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  • Egyptian_Hall,_Piccadilly_1815_edited

    The Egyptian Hall

    Posted on July 5, 2009 | No Comments
    The Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London, commissioned by William Bullock as a museum to house his collection (which included curiosities brought back from the South Seas by Captain Cook), was completed in 1812 at a cost of £16,000. It was the first building in England to be influenced by the Egyptian style, partly inspired by...

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  • Daniel Dunglas Home

    Daniel Dunglas Home

    Posted on November 8, 2008 | No Comments
    Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced ‘Hume’) (March 20, 1833 – June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at...

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  • Spring Heeled Jack

    Spring Heeled Jack

    Posted on October 23, 2008 | No Comments
    119 Spring Heeled Jack (also Springheel Jack, Spring-heel Jack, etc), is a character from English folklore said to have existed during the Victorian era and able to jump extraordinarily high. The first claimed sighting of Spring Heeled Jack that is known occurred in 1837. Later...

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