W.T.F History

A weekly dose of macabre history — gently pressed into your hands like a haunted educational pamphlet.

WTF History: They Put a Dead Pope on Trial

Sometimes you should leave the dead alone.

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WTF History: The Secret Language of Fans

The elaborate secret language was probably less ancient feminine knowledge and more excellent fan marketing.

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WTF History: Beauty Is Pain, Sometimes Arsenic

Apparently skincare routines become considerably easier when you simply remove the “skin” portion.

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WTF History: Bone Houses

Nothing says eternal rest quite like becoming a lighting fixture.

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WTF History: Buried Alive

Humanity has never allowed evidence to interfere with a perfectly good nightmare.

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WTF History: You're Invited

Nothing communicated sincere devastation quite like excellent typography.

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WTF History: The Sin-Eater

Essentially, funeral catering — but the appetizer is eternal damnation.

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WTF History: The Great Stink of 1858

History proves reform moves much faster once the wealthy can smell it.

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