This is some pretty cool perspective for a woodcut, eh? You wouldn't want to run into this guy in a filthy alleyway -- especially be...

A while ago I did a post about the fairly famous German werewolf case of Peter Stubbe, from the pamphlet A true discourse Declaring the damn...

This is a preview of my new hit blog  ERMAHGERD, MAHNERSCRERPTS! You're gonna lerv it. (Seriously, I think that girl is amazing.) ...

" The Cryes of the Dead " is a nice and gory murder ballad about a man, Richard Price the Weaver, who tortured and killed thr...

By now, we've all been subjected to the undeniable appeal of teen pop sensation Carley Rae Jepson's infectious summer hit, "...

Don't pretend you don't watch Toddlers & Tiaras . Just don't. We need to all be open and honest. This...

Listen, we need to talk about something. Something important. Something that is a documentary and the ...

a.k.a. Renaissance, you're so gross! Part II Father's day is coming up, so figured I'd disturb the holy hell out of you this ye...

Today in topical dead bird news: With all the dead birds falling from the sky lately (a.k.a. "the Aflockalypse "), I was reminded...

May is International Make-out Month*! It's true! I'll explain: May 1st, or May Day , is a traditional celebration welcoming the comi...

It's Easter! Bunnies and Candy time! I think Jesus may be involved in some fashion, too. A systeme of anatomy, treating of the body of m...

Whenever people ask me if I had a good day, I think to myself, "did I have to use my A.K.?" That's a pretty good litmus test ...

Okay, so the sign really said "A Family well Govern'd is, like a Kingdom, well Ruled," but this is essentially the same thing....

Love's Lamentable Tragedy, in this case, refers to the pain of lost love. From the title page: "When cruel lovers prove...

The full title: A true discourse. Declaring the damnable life and death of one Stubbe Peeter, a most wicked sorcerer who in the likenes of a...

It's that time of year again. Turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce and a side of pondering the oppression of native peoples. Also som...

John Davis (c.1550-1605) was a successful explorer during the reign of Elizabeth I. He discovered the Falkland Islands, where his crew kill...

John Bulwer was a medical practitioner and, essentially, an early linguistic theorist who explored the idea of the physical human body as a...

Good God, WHERE IS ITS FACE? This is the most awful picture I've ever seen, and I've seen some gross pig pictures i n my day. This ...

I don't normally tune in to The Simpsons , but last night I was flipping through and saw that the first 5 minute vignette of this episod...

Full title: A true relation of the admirable voiage and trauell of William Bush gentleman who with his owne handes without any other mans h...

Today is William Shakespeare's birthday! And death day! Party at my house -- we'll hold a feast in great solemnity . I sort of love ...

Sir Francis Drake is interesting to me. Not because he defeated the Spanish Armada, or because he circumnavigated the globe or anything bor...

Griffin Flood was a rogue, con-man and informer who scammed a bunch of people out of their money (and was a tattletale). He specialized in t...

No you fucking don't. He'll cut you so bad you'll wish he didn't cut you. By the way, if you are presenting your drawn sword...

The full title is: Vermiculars destroyed with an historical account of worms, collected from the best authors as well ancient as modern, pr...

Thomas Gibson (1647-1722) wrote this anatomy book, and I choose this particular heart for my valentine because a.) it's a pretty good dr...

This is the english translation of Boccaccio's Decameron 's day 4, tale 1, in which Tancredi, Prince of Salerno and father of Ghism...

"The fruit which it [the gallows] produces, Doth seldom serve for profitable uses: Except the skillful Surgeon’s industry Do make Disse...

President Wilmot would probably spend all our tax money on booze and hookers, but that's not too far removed from what most politicians ...