oneirodynia asked about their persistent, shifty, Mystery House Smell, and answerers have offered an alarming number odorific tips, including sol's experiences with sewer or waste water/drain pipes and a great link to a related article (see the Metafilter post on Man Called Fran, the best article on forensic plumbing you ever likely to read), and samthemander's link to their own successful obnoxious odor outcome. Our noses await new news on this one!
keyhole face 2 by leketoys (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, darchildre is looking for locked room mysteries in any medium
This week for Metatalktail Hour, the primroses were over asks about local mysteries.
Recommended: Magpie Murders
In Ask Metafilter, I'm an Agatha Christie adaptation addict, who's run out of Agatha Christie adaptations to watch. Please help. Unicorn chaser is looking for "that Christie vibe."
image via Miss T.Horn
My great-uncle was in a cell in the French Resistance during WWII ... An intriguing question about a 50-year old mystery photo location from Miss T.Horn, and a fabulous answer 37 minutes later by essexjan.
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An interesting discussion on the origins of some printed mystery notations in a 1966 Penguin book: "The bottom of page 33—and only page 33 – in my 1966 Penguin edition of Saul Bellow’s “Seize the Day” has “T—S.T.D.—B” written on the bottom left, opposite the page number. What does it stand for?"
"Mystery Science Theater Club, that odd tiny little corner of MeFi that shows bad and weird movies Thursdays every week, is doing a day-long show on Tuesday for US Election Day": JHarris in Metatalk. 🇺🇸
The Songsmiths Quartet
Great detective work to chase down a vintage musical mystery in Ask Metafilter!
LBJ by Michael C Clark (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, "Diseases can be idiopathic. Archaeological artefacts can be for ritual purposes. What are some other technical-sounding terms from other fields that means 'we're really not sure'?"
Scene of the crime (novels) at Hay on Wye by Ian-S (cc by-nc)
In Ask Metafilter, There have been many mystery novel questions but this one is mine...
HSBC advert by Arenamontanus (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, what's more fun than a mystery list?
A bold face: 266 West 11th Street (1887), Greenwich Village, New York by Spencer Means (cc by-sa)
In Ask Metafilter, Fiasco da Gama has an illuminating answer for jolenex4's investigation into the mystery of Miss Strange and the fanlight over the door.
postcard from the day you left, collage, 2020 by yumikrum (cc by-nc-nd)
In Ask Metafilter, azalea_chant is looking for "mysteries that deviate from the standard structure/genre tropes etc. Can be fantasy or science fiction, literary, whatever ... just stuff that’s slightly different"
Dawn Chorus Lines by Gunn Shots ! (cc by)
Trespassers William is looking for a song with a certain chorus. Does it ring a bell? (and don't miss this handy suggestion for Google's "hum to search," from an earlier "what's this song" post)
Just Like Queen Nefertiti - 2017 by Jurassic Blueberries (cc by)
In Ask Metafilter, An odoriferous mystery
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