History Obscura

Life Magazine’s ”Dawn of Religion”

The antiquated yet fascinating tale of humankind's religious awakening, as told by Life Magazine in 1955! Ah, the obsolete anthropological theory! Golly, the complete omission of all femalekind! That's what we call the history of history, friends. Do enjoy ;)
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Hallowe’en Special Story! The Monkey’s Paw: Parts Two & Three

Very Happy Hallowe'en to all of you special people! Thank you so much for joining me this season and every other season! There was great witchery afoot tonight; don't mind the lykoi's howling and jingling along with the conclusion of this classic spooky tale. It's their Hallowe'en, too ;)
 
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Halloween Special Story! The Monkey’s Paw: Part One

Not exactly as told by The Simpsons ;) Enjoy the Monkey's Paw short series this Hallowe'en season!
 
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Nightmare Before Halloween? It’s the Month of Hungry Ghosts

 
Halloween & Day of the Dead may epitomise the spooky season in Europe and North America, but Asia has its own terrifying annual festival in which swarms of ravenous spirits with bad karma flood into the land of the living.
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Prophecies for the World of 1980!

Hear what American industry experts of 1955 had to say about the world of the future in 1980!
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Treasure Island

Today's reading is from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel, Treasure Island.
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The Medieval Nun Who Scribbled her Name in the Gospel

Who was "Eadberg", and does she represent a lost class of literate women in medieval England's nunneries? We don't know much yet, but a spark of personality has been discovered in the pages of a 1,200-year-old text!
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The Mayan Caste War

The Mayan people did not disappear; in fact, they fought long and hard for their land and culture, which can once more be seen in Mexico's beautiful Quintana Roo and the Yucatan.
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The Sweating Sickness of the English Renaissance

King Henry VII had a lot on his plate after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, but he wasn't expecting a new plague to be one of them.
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Satan: Christianity’s Tulpa?

A brief biography of autumn's favourite fallen deity...Satan, Lucifer, or the Devil, if you will!
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