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254					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/mandy-canadas-most-mischievous-haunted-doll/">Mandy: Canada’s Most Mischievous Haunted Doll</a>
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261							1 July 2025						</span>
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270									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>If Annabelle and Chucky have taught us anything, it&#8217;s that horror fans love a creepy doll story. While anyone with pediophobia (the fear of dolls) might shield themselves from unnecessary exposure, countless others will go to great lengths to visit their favourite haunted doll in person. And many of these haunted dolls, like Robert in Key West, have become centerpieces&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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276				<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/mandy-canadas-most-mischievous-haunted-doll/">
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289<article id="post-4229" class="post-4229 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-weird-history tag-animals tag-canada tag-cryptids tag-hoax">
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293			<img width="195" height="183" src="https://curious-archive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/house-hippo-1.jpg" class="attachment-cd-standard size-cd-standard wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />		</figure>
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300					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/the-charming-and-elusive-canadian-house-hippo/">The Charming and Elusive Canadian House Hippo</a>
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316									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>Since the 1990s, Canadians and some residents of the northeastern United States have reported sightings of small, curious creatures called House Hippos taking up residence in their homes. Unlike their much larger namesake, House Hippos are only about the size of a mouse and pose no threat to humans. As of today, there have been no reported incidents of a&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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322				<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/the-charming-and-elusive-canadian-house-hippo/">
323					READ MORE<span class="screen-reader-text">  The Charming and Elusive Canadian House Hippo</span>					<span class="fas fa-arrow-right more-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
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346					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/man-proposes-god-disposes-a-haunted-painting-at-the-university-of-london/">&#8216;Man Proposes, God Disposes&#8217;: A Haunted Painting at the University of London</a>
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362									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>In 1845 Captain John Franklin led the doomed expedition of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to navigate the Northwest Passage of the Canadian Arctic. In September of 1846, over a year into their voyage, Erebus and Terror became trapped in the ice near King William Island. Surving off dwindling provisions, the crew of 129 waited two years for rescue&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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368				<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/man-proposes-god-disposes-a-haunted-painting-at-the-university-of-london/">
369					READ MORE<span class="screen-reader-text">  &#8216;Man Proposes, God Disposes&#8217;: A Haunted Painting at the University of London</span>					<span class="fas fa-arrow-right more-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
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381<article id="post-4484" class="post-4484 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-paranormal-encounters category-weird-history tag-athens tag-ghost tag-haunting tag-history tag-middle-east tag-paranormal tag-rome">
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392					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/the-worlds-oldest-ghosts-hauntings-in-ancient-rome-and-babylon/">The World&#8217;s Oldest Ghosts: Hauntings in Ancient Rome and Babylon</a>
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399							1 October 2024						</span>
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404							<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/category/paranormal-encounters/" rel="category tag">Paranormal Encounters</a> / <a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/category/weird-history/" rel="category tag">Weird History</a>						</span>
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408									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>While we often associate ghost stories with the 18th and 19th centuries, humans have been telling tales of hauntings for far, far longer. So where can we find evidence of the world&#8217;s oldest known ghost stories and hauntings? The Oldest Recorded Haunting The oldest ghost story currently known was recorded by Roman politician and writer, Pliny the Younger in the&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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414				<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/the-worlds-oldest-ghosts-hauntings-in-ancient-rome-and-babylon/">
415					READ MORE<span class="screen-reader-text">  The World&#8217;s Oldest Ghosts: Hauntings in Ancient Rome and Babylon</span>					<span class="fas fa-arrow-right more-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
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427<article id="post-4405" class="post-4405 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-weird-history tag-animals tag-bermuda-triangle tag-history">
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431			<img width="500" height="413" src="https://curious-archive.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/common-eel-500x413.jpg" class="attachment-cd-standard size-cd-standard wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />		</figure>
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438					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/do-eels-really-come-from-the-bermuda-triangle/">
438Do eels really come from the Bermuda Triangle?</a>
439				</h2>
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454									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>For thousands of years humans had absolutely no idea where eels came from, and some of the theories we came up with were pretty wild. Going back a few thousand years, the Ancient Egyptians believed eels spawned in the Nile when the water was warmed by the rays of the sun. And Ancient Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder (who wrote&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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484					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/nephilim-fallen-angels-or-ancient-aliens/">The Myth and Mystique of Biblical Nephilim: Fallen Angels or Ancient Aliens?</a>
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500									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men. Genesis 6:4, NET The Bible is a powerful book. For many it inspires hope, alleviates pain, and provides comfort&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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530					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/our-peculiar-relationship-with-666-an-ancient-evil-in-the-modern-world/">Our Peculiar Relationship with ‘666’, an Ancient Evil in the Modern World</a>
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546									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>In the iconic 1976 horror film The Omen, an American ambassador and his wife unknowingly adopt the baby Antichrist following the death of their newborn son. As the movie progresses, young Dameon’s parents realise something is incredibly wrong with their toddler who throws a passionate fit outside of a cathedral, inspires monkeys at the zoo into a frenzy, watches as&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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576					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/john-dees-conversations-with-angels/">John Dee’s Conversations with Angels: Obsession and Sacrifice in the Pursuit of Heavenly Knowledge</a>
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592									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>Dr John Dee is among the most fascinating figures of the Elizabethan period with a life akin to the plot of a historical fantasy novel. Born in London on 13 July 1527, Dee attended St John’s College at Cambridge University at the young age of 15 and graduated after intense study with a Bachelor of Arts in 1545. He then&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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638									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>The Great Lakes of North America, covering nearly 95,000 square miles, make up the largest freshwater system on our planet. While water vessels of all sizes have used the lakes for transport, freight, and pleasure, not everyone and every ship makes it safely back home. To date there have been over 6,000 shipwrecks throughout the five Great Lakes that have&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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668					<a href="https://www.curiousarchive.com/the-real-legendary-kraken/">The Kraken: How the Myth of a Legendary Sea Monster Became Reality</a>
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684									<div class="post-excerpt"><p>Originally based in Scandinavian folklore, the Kraken is a large mythological creature said to haunt open water. The first known account of the Kraken was written by King Sverre of Norway in 1180 during a time when the oceans were relatively uncharted. The Kraken was said to be a hunter of ships, the bigger the better, making it a predator&#46;&#46;&#46;</p>
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