This is a really cute story from Cooper Lit Comics. Click to the right to advance the story. Chickens are definitely birdbrains, but one brain fart in a newly-hatched chick sends him on some edifying adventures. Here's part two.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Monday, October 26, 2026
Monitor
This horror short will make you never want to put your baby down again. Or then again, it might make you wish you had this kind of monitor in your home, so your mileage may vary.
When TV Came to Bhutan
Television has had a tremendous effect, showing people what's going on in the rest of the world, even if it's just entertainment. Imagine growing up without TV, knowing only your local culture, and then suddenly being exposed to 45 channels. That's what it was like in the kingdom of Bhutan in 1999, when it became the last populated place on earth to get television. There are advantages in learning about the world outside your nation, but it also became an instant time suck and introduced their children to American violence. (via Nag on the Lake)
The Haunting of Borley Rectory
Borley Rectory was once known as the most haunted house in England. A rectory is a home for a priest or clergyman, and this one was built for the Anglican parish of Borley, Essex, specifically for Reverend Henry Dawson Ellis Bull along with his wife and 14 children. Built in 1862, Borley Rectory was the home of four different priests, three of them from the same family. For the entire 80+ years the rectory existed, it was the scene of supposedly paranormal encounters.
These encounters included ghostly apparitions, poltergeist activities, strange sounds, fires, written messages, and spirits contacted by seances. These tales were first just spoken accounts, but with the rise of radio and other technology, Borley Rectory became famous. That was due to paranormal investigator Harry Price, who began looking into the rectory in 1929 and followed through for years, going as far as renting the house after the last priest left. The story sparked a new media sensation of paranormal investigation as entertainment. Dr. Emily Zarka tells us everything we need to know about Borley Rectory.
Miss Cellania's Links
Mitchcraft! A Halloween song parody about the undead from Randy rainbow.
In 1976, a college paper blamed the Salem witch trials on moldy bread. It wasn’t true. (via Strange Company)
Ivan the Terrible Wanted to Marry Elizabeth I. How Did England’s ‘Virgin Queen’ Reject the Russian Czar Without Souring Trade Relations?
Atlas Obscura’s Guide to America’s Most Haunted Cemeteries.
We're Still Talking About David S. Pumpkins, Ten Years Later.
Coffin Torpedoes: The Explosive 19th-Century Answer to Grave Robbers.
Florence Thompson, the Subject of Dorothea Lange’s Iconic 1936 Photograph Migrant Mother. (via Nag on the Lake)
1915: Bill Nichols, the Cat Who Could Have Been a Rikers Island Hero. (via Strange Company)
Sunday, October 25, 2026
The Bogeyman
It's sad that so many generations of children were threatened into obeying their parents with terrifyingly vague stories of supernatural punishments. And then parents wondered why their kids won't go to sleep. The scars those stories left became a legend.
Dogs Look for Invisible Human
Her dogs love to play hide and seek, but how good are they at it? Mom put on a skin suit the same color as the very white house and stood behind a shelf. When Dad brought the German shepherd home, they didn't know how long it would take him to find Mom.
"Where is she? Is she in here? No, in here? No. I know she's in here, I can smell her! Dad, give me a hint! Maybe I missed her the first time around. No, but she's got to be here. It's time to put my nose into high gear and find Mom!"
When the dog finally finds her, he's not at all bothered by the odd way she's dressed. Maybe she dresses oddly all the time. This couple also has two golden retrievers, so they tried the same trick on them, one at a time.
It took them longer to find Mom, with more confusion and some barking involved. You can see more of the dogs Leo, Tiger, and Nala at Instagram.
Back to Bones
In this spooky cartoon, an evil necromancer raises an army of the dead to go to war with his enemy. As most of the skeletal soldiers trudge off to battle, there are other tasks to be done. Two castle guards are left behind, and they are quite surprised to find themselves reanimated. One of them decides he wants to go back to resting in peace, and enlists the help of his comrade. But they find it's not a simple thing to die when you're already dead. That's when it starts to look like a Looney Tunes story, with various methods of destruction that just don't work. However, there's a secret to the spell, which eventually makes sense. Or does it? (via the Awesomer)
Owl Pun
you know you were thinking it
— Marjorie James Keenan (@unenthusiast.com) October 20, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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