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The home of creepy facts and weird histories brought to you weekly
Thank you for visiting The New Weird a place where you can explore the stranger histories or places and artefacts, conspiracies and murders.
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Slumming
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Let Us Call Racism By Its Name: Benin Bronzes
Let Us Call Racism By Its Name: Benin Bronzes Wealth, art, culture and a vibrant history were not things that
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West Norwood Cemetery
West Norwood Cemetery West Norwood Cemetery was one of my favourite places growing up and it still is to this
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Edinburgh Castle: Defender of a Nation
Edinburgh Castle: Defender of a Nation Edinburgh Castle sits high and mighty on Castle Rock dominating the city’s skyline. Castles
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How Did They Do It? Shrunken Heads
How Did They Do It? Shrunken Heads Have you recently returned from a raid in a neighbouring tribe? Collected the
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Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy In anticipation of Zac Efron’s depiction of the reviled serial killer and rapists Ted Bundy, in ‘Extremely Wicked,
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Brixton
The history of Brixton , all adding their different flavour to the growing community today. For those of you wondering
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Who Was The Man From Stratford?
Who Was The Man From Stratford? We all know the famous Bard, William Shakespeare. His 39 plays and 154 sonnets
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Venus Figurines
Venus Figurines: Pre-Historic Goddesses? Venus the goddess of love and beauty. Feminine energy has been worshipped throughout human history. From
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The Blood Countess
The Blood Countess Legend has turned Elizabeth Báthory into the Blood Countess. But the legends are not far from the
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Meet Lois
Founder of The New Weird
Lois is a historian with a love for all things creepy, weird and disturbing. Lois also lives a vegan lifestyle and is a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist church. You can also catch her visiting museums, reading fantasy novels and obsessing over hair!