Silvia Bethencourt

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling Through the window of 26 Dorset Street, Arthur Conan Doyle took note of a chair, a bed, and a fireplace. The twelve-­square-foot hovel, just off Whitechapel Road, was a “dismal hole,” as a friend w…

When it comes to Jack the Ripper, how do we separate fact from fiction? On Arthur Conan Doyle, the infamous serial killer, and the nuances of criminal profiling.

elegant woman blasting a suitor in the face with the NO gun

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

I think I'd make a really good ghost. wandering around aimlessly at night and groaning are already some of my favourite activities

🦇 #BatsInArtSpecial A Japanese masterpiece, spotted by Don Weingust @weingust.bsky.social

Congratulations to the ‘Australasian Bat Of The Year’ winner- the Christmas Island Flying-fox (Pteropus melanotus natalis)!
#bats #🦇 #endangeredspecies

a lesson here for us all

The Disturbing Masterpiece We Were Never Meant to See Francisco Goya painted 'Saturn Devouring His Son' on the walls of his country villa. The mysterious image has haunted art historians since.

Francisco Goya painted 'Saturn Devouring His Son' on the walls of his country villa in the 1820s. The mysterious image has haunted art historians since.

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🎨Elizabeth Shippen Green - So Haunted at Moonlight with Bat and Owl and Ghostly Moth

This Disturbing 16th-Century Painting of Hell Linked Satan and His Demons With the New World Beyond Europe The panel features monsters with African, Indigenous Caribbean and intersex features, encouraging viewers to connect the sins and punishments depicted to those considered "other"

This Disturbing 16th-Century Painting of Hell Linked Satan and His Demons With the New World Beyond Europe

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🎃Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!🎃

Screenshot of headline and photo from a UK newspaper site. Headline is: "Life-saving defibrillator installed at Wear Valley Crematorium" The pic shows a middle-aged man in a dark suit standing next to said defibrillator and holding what I imagine is the case for the paddles. (Report by the Northern Echo, 3 September 2019, from Bishop Auckland)

You can admire the optimism, and still think it might be bad for business

Those declared ‘monsters’ are ejected from the human family | Aeon Essays For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human

Monstrification: For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human

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Boy holding a candle next to a mirror while a man looks at a shadowy ghost shape projected onto the wall.

#ForteanFriday #PhantomsFriday DIY Vintage Ghost Illusions. Try these at home, kids!
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About Bats - Bat Conservation Trust Bats are fascinating animals – the only true flying mammal. There are 1,500 species of bats in the world (as of September 2025), and more are still bein...

🦇 Today is the start of #BatWeek, an international celebration of bats and why they matter!

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The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Death: 19 Theories on What Caused the Poet’s Demise One of my very first acts as a new New Yorker many years ago was to make the journey across three boroughs to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Death: 19 Theories on What Caused the Poet’s Demise

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Władysław Wankie (1860–1925)

Samotna w parku (Alone in the park)

A brief history of the haunted house in western cinema and literature Sources as old as Pliny the Younger, the ancient Roman lawyer and writer, tell stories of houses that are haunted.

A brief history of the haunted house in western cinema and literature

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A Brief and Amazing History of the Pleiades, Stars That Captivated Ancient Civilizations and Inspired Poets Also known as the “Seven Sisters,” the striking cluster has long been used as an important seasonal marker and appears high in the night sky around Halloween

A Brief and Amazing History of the Pleiades, Stars That Captivated Ancient Civilizations and Inspired Poets

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That cat has seen… things

Clémentine Dondey

Fortune Teller Studying a Book of Necromancy (Devineresse étudiant un livre de nécromancie), 1847

Yes, beautifully honest in its simplicity

WindowSwap Open a new window somewhere in the world

I’m obsessed 🪟

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