Books Archive
The Myth and Mayhem of the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar
An Extraordinary Feat of Penmanship, or a Beautiful Example of Evil Spirit Writing
Excerpts from a Phrenological Review of Oliver Cromwell’s Embalmed Head
![Artificial nose, 17th-18th century, made of plated metal. Such noses would have been made to replace an original, which may have been congenitally absent or deformed, lost through accident or during combat or due to a degenerative disease, such as syphilis. By Science Museum London / Science and Society Picture Library [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Artificial_nose_17th-18th_century_By-Science-Museum-London-Science-and-Society-Picture-Library-CC-BY-SA-2.0-via-Wikimedia-Commons-370x297.jpg)
Things to Know About the No Noses Club
![Premature Burial [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons-Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's story The Premature Burial by Harry Clarke (1889-1931), published in 1919.](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/premature-burial-crop-370x297.jpg)
Proper Care for the Not-Quite-Dead-Yet: The London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial
Body Snatching and a Singular Case of a Corpse’s Revenge
Post-Mortem Telepathic Hypnotism: A Theory on Haunted Houses
The Wonderful and Eccentric Lazarus Colloredo and his Parasitic Twin
A Strange Case of Animals Generating Within the Human Body
Just a Few Tricks Mediums Use To Lift Tables At Séances
![Ted Serios, by Jule Eisenbud [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ted_Serios_1-crop-370x297.jpg)
Ted Serios, the Man Who Could Print Photos From His Mind
![Toby The Sapient Pig, 1817 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Tobythesapientpig-1871-crop-370x297.jpg)
Words of Wisdom from History’s Most Scholarly Swine
The True But False Story of Edward Mordrake
![Pharmacie Rustique, by Nach Natur gezeichn et von G. Locher (1730 - 1795) (1774), graviert von Bartholomäus Hübner (1775) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.weirdhistorian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Pharmacie_Rustique-By-Nach-Natur-gezeichn-et-von-G.-Locher-1730-1795-1774-graviert-von-Bartholomäus-Hübner-1775-Public-domain-via-Wikimedia-Commons-cropped-370x297.jpg)
7 Examples of Medical Remedies Using Animal Dung from 1747
Matthew Buchinger: The Most Wonderful Character in The Book of Wonderful Characters
Notes and Reminiscences Regarding the Elephant Man
Toy Dogs, Safety Pins and Other Unfortunate Things People Swallowed and Had Extracted
Le Petomane and His Fantastic Farts at the Moulin Rouge
The Oddest Family That Ever Lived
Excised Tumors, The Stereoscopic Skin Clinic, Gout Treatments And Other Hidden Treasures
The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir
American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History’s Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers
The Anti-Social Network Journal
God Made Me Do It: True Stories of the Worst Advice the Lord Has Ever Given His Followers
