An Arm Is Not Enough

a shark, a severed human arm, and a high speed boat chase; Australia's strangest unsolved mystery has it all

On Anzac Day 1935, a shark in a Sydney aquarium vomited up a severed human arm. The police investigation that followed went to some truly strange places.

Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 10

Tags: Australia crime criminal law Presented by #13 sharks Sydney, NSW

Published: May 16, 2022

Marching to Shibboleth

a sordid story of faith healing, financial fraud, flat Eartherism, and figs

Forty miles north of Chicago lies Zion, IL, a sleepy city with a sordid history of faith healing, financial fraud, flat Eartherism... and figs?

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, People & Places, Series 6

Tags: "Doctor" John Alexander Dowie, "First Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ" 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition Ahmadiyya Movement Australia Chicago, IL Christianity cult faith healing Illinois Melbourne Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad New York, NY Presented by #13 Protestantism quackery Sydney, NSW United Kingdom United States of America VIC

Published: February 8, 2021