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Essential Guide: Bioluminescence

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Essential Guide: Bioluminescence

Jeff Wagg
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October 18, 2013
Painting of Medea by Sandys (1866-8)

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Four Jobs for an Ancient Witch

Edmund Richardson
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October 18, 2013
The Eternal Flame.

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Photo of the Week: Fire and Water

Eric Grundhauser
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October 18, 2013
The Haunted History & Ghostly Music Box of an Australian Asylum

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The Haunted History & Ghostly Music Box of an Australian Asylum

Darmon Richter
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October 17, 2013
Objects of Intrigue: A Pocket Watch Swallowed by a Catfish

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Objects of Intrigue: A Pocket Watch Swallowed by a Catfish

Allison Meier
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October 17, 2013
Of Wolves and Men and Delicious Little Girls

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Of Wolves and Men and Delicious Little Girls

Annetta Black
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October 16, 2013
10 of the World's Amazing Cultural Sites That We Are in Danger of Losing

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10 of the World's Amazing Cultural Sites That We Are in Danger of Losing

Allison Meier
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October 15, 2013
A Thief's Severed Arm and a Count Buried Alive, All in One Prague Church

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A Thief's Severed Arm and a Count Buried Alive, All in One Prague Church

Elizabeth Harper
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October 15, 2013
The main altar of Templo Santa Muerte is filled with colorful statues of the saint along with fresh flower offerings.

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Society Adventures: A Visit to Templo Santa Muerte, the Temple to the Skeletal Saint

Robert Hemedes
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October 14, 2013
The Miniature Coffin of Captain Cook

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The Miniature Coffin of Captain Cook

Benjamin Breen
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October 14, 2013
Death Cuts the Life-Thread

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Death Cuts the Life-Thread

Allison Meier
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October 13, 2013
The Corpse of a Cave Explorer That Became a Tourist Attraction

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The Corpse of a Cave Explorer That Became a Tourist Attraction

Allison Meier
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October 12, 2013
The Eclectic Menagerie Park

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Photo of the Week: Fishing for Trucks

Eric Grundhauser
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October 11, 2013
The Horror of Premature Burial

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The Horror of Premature Burial

Bess Lovejoy
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October 11, 2013
Awaiting the Enemy That Never Came: The Bunkers of Albania

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Awaiting the Enemy That Never Came: The Bunkers of Albania

Abigail Geiger
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October 10, 2013
A Beastly Blessing: St. Francis Day at Manhattan's St. John the Divine

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A Beastly Blessing: St. Francis Day at Manhattan's St. John the Divine

Megan Roberts
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October 9, 2013
Who Put Bella In the Witch Elm?

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Who Put Bella In the Witch Elm?

Meg van Huygen
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October 9, 2013
Ta Prohm Temple, Angkor, Cambodia.

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Seven Lost Cities Swallowed Up By Time

The rediscovered ruins of civilizations past.

Edmund Richardson
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October 8, 2013
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