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Vanished From a Train in 1890 – The Eerie Case of Louis le Prince - Fickle Fate Series
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Plus at the end of Casanova I display my very own 18th century fragile silk embroidered and handpainted depiction of Casanova and his blushing lover.
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He built up a vast private museum from his excursions, like a magpie bringing home glittering treasure. Afternoons and weekends, Joseph roamed 1920s New York meticulously rummaging through dark and dusty dens filled with old bric-a-brac.
Joseph Cornell never left his house in Utopia Parkway, never got to see the European countries he admired so much, and never married, He poured out all his passions into his “boxes”.
I present to you a true American eccentric.
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I have a first edition hardcover book to give away, this is the amazing story of the Romanian child prodigy Iulia Hasdeu.
I have covered this video on Patreon, it has all the spooky, Gothic elements that we all love, legend has it that she communicated instructions on how to build her castle to her father… after her death!
I include all the relevant information in case you wish to order a copy yourself, I can guarantee it’s a very interesting read and has never been published before in English!
This book has been very kindly donated by Diana Livesay, who translated the book into English – she also sent me my own personal copy, and I want to thank you very much for that Diana.
I will give the winner of the option of me signing the book, again that is an option – some people will not want me defacing it with my graffiti 😀
To be in with a chance of winning the book, simply post your comment under the video on Patreon detailing this giveaway, tell me why you would like to win the book – and it’s that simple, you’re in the draw!
Winner announcement will be approximately three weeks from the date of this post.
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Hardcover ISBN 978-1592111695, ebook ASIN: B0B353MMLK, Publisher: Centre for Romanian Studies. Author: Constantin Manolache. Translator: Diana Livesay It was first published in 1939 and banned by the Communist Party in 1944. It was her first biography and this is the first time it has been translated into English. The hardcover is a luxury edition, and it features full-color, black-and-white, and sepia photographs, illustrations, and manuscript pages, a foiled jacket, full-color endpaper. The biography offers a full view of her life from birth until her death, dealing with her family's struggles, her depression that started at 8 years old, her achievements, and her battle with tuberculosis. It also contains numerous translations of her poems in English.
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My dear friends many of you will know the name Louise Brooks, some of you may only know her because of her iconic style, but Louise Brooks was a woman ahead of her time - women back then were expected to behave in a certain manner and Louise was having none of it.
This of course created many turbulent episodes in her life - Hollywood had a thin veneer of glamour which Louise could clearly see through, and she was quite vocal about it.
Join me my friends as we look back on the life of Louise Brooks -
her triumphs, her failures and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; plus any member of my Patreon community is entitled to join in my monthly vintage giveaway - and this month it’s an amazing Louise Brooks signed photograph! If you haven’t seen my previous video announcing the giveaway you still have the chance to join in the competition!
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In the days before I had the Internet for research, I would go to my local library and trawl through rolls of microfiche featuring newspapers of bygone years. Here I would spend hours unraveling long forgotten cases.
Nowadays a lot of these microfiche have been digitised, and so with the aid of modern technology I will hark back to my youth and investigate a vintage Australian crime case from the 1930s.
Three young women were murdered in a park only one minute from where I used to live - and only now do their ghosts whisper a tragic tale for me to tell....
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Long before these mortal remains were laid to rest in a satin lined casket, they were once animated by an Irish soul of fiery spirit, who went by the name Laura Bell.
Coming from an impoverished background, she climbed the glittery ladder to fame in 19th century England. As the most sought-after courtesan of the time, she glided through Hyde Park in a gilded carriage drawn by four magnificent white horses.
Men literally threw money at her feet – she was a multi millionaire by her early twenties.
Join me my friends on an elegant journey into the past, where we will retrace this lady’s amazing journey.
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Roll up Ladies & Gentlemen to the Circus of the Bizarre!
Let yourself be fascinated and shocked to the core by the wonders ye shall behold!
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In the Woodlands Cemetery, The Bronx – lies a very ornate mausoleum. This sepulchre contains no human remains, but what it does contain is stories of the lives of persons who had a connection to the previous mouldering inhabitant.
Let’s rise open the bronze doors and release the tales!
