Monthly Archives: January 2014

Decapitation of a Witch

Posted on January 27, 2014 by esotericnz

Untitled Southland Times , Issue 2366, 6 May 1876, Page 2 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ST18760506.2.11&srpos=11&e=——-10–11—-2the+goddess+minerva– With Thanks to the National Library of New Zealand

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Madness and Murder at Ormondville

Posted on January 20, 2014 by esotericnz

Two accounts, one from those those who discovered the scene, and one from the murderer describing the experience DISTRESSING MURDER AT ORMONDVILLE. Otago Daily Times , Issue 6876, 29 February 1884, Page 2 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=ODT18840229.2.54 THE ORMONDVILLE TRAGEDY. Oamaru Mail, Volume … Continue reading →

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Asylum Decor

Posted on January 13, 2014 by esotericnz

LARGE LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 209, 5 September 1888, Page 5   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18880905.2.43&srpos=9&e=——-10–1—-0%22strange+fancies%22– With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand

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Strange Fancies of School Children

Posted on January 6, 2014 by esotericnz

STRANGE FANCIES OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 123, 17 February 1908, Page 3   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19080217.2.5.2&srpos=5&e=——-10–1—-0%22strange+fancies%22– With Thanks to the National  Library of New Zealand

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