Simply Weird
Tales from around The World that are bizarre and unexplained. From Time Travel to Out of Place Artefacts, Read it Here
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-mary-toft-case
3rd Jan 2023 - Mary Toft. Perhaps an unassuming and meaningless name to most. But in 18th Century Surrey, England – this girl fooled learned Doctors to s …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/ships-cat
2nd Jan 2023 - The exact beginnings of the Naval (Sailing) Tradition of a ''Ship's Cat'' is vague. Examples can be found as far back as Ancient Egypt. Much of the tr …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/hold-fast-tattoo
2nd Jan 2023 - A 18th Century AD Naval Tradition and Myth, the practice to ''Hold Fast'' was related to Deck Hands who had to climb the often dangerous Lines and Rig …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/blood-libel
2nd Jan 2023 - A controversial term – ''Blood Libel'' was a supposed ritualistic ceremony by which it was thought members of The Jewish ''Faith'' used the bloo …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/knocking-on-wood
2nd Jan 2023 - An Ancient superstition, ''Knocking On Wood'' is related to the Ancient Celtic ''practice'' by people who ventured into unknown stands of wood and for …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-florida-volcano
2nd Jan 2023 - While Florida is well known as a vast Swampland of Marshes, Riverways and Lakes – Wakulla County in the Northwest portion of The State is also k …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/king-rat
2nd Jan 2023 - First ''mentioned'' in the 15th Century (France) – the term ''Rat King'' is applied to a grouping of Rodents that for some unknown reason intert …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-hornet-spooklight
2nd Jan 2023 - Known locally as The ''Hornet Spooklight'' (and others) – The ''Spooklight'' is a phenomenon indicative to Hornet, Missouri (sometimes ''claimed …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-marfa-lights
1st Jan 2023 - As with the previously discussed ''Min Min Lights'' of Australia – The ''Marfa Lights'' are just as mysterious and unexplained. Since the 1840s, …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/skull-bones-society
1st Jan 2023 - A ''Secret Society'' formed in 1832 in The American Yale University of New Haven, Connecticut – ''Skull and Bones'' has become more Urban Legend …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-witches-tree
31st Dec 2022 - Louisville, Kentucky (US), has many historical attractions for Visitors to see. IF one is inclined to The Paranormal though, perhaps of interest is '' …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-cursed-omar
31st Dec 2022 - The Book known as The ''Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'' was a collection of ''knowledge'' gathered and formulated by Persian Philosopher Omar Khayyam …