Technicians in the Pacific and Western U.S. The full listing of the available…
Ranker Hiring Weird History Writer
As of right now, Ranker.com has a position open for a freelance Weird History writer. If you enjoy researching weird bits of history, the Royals,…
In the Dissecting Rooms
What was it like to witness a dissection of a human body in the early 20th century? The following article details a reporter’s look inside…
7 Horrendous Cases of People Getting Disemboweled
In 1905, Augustus Rugan worked as a carpenter. One afternoon as he was working on a revolving saw, he leaned into the blade and gashed…
8 Gruesome Accounts of Severed Fingers
In 2018, I wrote a series of articles for Listverse about old cases of children kept in chains, bodies found in sacks, and gruesome ways…
Factory Prepares Human Bones
Skeleton factories found in metropolitan areas, such as Paris, London, and New York, had a healthy trade in human bones. This fascinated reporters back in…
