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Quigley's Cabinet

Quigley's Cabinet

http://quigleyscabinet.blogspot.com/

A visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my health, having been diagnosed with MS in 1990. "Satisfying my morbid curiosity and yours..."

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  • Homicidal somnambulism

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 13:27 in murder, sleepwalking

    You may have heard the report in the news about the man from Wales who dreamed intruders had broken in and woke to find he had strangled his wife to death. Brian Thomas, 59, and his wife Christine, 57, were on holiday in a camper van last summer when...

  • More white tigers

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 21:13 in animals, weird news, suicide, cause of death

    I blogged about white tigers 2 months ago and looked in on the status of American entertainer Roy Horn after his 2003 attack. I have since found these gorgeous photographs, so here they are with a weird news round-up. This photo was taken 2 days ago ...

  • Aquaria

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 14:57 in animals, weird news

    I have collected some remarkable stories and wonderful incarnations of fishtanks, otherwise known as aquariums or aquaria, and originally referred to as marine vivariums (or vivaria). The 1st photo shows the world's largest cylindrical aquarium, the ...

  • Oasis and Airbus

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 10:09 in titanic

    My Dad and Sarah are visiting from Arizona for the holiday while my Mom and Del spend Thanksgiving with a friend in Texas. Since Dad and Sarah like to go on cruises, I will ask them if they intend to sail on the heavily promoted Oasis of the Seas. Th...

  • Eye news

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 13:58 in weird news, anatomy, accident, tattoo, cannibalism

    Today I offer for your consideration a long list of weird news about eyes. When I first filled out an organ donor card, I excluded my eyes because it gives me the willies to think of them being removed, but I feel so strongly about restoring sight, i...

  • Pishtaco

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 09:32 in folklore, weird news, cannibalism, murder

    A horrifying story in the weird news today raises the specter of the pishtaco, a vampire-like demon in Andean folklore. Peruvian police have arrested 3 (or by another acount, 4) members of a gang of at least 9 people accused of killing peasants and ...

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benzer

5 stars benzer

love your combination of history and photography and in general your interesting commentary of the weird and wonderful.

Posted: April 20th, 2009 | More Reviews From benzer | Report This Comment

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