Two brothers are tied inside a wooden cabinet. The doors close. Bells ring, instruments play and objects move – yet when the cabinet is opened, the brothers are still bound. Spirits, trickery or something in between? Meet the Davenport Brothers, the performers who set Victorian Britain arguing and inadvertently helped launch a new age of stage magic.
Tag: paranormal history
The Headless Horseman of the Staffordshire Moorlands.
“Count the heads before you climb aboard…”
The Night the Moon Cried Fire
On this day in 1178, five monks looked up – and saw the Moon split in two, spitting fire and sparks. Did they witness a meteor? A massive lunar impact? Or something… not of this Earth?..
The Dark Demise of the Donner Party.
Whether the whispers and shadows were real or the product of tormented minds, they contribute to the lasting mystery of this tragic episode…
