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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · Jun 7

Oh HEY, you can support this great Boston indie bookstore by ordering A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN or PRE-ORDERING our follow-up, AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION which features several wicked-cool Boston / Mass. chapters! www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9780806...

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Sorry you're going through that it really sucks! My husband had better luck using hiring.cafe than Indeed/LI. Good luck!! 🍀

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 27

Research assistant Millie reporting for spooky duty! Her primary subject today: this mysterious donut. 🍩🐾 #SpookyDog #OnTheCase #TheDeadHistory

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Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social · May 21

You find classical reception in the weirdest places.

DUCK EATS YEAST, QUACKS.
EXPLODES; MAN LOSES EYE
Rhadamanthus's Unusually
Fermented
Sunday Breakfast Causes It to Rise
Plecemeal, Blinding Owner.
DES
MOINES,
Ia..
Jan. 2.--The
strangest accident recorded in local history occurred this morning when Rhada-manthus, a duck, which took a prize at the recent Iowa poultry show. exploded into several hundred pieces, one of which struck Silas Perkins in the eye, destroying the sight.
The cause of the explosion was the eating of yeast. which was placed in a pan auckship balk porchs angemptends
morning stroll.
Upon returning from church Mr. Perking discovered his prize duck in a somewhat logy condition.
Telltale marks
around the pan of yeast gave him his
He was about to pick up the bird when the latter quacked and exploded with a loud report and Mr. Perkins ran into the house holding both hands over one eve.

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 22

Wow!! www.coasttocoastam.com/article/vide...

Video: Bust Stolen from Jim Morrison's Grave Recovered After Nearly Four Decades | Coast to Coast AM

An odd rock and roll mystery has been somewhat resolved as French authorities recently stumbled upon a bust of Jim Morrison that was stolen from his grave nearly 40 years ago.

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 19

I have a head exactly like this. I change its hat every now and then as it stares at my neighbors from the 2nd floor window. 🤣

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 17

I'm sorry for your loss. 🖤

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · May 16

Tomorrow! Snag a copy in person in Salem from 2-4 or grab one online (Note personalization requests in order note section): sillybunnysalem.com/products/a-h...

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 16

Post a robot not from StarWars or Transformers

A black-and-white scene featuring a vintage robot with a dome-shaped head and bulky metallic limbs standing in an ornate Victorian-style parlor. The room is richly decorated with heavy drapes, a carved fireplace, floral arrangements, and antique furnishings. The robot appears slightly out of place amidst the opulent décor.

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 16

Alright Philly, it's 6:30 AM. We all saw nothing, right? Ben's back on his plinth at the Library Company, looking perfectly stoic. Good morning to our favorite historically animated resident.
#KeepTheSecret #PhillyFolklore
#TheDeadHistory

White marble statue of Benjamin Franklin in classical robes, holding a scepter, set within an arched niche on a red brick building facade. The plinth reads 'B. FRANKLIN'

Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 15

Across from the Alamo stands one of Texas’s most haunted hotels. Before it had beds and bellhops, it had operating rooms, a morgue, and battlefield dead beneath its foundation. The Emily Morgan Hotel has 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 of ghost stories.

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#HauntedHotels #SanAntonioHistory #EmilyMorganHotel

Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 14

The only U.S. murder case where a ghost testified. In 1897, Zona Heaster Shue was found dead. Her mother said Zona’s ghost revealed the truth—and a jury believed it. I dug deep into the records. Here’s the real story. bit.ly/4dgApNz

#thedeadhistory #greenbrierghost #ghoststory

Death Did Not Silence Her: The Murder of Zona Heaster Shue

A mother’s visions, a broken neck, and the only murder case in U.S. history where a ghost helped convict the killer

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 14

On this day in 1787 in Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States. That chair at the back center? Yes, that one. George Washington sat there, presiding over the debates. #philadelphia #onthisday #may14

Interior of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, showing the Assembly Room where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were debated. The room features green-covered tables, wooden chairs, tall windows with green drapes, two fireplaces, and a central chandelier.

Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 14

The locked gate to the hospital wing at Eastern State Penitentiary. Once used to treat inmates with tuberculosis, injuries, and mental illness, the wing is now only accessible by guided tour. Al Capone had his tonsils removed here in 1929.

#EasternStatePenitentiary #PrisonHistory #AlCapone

Rusty iron gate with peeling paint blocks entry to a long, narrow hallway in the hospital wing of Eastern State Penitentiary. The corridor beyond is lined with decaying stone walls, barred doors, and a vaulted skylight that lets in shafts of daylight. A padlock secures the gate, and layers of age and neglect are visible throughout the scene.

Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 14

Quote post this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe. #flyingpancake

Black and white photo of the experimental Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” in flight. The aircraft has an unusual flat, disc-like body with two large propellers on each wingtip, a bubble canopy cockpit, and twin vertical stabilizers at the rear. U.S. Navy markings are visible on the wings and tail. The image captures the plane midair, highlighting its unconventional aerodynamic design.

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Folklore Twitcher @folkloretwitcher.bsky.social · May 13

When the head of a family who keeps bees, dies, it is usual ..to repair to the hives, and, gently tapping them, to say, "Bees, bees, awake! Your Master is dead; And another you must take." Otherwise the bees would either all die, or fly away.

(Gents Mag, Hants, 1810) #LegendaryWednesday

The Widow by Charles Napier Hemy (1895) - about to tell the bees that her husband and the little boy's father has died.

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 14

I feel this so hard. The ideas won’t stop but the energy definitely does. It’s a brutal kind of creativity. So much vision, never enough bandwidth.

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 14

Buffalo folks: if you’ve ever wanted to eat popcorn out of a gothic vampire coffin, your moment has arrived. Amanda’s raffling off the Nosferatu bucket at the Horror Garage Sale.

#BuffaloNY #HorrorCollectors #Nosferatu

Amanda R. Woomer @spookeats.bsky.social · May 14

I will be raffling off a Nosferatu popcorn bucket at the Buffalo Horror Garage Sale this weekend! If you missed your chance to get one while the movie was in theatres, now’s your chance!

Tickets will be 1 for $1, 3 for $2, or 8 for $5 and available at my table.

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · May 6

Daaaamn. I can hear the Kendrick Lamar / SZA concert inside my house with all the windows closed and I'm 2 miles away. 🤣

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · Apr 9

Your hair is so freaking cute! 🖤

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Unicorn of Doom 🦄 @trishmenzies.bsky.social · Apr 9

Morning

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · Apr 9

Pisces – Dreams bleed into reality. Again. Don’t sleep near water. Or mirrors. Or under full moons. Just… don’t.

Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · Apr 9

Aquarius – Your ideas are wild. Maybe too wild. That rune-covered box? Stop poking it. It’s blinking now.

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · Apr 9

Capricorn – You’re climbing steadily—but are you sure this isn’t a cursed corporate ladder? Or a haunted mine shaft?

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Jennifer @ The Dead History @thedeadhistory.bsky.social · Apr 9

Sagittarius – Wanderlust strikes. So does that 3:33 a.m. call from “Unknown.” You answered. You shouldn’t have.

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