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A documentary about the life of Amedeo Modigliani, his art and the tragic love affair with Jeanne Hébuterne – his muse, his beloved.
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Jeanne Modigliani, daughter of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, died...
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In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1958, the Martin family were looking forward to gathering greenery for their home decorations. They set off in father Kenneth’s
1954 cream and red Ford Country Squire Station Wagon, just after lunch...it was the last time they were ever seen alive.
A important piece of evidence would point the finger of suspicion towards their estranged son, and several months later a drilling rig disturbed the family’s final resting place; but still their car has never been brought to the surface.
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In the 1920s a murder case caught the attention of New Yorkers - A young Italian immigrant called Catherine Denino shot and killed the man who had despoiled her as a child.
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In 1903, Edmund Creffield,
a thirty-three-year-old
immigrant from Germany and
former Salvation Army captain,
persuaded about twenty Salvation Army
soldiers in Corvallis to join his
newly founded church, the 'Brides of Christ'.
Creffield prophesied that
one of his followers
was destined to be the
mother of the second Christ,
but to find out which one,
he needed to purify them;
this he did by laying his hands on them...
actually all over them.
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Marcelline of course lurks like a Venus fly trap...
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In 1929 an occultist from London travelled to the mysterious Scottish isle of Iona.
She belonged to the lodge of Alpha et Omega offshoot of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; and wanted to perform a dangerous ceremony to contact Green Ray elementals.
Shortly after her arrival she became very agitated, and told her landlady that she had received terrifying messages from beyond the veil while in trances – and that she believed she was being psychically attacked from a distance.
The attacks were originating from several people on the island – she claimed.
Not long after her naked body was found by a search party.
Did she die of exposure or was a sinister force behind all this?
Join me and let us examine the events leading up to her death.
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A snippet of an upcoming video showing the hidden beauty than many people see as rubbish....and vice versa!
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In this episode Odette and myself get behind the wheel for a 600 km round trip in search of the resting places of some big names from the glory days of Hollywood.
The first quest was locating Richard Burton's grave which is notoriously elusive!
Then we head off in search of Audrey Hepburn's last stop.
Finally to end the trip we seek out the grave of the king of slapstick comedy...Charlie Chaplin.
A big shout out to Alison Harolyn, who inspired me to seek out Mr Burton's grave - as she was backpacking from the USA in the 80s - and travelled around Switzerland and became friends with the film star legend. She painted a different side to Richard other than how the tabloids presented him.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Alison!
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In this episode we look at what real life incidents inspired Gastón Leroux , when he wrote his epic Le Fantôme de l’Opéra.
If while visiting Opera Palais Garnier in Paris, you happen to spot an aged disfigured chap fiddling with his grand old organ...be afraid....be very afraid.
I am posting on YouTube selected previously locked Patreon videos that are approximately 1.5 (one and a half) years old. This is one of them.
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In 1969, a black Oldsmobile driven by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy
careened off a bridge - inside was passenger
Mary Jo Kopechne, who unlike the driver -
never made it back to the surface of the pond.
The story of the night’s events remain muddled to this day.
I examine Ted Kennedy's explanation of what happened,
and put forward some alternative theories.
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The Cemetery of Flowers in Switzerland - Living with Death
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Edward and Stephania Andrews,
of Arlington Heights
attended a cocktail party at
the Sheraton-Chicago hotel
Chicago, Illinois - on Friday, May 15, 1970.
After leaving the party because Andrew was feeling ill.
They and their 1969 Oldsmobile sports coupe....were never seen again.
Let us try and make sense of this intriguing and enduring mystery.
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Thelma Todd was one of early Hollywood's brightest stars,
until she was found dead in 1935.
Although her death was ruled a suicide,
many believe she was actually murdered.
Who killed her? No one knew then, and no one knows today.
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A photo-gravure was copyrighted with the title KALOMA and published in 1914 featuring a mysterious dark haired beauty – her identity was lost to time… until now!
Since the 1970s this image was associated with Josie Earp, thanks to author Glenn Boyer who featured this image on the front cover of his book: “I married Wyatt Earp”
We now know that this image was not of Josie ‘Sadie’ Earp, but the mystery grew as nobody knew who this beautiful young woman was.
It’s a first on ObsoleteOddity - her identity has now been uncovered!
