disasters Archives - Bone and Sickle

Malignant Vapor

May 30, 2023 boneandsickle anomolies, books, death, disasters, dwarf, Egypt, EPISODE, history, plague

A malignant vapor, weird plagues and punishments, a Polish dwarf, and a perilous journey into the lightless depths of a[…]

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P.T. Barnum’s Magnificent Museum Fire

January 10, 2023 boneandsickle America, Bone and Sickle, curiosities, disasters, EPISODE, Fires, folklore, museums, New York City, P.T. Barnum, podcast, Victorian

The fire that destroyed P.T. Barnum’s American Museum on July 13, 1865 was a luxuriantly surreal and tragic event, one[…]

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