History Obscura

Machines in the Sky? Heavenly Trumpeting Around the World

Have you heard the music...err...noise, in the sky? Perhaps we'll all die.
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The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe

Not many know--in fact, no one really does--how the king of goth literature died that day.
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Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies

This week I delve into the journal of botanist and explorer Mary Shaffer, who took on the hard and unforgiving Canadian Rocky Mountains in the early years of the 20th century.
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Mutant Human Genes & the Choice Cocktail of the British Raj

Creepy genetic mutations affect our teeth, arteries and the likelihood of survival in the tropics. Do come in and help yourself to a biscuit!
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Treasure Island: Chapter Three

Back to Robert Louis Stevenson's 1873 classic pirate novel, Treasure Island!
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Talking to Martians

From early attempts to capture radio signals from Mars to current debate on the 1977 WOW! signal, let's talk radio telescopes!
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Hume & the Disease of the Learned

Do you ever feel heavy from the weight of your musings on existence?  You aren't alone!
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Sekhmet, Blood Goddess of Egypt

Very Happy New Year, everyone! Enjoy this ochre-dyed creation story and its literal counterpart, uncovered from the sands of Egypt. I bring you Sekhmet, the Lionness!
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A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens

Please enjoy the entire story of Scrooge and his ghosts! Perhaps best consumed over the coming weeks, A Christmas Carol is 3.5 hours long and does not actually involve Kermit the Frog OR Michael Caine.
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Mission to Mars--But Not the Buzz Aldrin Version

Hello! This is your happy host, Mandy Gardner. Unfortunately, a demon has taken up residence in my throat this week, so I have decided to share a few pre-recorded chapters of my science fiction novel, Mission to Mars, with you tonight. As luck would have it, this very book and its predecessor, Letters to Earth, are currently on sale as whole audiobooks through Endless Ink Publishing. Please do buy yourself a copy!
 
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