Facial recognition software has deemed with a 99.98% result, that it is indeed Virginia!
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By 1867, Josie had become so poverty stricken,
that she had only one presentable dress for strolling out.
Then, in November 1867, she met Jim Fisk,
a wealthy financier who was in
the habit of handing out $100 bills
to women who caught his roving eye.
Fisk certainly didn't look like a ladies' man;
Although he attracted attention, it was for all the wrong reasons.
“He was a striking figure, tall, florid, very fat,”
wrote Lloyd Morris in Incredible New York.
“His light brown hair was pomaded and carefully waved,
his mustache waxed to fine points, and huge diamonds
blazed on his frilled shirt front and pudgy fingers.”
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The walls were closing
in on the young actress.
All her clothes and furniture
had been repossessed in
New York in lieu of rent
owed on an apartment.
Two days later, on a Sunday night,
Peg informed her uncle she was
going out for a “rendezvous” to meet
friends at a nearby drug-store.
She had different plans, she headed
for the famous Hollywoodland sign...
….a place where her dreams were
realised....and then dashed.
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New York City in 1861, to Prussian-Jewish parents.
By the age of thirteen, Josie was already
creating an alternative history for herself -
a life that didn’t actually belong to her.
.. Eventually this dreamy world
she's invented took such a hold, she started to believe it.
Of course never in her wildest dreams, did she envisage
that one day she'd win over the famous Wyatt Earp.
Then again, Josie wasn't your average gal.
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The most notorious leader of the
Forty Elephants was Alice Diamond,
who was also known as Diamond Annie for her chunky
glittering rings which also doubled as knuckledusters.
Alice Diamond was over five-foot eight-inches in height at a time
when the average height for a man was five-foot six-inches;
and it was said could deliver a punch any man would have envied.
It was said that a group of them
could strip a store in just an hour,
stowing away their ill gotten gain in
custom made pockets in their attire.
They had a strong penchant for fur coats,
the wearing of which became
akin to a heraldic device.
These 'Artful Dodgers' were not above a
little vanity, and would 'legally' purchase
the latest expensive fashions with the
profits from their stolen goods.
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This is the story of a girl child, considered to be
so cursed that there is no Birth certificate,
no Baptism record, in fact nothing that would give
testament to her very existence has ever been found.
Now, consider a child, born covered with a thick pelt of black hair,
like that of a chimpanzee, covering even her face...
a face deformed by gums and teeth so overgrown and uneven
that she appeared to have twice the teeth of any other human,
and very large expressive eyes...that is a child destined to either great abuse,
or great renown. As it happens, Julia was destined for both.
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...continuing where we left off in part two, we travel to the postcard picturesque town of Stein am Rhein - a 19th century abandoned house beckons - and some interesting items come into view.
Then the Oddsmobile begins the homeward journey...
Part one: youtu.be/MU73EIJwqjg
Part Two: youtu.be/Tggzi_a102E
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Continuing on our journey we visit the gorgeous Swiss-French town of Sion, and then clamber through Schloss Chillon in the town of Veytaux.
Plus I discover a treasure horde of handmade pork pies!
Part One here: youtu.be/MU73EIJwqjg
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Part Two here: youtu.be/Tggzi_a102E
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In the heart of Sydney's now bohemian
inner-west, lies a dark secret;
In one Erskineville terrace, which used
to be a working class area in those days -
a man tried to cut out his
lover's heart with a razor.
"When he looked at me after he had
killed her he was absolutely covered in
blood. Blood was dripping from his hands
and his arms. It was awful!"
"You mongrel,' I said, 'what have you
done to her now?"
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The LaLaurie Mansion is considered by many to be New Orleans
most haunted house, and even rumoured to be cursed.
Subsequent owners have suffered death,
insanity, and financial issues.
Does Delphine still fiercely claim rightful ownership?
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And now for my special Christmas give-away I’m giving you the chance to win this historic photo of the Titanic departing Southampton on the 10th of April 1912.
That’s right - this amazing item could be yours!
Competition entries open until the middle of December on Patreon!
