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Lady Lovibond
Sunbeam Tiger
Metrovick 950
Witch's Broomstick
The Enigma of Hitler
Checker Shadow Illusion
There was a Crooked Man
Supermarionation
Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Mystery
The Mezzotint
Tam o'Shanter
Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
Annie Kenney
Joan Wytte
Lilias Addie
Ordsall Hall
Cottingley Fairies
Worsley Man
Aberdeen Typhoid Outbreak
RHS Garden Bridgewater
Mandrake
Baby Asleep
Bagpuss
Merkin
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Lady Lovibond

Lady Lovibond
Ghost ship said to be sailing in British waters

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Sunbeam Tiger

Sunbeam Tiger
High-performance V8 version of the Sunbeam Alpine

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Metrovick 950

Metrovick 950
Early British transistorised computer, built in 1956

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Witch's Broomstick

Witch's Broomstick
Broomsticks smeared with flying ointment were believed to give witches the power of flight

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The Enigma of Hitler

The Enigma of Hitler
Painting by Salvador Dalí, created in 1939

Checker Shadow Illusion

Checker Shadow Illusion
Squares A and B are actually the same colour

There was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man
English nursery rhyme, first printed in 1842

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Supermarionation

Supermarionation
Style of puppetry electronically synchronising lip movements with pre-recorded dialogue

Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Mystery

Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Mystery
Disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in 1900

The Mezzotint

The Mezzotint
Horror story by M. R. James, first published in 1904

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Tam o'Shanter

Tam o'Shanter
Poem by Robert Burns, describing Tam's encounter with a coven of witches

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Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
Most famous ghost photograph ever taken

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Annie Kenney

Annie Kenney
Working-class suffragette and poster girl for the movement

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Joan Wytte

Joan Wytte
Skeleton claimed to be that of a Cornish witch

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Lilias Addie

Lilias Addie
Reconstructed face of an alleged Scottish witch exhumed in 1852

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Ordsall Hall

Ordsall Hall
15th-century manor in which the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 may have been hatched

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Cottingley Fairies

Cottingley Fairies
Five photographs taken by Elsie Wright (1901–1988) and Frances Griffiths (1907–1986)

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Worsley Man

Worsley Man
Head of a sacrificed Romano-British Celt, discovered in 1958

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Aberdeen Typhoid Outbreak

Aberdeen Typhoid Outbreak
The 1964 outbreak was the largest in Britain since 1937

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RHS Garden Bridgewater

RHS Garden Bridgewater
Royal Horticultural Society’s first new garden since 2003

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Mandrake

Mandrake
Plant the cries of which when pulled from the ground can be fatal

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Baby Asleep

Baby Asleep
Painting by Madge Young Mitchell (1892–1974)

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Bagpuss

Bagpuss
Children's television series about a saggy old cat

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Merkin

Merkin
Pubic wig designed to hide syphilitic pustules

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