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Tag Archives: longreads
Death’s Garden: Pastrami in Paris
by Loren Rhoads Holding hands inside my coat pocket, Mason and I strolled through the Marais district and enjoyed the watery yellow sunshine. Paris in January was cold. We paused beside a worn brick wall to read the plaque bolted … Continue reading
Exhuming Corpses for Fun and Profit
by Paul Stansfield Whenever I tell someone that I’m an archaeologist, the typical response is something like, “Cool. I’ve always been interested in that.” Then when I describe a common site, their eyes invariably glaze over. I certainly understand it: … Continue reading
Death’s Garden: So Shall You Be
I wanted to do something special to celebrate my thirty-fifth birthday. Simply going to Prague seemed enough, until Mason read me a bit from the Cadogan City Guide: “The ossuary dates from 1511, when a half-blind monk began gathering together … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, Czech cemeteries, Kutna Hora, longreads, ossuary, Sedlec ossuary
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A Restless Wind is Blowing Through Highgate
No one agrees where this story started or rather, there are as many beginnings as there are storytellers. In the early days, Hampstead Heath was the only thing sinister about the area. Highwaymen flourished there, like Dick Turpin, whose … Continue reading
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Tagged Dracula, Highgate Cemetery, Highgate vampire, London cemetery, longreads, vampires, Victorian graveyard
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Death’s Garden: The Original Catacomb
On our last morning in Rome, Mason and I wandered around the Piazza Venezia, trying to find the Archaeobus that would take us out to the Appian Way. I was sick with a cold I’d picked up in the Vatican … Continue reading
