The Hellish History Of St. Patrick’s Purgatory
Saint Patrick’s involvement with the grisly gateway to Hell, and the monastery built above it, dates back quite a long time.
All the bizarre, seldom seen, and utterly delightfully odd and strange people, places and stories from a bygone era
Saint Patrick’s involvement with the grisly gateway to Hell, and the monastery built above it, dates back quite a long time.
Was this supportive device potentially a contributing factor to his death?
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Whether the Iron Maiden of Nuremberg was really used or not is impossible to say, but the strength of the legend around it speaks for itself.
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The Irish writer and master of witticism whose thirst for attention and ultimate social disgrace set the stage for celebrity culture as we know it.
Early astronomer John Herschel reported seeing winged people inhabiting the Moon through his telescope.
Studies of ancient texts have shown that humans didn’t really “see” blue until modern times!
Hetty single-handedly accumulated somewhere between $100 to $200 million—or $2 to $5 billion today.
Historians hypothesize that perhaps the séance was a publicity stunt to show the president in a more “everyday man” light.