Mollie

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on May 7, 2017

Mollie

derivative images Mollie Fancher–The Brooklyn Enigma … History is populated by many strange and wonderful people. There was Jeremy Bentham, who lives on today as ... Read more

A Prophet Reborn As A Con Artist: The Strange Story Of Moses of Crete

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on March 26, 2017

A Prophet Reborn As A Con Artist: The Strange Story Of Moses of Crete

pixabay.com Every couple of years, a doomsday preacher makes headlines by announcing that the end of the world is near.  The majority (myself included) laugh ... Read more

Ancient Mariners And Demiurgic Technologies

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on February 20, 2017

Ancient Mariners And Demiurgic Technologies

pixabay.com The past, present, and future form a continuum, so studying one part can tell us something about another part. If you look at the ... Read more

The Brahan Seer

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on January 3, 2017

The Brahan Seer

pixabay.com A shadowy figure from Scotland’s history, the Brahan Seer is renowned for making a series of  bizarre prophecies, many of which came true long ... Read more

Legend Of Horus The Elder

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on October 26, 2016

Legend Of Horus The Elder

pixabay.com   … He is Horus who arose as king of Upper and Lower Egypt,who united the Two Lands in the Nome of the Wall,the ... Read more

Morality – As Though It Really Mattered

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on September 5, 2016

Morality – As Though It Really Mattered

pixabay.com By Robert Wiblin A large share of the public, and even an outright majority of professional philosophers, claim to be 'moral realists'.  Presumably, if ... Read more

Pope Joan

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on July 28, 2016

Pope Joan

In today’s world of gender tolerance and sexual equality, the idea of a woman disguising herself as a man to gain access to male dominated ... Read more

The Cardiff Giant

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on April 12, 2016

The Cardiff Giant

"Nothing in the world can ever make me believe that he was not once a living being. Why, you can see the veins in his ... Read more

Wisdom From The Years For Your Eyes And Ears

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on March 14, 2016

Wisdom From The Years For Your Eyes And Ears

Life teaches us so many things and old people are a treasure of knowledge, even though we do not respect them many times. Apart from ... Read more

The Song That Could Kill

Submitted by Glorious Bastard on February 3, 2016

The Song That Could Kill

In December 1932, a down and out Hungarian named Rezső Seress was trying to make a living as a songwriter in Paris, but failing miserably. All ... Read more