Tag: mystery
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The Strange and Mysterious History of the Ouija Board
from smithsonianmag.com: In February, 1891, the first few advertisements started appearing in papers: “Ouija, the Wonderful Talking Board,” boomed a Pittsburgh toy and novelty shop, describing a magical device that answered questions “about the past, present and future with marvelous accuracy” and promised “never-failing amusement and recreation for all the classes,” a link “between the known…
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Mithraic Mysteries and the Cult of Empire
from thenewamerican.com: The proud Roman general stood with his commanders and retinue as the wild hillsmen, dressed in the ragged but still-flamboyant clothes of corsairs, fell before him in turn, begging for clemency. It was about 75 B.C. in the rugged hills near Coracesium in Cilicia, an untamed region along the coast of southwestern Asia…
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Inside the Great Pyramid
from blogs.smithsonianmag.com: “There is a story, regrettably apocryphal, about Napoleon and the Great Pyramid. When Bonaparte visited Giza during his Nile expedition of 1798 (it goes), he determined to spend a night alone inside the King’s Chamber, the granite-lined vault that lies precisely in the center of the pyramid. This chamber is generally acknowledged as…
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the twilight zone podcast: what you need
The Twilight Zone podcast hosted by Tom Elliot, narrates excellent 37 minute episode, “What You Need”. Tim Carmichael stumbles upon a hole-in-the-wall business, catering to upper echelons of New York Society. Carmichael is drawn inside after spotting sign in store window written backwards, reading “We Have What You Need”. Proprietor Mr. Peter Talley agrees to…