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    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena, Food

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

    The Frog (1908)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Frog (1908)

    Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)
    Images / 
    People, Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

    Hypnotism Posters (ca. 1900)

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561
    Images / 
    The 'Other', Space & The Future, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg, April 14th, 1561

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)
    Images / 
    Landscapes, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena Over and Under the Earth (1878)

    Harry Kellar's Show Posters
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Harry Kellar's Show Posters

    The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling (1910)
    Images / 
    Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling (1910)

    Transference of Thoughts (1885)
    Images / 
    Strange Phenomena

    Transference of Thoughts (1885)

    The Art of Dreams
    Images / 
    People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Art of Dreams

    Account of an Extraordinary Fireball Bursting at Sea (1749)
    Books / 
    Strange Phenomena

    Account of an Extraordinary Fireball Bursting at Sea (1749)

    The Man With The Rubber Head (1902)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena

    The Man With The Rubber Head (1902)

    The Dream-God, or A Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep (1873)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Wisdom, Strange Phenomena, Drugs

    The Dream-God, or A Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep (1873)

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)
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    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Expositor, or Many Mysteries Unravelled - including that of the Learned Pig (1805)

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    The Man Who Recovered the Use of His Tongue, after Four Years Dumb, by means of a Frightful Dream (1747)

    The Nantucket Sea-Serpent Hoax (1937)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    The Nantucket Sea-Serpent Hoax (1937)

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    Living Lights: a Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables (1887)

    A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)
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    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    A Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person (ca.1698)

    Phenomena of Materialisation (1923)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Phenomena of Materialisation (1923)

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    An Account of a Fire-Ball, Seen at Hornsey, by William Hirst (1753)

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Strange Phenomena

    Some Account of a Sheep Having a Monstrous Horn Growing from His Throat (1755)

    The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924)
    Film / 
    Strange Phenomena, Humour & Satire

    The Dream of Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland, California (1924)

    Mythical Monsters (1886)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Mythical Monsters (1886)

    Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphemagog (1917)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Religion, Myth & Legend, Strange Phenomena

    Uriah Jewett and the Sea Serpent of Lake Memphemagog (1917)

    Cat and bird stories from the "Spectator" (1896)
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    Animals & Beasts, Stories, Strange Phenomena

    Cat and bird stories from the "Spectator" (1896)

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