"Tales of Wonder and Terror"
Amazing post! Flagged as phantasmic*: Wobbuffet kicks off spooky season with a fabulous, deep, bookworm-friendly post on weird tales from the 18th Century.
Amazing post! Flagged as phantasmic*: Wobbuffet kicks off spooky season with a fabulous, deep, bookworm-friendly post on weird tales from the 18th Century.
If you haven't checked it out, don't miss orrnyereg's wonderful megapost on the HMS Terror and the fate of the lost Franklin Expedition. (also, ChuraChura's tale of discovering her ancestor who was a member of two Arctic rescue expeditions to save Franklin!)
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