The Most Infamous Murders Of The Victorian Era Shutterstock
By Debra Kelly/Jan. 28, 2021 2:46 pm EDT
Murder is a strange thing. It s an act that to many is absolutely unthinkable, but at the same time fascinating. The idea that a human being sometimes, a perfectly ordinary-seeming person could take the life of another is so strange and yet so common.
And this is nothing new people have, of course, been killing other people since they figured out how to swing a club. Fast forward to the Victorian era, and killers were still killing they d just gotten much more creative.
While Jack the Ripper might be the most infamous of the Victorian era s murderers, he definitely wasn t the only one. The era was downright full of dastardly men and women, and some of them committed crimes so heinous they sound like something right out of a crime novel, or Netflix special. But they re not they re absolutely true, and even though they ve been overshadowed by the infamo
Colorado Springs Throwing Itself A Sesquicentennial Party
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COLORADO SPRINGS (CBS4) – The City of Colorado Springs is throwing a months-long party as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. General William Palmer visited the area at the base of Pikes Peak in 1869 and fell in love with what he called its “most enticing scenery.”
Two years later, the Civil War hero from Pennsylvania established Colorado Springs on July 31, 1871. The city was built as a planned community, without an industrial or manufacturing base, but it prospered, attracting wealthy residents and capitalists.
Tens of thousands of others flocked to the area hoping sunshine and fresh air would cure tuberculosis.
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By definition, black comedy also known as black humor, morbid humor, and gallows humor gets its laughs by finding the funny in the tragic.
Think the collected works of Lenny Bruce, Kurt Vonnegut, or Karl Kraus. Or consider the brilliance of English serial killer William Palmer stepping onto the Stafford Prison gallows in front of 30,000 people, looking at the trap door, and asking the hangman “Are you sure it’s safe?”
It took a bit of stepping back to appreciate the sentiment behind Kellarissa’s “Kensington Carol”. The video is shot in gloriously gothic black and white, that decision bringing to mind the photographs of Shirren Lim, Ansel Adams, and Sally Mann. If you’re looking for a visual encapsulation of Vancouver in November, look no further than the opening frame, where a leafless tree towers in a pre-winter sky.
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A New Map of the World, with Captain Cook s Tracks, His Discoveries and those of the Other Circumnavigators.
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Possibly the most decorative 19th century double-hemisphere world map, this is Laurie and Whittle s
New Map of the World with Captain Cook s Tracks. The map presents the eastern and western hemisphere, set in a striking architectural border with the hemispheres adorned by a pediment identifying the Old and New World. A drape-style title cartouche adorns the top of the map and is surrounded by palms trees, native costumes, and weaponry. On the map itself, the routes of Captain Cook s three voyages, as well as the routes of other circumnavigators are noted.