Lost Book on Magical Chameleons May 14, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient…to trace this) and mix into a paste that you carry with you will become invisible in crowds. Just imagine a whole volume of such delirium! Oh what have we…
Lincoln’s Assassination Advertised? May 22, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…AT yahoo DOT com Invisible writes, 27 Jun 2017: I was fascinated by your post on the Wicked Jest about a million dollars for peace. While there are plenty of…
The Male Midwives Called Peter and the Empty Box Trick June 17, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…method of alleviating human suffering, which, by their industry or genius, they may have been able to discover.’ 18 Jun 2017: Invisible writes ‘On the Forceps Kings (undoubtedly that’s why…
Lavoisier Blinks February 6, 2011
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…his recent question about proof for continued consciousness after decapitation. Most were unsourced and if anyone can fill in the gaps he would most grateful. Invisible offered: Charlotte Corday, whose…
The Man Who Wore His Wife August 17, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : ModernYou could fill a large book with anecdotes, urban legends and folk tales about rings. Most fall fairly effortlessly into certain categories: lost ring found; ring makes wearer invisible; ring…
Joys of Supermarket Shopping in the Soviet Union August 11, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…at anticipating needs than the invisible hand of the free market. The best Cold War example that Beach has come across of this is the literature on Cold War spying….
Shiatsu and Hallucinations March 12, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Actualite…an invisible UFO with a visible searchlight. A similar event happened years later (not an hallucination, but puzzling nonetheless), I took a tour of the Naval Observatory in Washington DC….
Index Biography #48: Prize a book November 30, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern***Invisible gets it – scroll down for answer*** The Index Biography is a quiz pioneered by this blog and introduced in a previous post. The creator must find a biography…
Beachcombed 92 February 1, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed…Oak: Chris from Haunted Ohio Books with some other cases and Val with a horrific picture… Devils’ Wing Mystery: Invisible with doubts… Ebola in Eighteenth-Century England? Margaret and Setec with…
Devil Wings Mystery November 21, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…there or even an embryonic piece de resistance. Bon appetite! Leif 29 Jan 2018: Invisible writes ‘Interesting that Leif thought, as I did, that the devil wings image was redrawn…
Index Biography #52: Prize a book March 31, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…this? drbeachcombing AT gmail DOT com [this chap is someone I instinctively like, though, I’ve tried not to] ***Invisible gets it – scroll down for the answer…*** Arrested Bilingual Born…
Mermaid Monday: Mermaid in London March 26, 2018
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…of the same era – albeit the birth of suckers by the minute was a well established fact and well known by that time.’ 24 Apr 2018: Invisible with this…
Hidden Flags August 12, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Modern…past the sties must have made the breeding worthwhile: thanks to Invisible for this reference. Other hidden flags: drbeachcombing At yahoo DOT com. Some flags are presumably easier to hide…
Killer Rabbits June 22, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Modern…this defence since there were no witnesses to the murderous assault. Auckland Star (15 Dec 1928), 3 (Thanks to Invisible for this one) So in short don’t ride where there…