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Oddie Beau's ODDNESS Urban exploration & famous historical features! vintage crime cases & eccentric people from the past! ...and other weird stuff :) ....a dusty store window, filled with ancient alluring oddities. Once you've entered, you'll never want to leave. Quality over quantity.
Lining Basin street were Saloons catering
to the more discerning customers,
and mansions which offered beds, gambling,
drinking, entertainment, and ladies for the evening.
Lulu got her start posing for risqué photos in the 1880s,
and in 1894 established her high-end bordello,
Mahogany Hall, in Storyville.
Lulu knew what most of these men
needed after a hard day's 'dealings'.
She could make their dreams come true at
Mahogany Hall....as she had plenty of her own.
Oddie Beau's ODDNESS Urban exploration & famous historical features! vintage crime cases & eccentric people from the past! ...and other weird stuff :) ....a dusty store window, filled with ancient alluring oddities. Once you've entered, you'll never want to leave. Quality over quantity.
This is your captain Oddie speaking - I'd like to take the opportunity to welcome you all aboard our eternal cruise.
I hope you will find your accommodation more than satisfactory, and invite you to join my table this evening in the main dining room.
Formal dress required. RSVP.
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Oddie Beau's ODDNESS Urban exploration & famous historical features! vintage crime cases & eccentric people from the past! ...and other weird stuff :) ....a dusty store window, filled with ancient alluring oddities. Once you've entered, you'll never want to leave. Quality over quantity.
On July 10, 1973, Olga Hepnarová drove a rented truck into a group of about 25 people waiting for a tram in Prague, Czechoslovakia, all aged between 60 to 79, killing 8 of them. Before the murder, she sent a letter to two newspapers explaining her action as revenge for all the hatred against her by her family and the world. She was found to be sane and conscious of her actions and sentenced to death....but was she?
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Oddie Beau's ODDNESS Urban exploration & famous historical features! vintage crime cases & eccentric people from the past! ...and other weird stuff :) ....a dusty store window, filled with ancient alluring oddities. Once you've entered, you'll never want to leave. Quality over quantity.
Joan and Patricia came into this world together,
and seemed determined to leave it the same way.
To us peering at their lives through the medium of the internet,
their choice of lifestyle might seem bizarre -
but then we can come to the conclusion that
they really didn't need anyone else in their lives.
Anyone can die, but not everyone can live as the twins had lived,
with a love for each other that few could understand.
Oddie Beau's ODDNESS Urban exploration & famous historical features! vintage crime cases & eccentric people from the past! ...and other weird stuff :) ....a dusty store window, filled with ancient alluring oddities. Once you've entered, you'll never want to leave. Quality over quantity.
At 11am the next morning, on 16 October 1793, the executioner Sanson appeared. Marie Antoinette, clad in simple white so different from her signature powder-blue silks and satins, accidentally stepped on Sanson’s foot.
She whispered to the man:“Pardon me sir, I didn’t mean to.”
Those were her last words.After the blade fell, the insensitive executioner, who had shortly beforehand cut off and pocketed locks of her hair, to be later sold for profit - held up her head to the roaring crowd, which shouted “Vive la République!”
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Plus I find a wonderful hand illustrated & coloured book of never seen before ladies fashions from the 1960s.
Oddie Beau's ODDNESS Urban exploration & famous historical features! vintage crime cases & eccentric people from the past! ...and other weird stuff :) ....a dusty store window, filled with ancient alluring oddities. Once you've entered, you'll never want to leave. Quality over quantity.
In 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, a pioneering food scientist, his wife and 10 year old daughter were shot dead while on holiday in France. A local farmer was convicted of the killings. But was he really guilty? I'm not so sure....
Can my Oddites solve this tragic case?
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Plus I discovered an important artefact from the terrifying 'Mannequin Uprising of 1924'
Marcelline's dashing & elegant pin-striped & tweed skirted forerunners escaped their store windows
and set out to destroy their human captors during that violent insurrection.
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July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. Chief Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard did not expect the house to be empty. Nor did he expect to find a body in the cellar. Buried under the flagstones are the remains of Cora Crippen, former music-hall singer and wife of Dr. Hawley Crippen. No one would have thought the quiet, unassuming Dr. Crippen capable of murder, yet the doctor and his mistress have disappeared from London, and now a full-scale hunt for them has begun.
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