Andro Man

Elderly Scottish folk healer executed for witchcraft in January 1598.

The Tractate Middoth

Ghost story by M. R. James, first published in 1911, about a disputed inheritance and the long-dead clergyman who guards his last will and testament.

Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance

Ghost story by M. R. James, first published in 1911, about a strange maze and temple on a recently inherited estate in Wiltshire.

Marion Walker

Glaswegian woman active from 1597–1614 in highlighting the miscarriages of justice perpetrated during a Scottish witch-hunt, and helping the Jesuit martyr, John Ogilvie.

Miliary fever

Outdated medical term for any infection characterised by a seed-like rash.

Larmar

World’s narrowest car, manufactured from 1946 until 1951.

Lost Hearts

Horror story by M. R. James, first published in 1895, about a man who believes that he can obtain magical powers by consuming the hearts of three people under the age of twenty-one.

Count Magnus

Horror story by M. R. James, first published in 1904, about the death of a travelogue writer who inadvertently releases two demons from the sarcophagus of Count Magnus.

Number 13 (short story)

Horror story by M. R. James, first published in 1904, about a hotel room that only exists during the hours of darkness.