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Monthly Archives: December 2011
John Tyler’s Descendents
John Tyler was born two months before the French Revolution. In 1841 he became the tenth president of the United States and the first to succeed a president who died in office (William Henry Harrison). Tyler died in 1862 during … Continue reading
Giants
If you look carefully at the image above, you might notice something odd. The man on the right is not just the shorter of the two, he also has a proportionally smaller face, head and hands, almost as though he’s … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged Adam Rainer, giants, John Rogan, Potsdam Giants, Robert Wadlow
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Prophets, Futurists and Illusionists
In 1793, at the height of the French Revolution, three soldiers came across the tomb of Nostradamus. With nothing better to do, they decided to dig up the corpse of the great seer. Buried with the body was a plaque … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged David Goodman Croley, Derren Brown, H. G. Wells, Nostradamus
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The Taman Shud Mystery
The facts of the Taman Shud case read like a cold war thriller but without the neat resolution. On December 1 1948, the corpse of a middle-aged man was found at Somerton beach near the city of Adelaide. No identification … Continue reading