National Night Stick

No. 868

Crime, Eccentricity, and the Sporting Life in 19th Century America.

June 10, 2026

Athletics.

Athletics

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June 10, 2026

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THOS MATTHEWS
alias: TOMMY MATTHEWS

PICKPOCKET

1617: A miller of Manberna, the hangman’s last

Youth With Executioner by Nuremberg native Albrecht Dürer … although it’s dated to 1493, which was during a period of several years when Dürer worked abroad. November 13 [1617]. Burnt alive here a miller of Manberna, who however was lately … Continue reading →

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Executed Today - 11/13/2020

Confessions of Jonathan Pratt

Amen.

Convicts to Maryland, 1773 by Peter Dickson

[Editor’s note: Guest writer, Peter Dickson, lives in West Sussex, England and has been working with microfilm copies of The Duncan Campbell Papers from the State Library of NSW, Sydney, Australia. The following are some of his analyses of what he has discovered from reading these papers. Dickson has contributed many transcriptions to the Jamaica […]

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Early American Crime - 2/7/2019

Weekend Link Dump

Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where the Strange Company HQ staffers wish you a lucky Friday the 13th!Watch out for the Beast of Bladenboro!J.R.R. Tolkien and Catholicism.A book for a 15th century prince.A tale of love and revenge in medieval Cyprus.The enigma of Saki, one of my favorite short-story writers.Some object is speeding towards our planet, and scientists have no idea what it

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Strange Company - 11/13/2026

On the Russians.

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