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Will Durst's comical political observations, Strange But True, a compendium of weird news stories; Jim Hightower's The Hightower Lowdown. A satirical news section is titled "Faux News", and features articles that mimic real news stories, but are full of satirical twists. Most are original to the Humor Times, from a stable of authors. References
Work based on original drawing by Pieter Brueghel. The dancing plague of 1518, or dance epidemic of 1518 ( French: Épidémie dansante de 1518 ), was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France ), in the Holy Roman Empire from July 1518 to September 1518. Somewhere between 50 and 400 people took to dancing for ...
Weird fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction originating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Weird fiction either eschews or radically reinterprets traditional antagonists of supernatural horror fiction, such as ghosts, vampires, and werewolves. [1] [2] [3] Writers on the subject of weird fiction, such as China Miéville, sometimes ...
The Enfield poltergeist has been featured in episodes of ITV series Strange but True? and Extreme Ghost Stories. The Enfield poltergeist was the subject of the 2015 Sky Living television series The Enfield Haunting, which was broadcast from 4–17 May 2015. [citation needed]
The Egyptian pharaoh and unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt was carried off and then killed by a hippopotamus. [2] [3] Draco of Athens. c. 620 BC. The Athenian lawmaker was reportedly smothered to death by gifts of cloaks and hats showered upon him by appreciative citizens at a theatre in Aegina, Greece.
FBI True is an American documentary television series that premiered on Paramount+ on February 28, 2023. [1] [2] On April 6, 2023, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on April 11, 2023.
News of the Weird is a syndicated newspaper column originated by Chuck Shepherd that collects bizarre news stories. It was created in 1988. It was created in 1988. As of 2006 [update] , it is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate and published in more than 250 newspapers in the United States and Canada .