#228 – What Ted Bundy did on July 14, 1974

https://open.spotify.com/episode/41G3UDRcedPq1hKReFQMxF?si=4cb82d7bf25e4cc0

An episode from 5/4/26: Tonight, I read the story of the French journalist Jean-Paul Kauffmann and his capture and three year captivity at the hands of Hezbollah. While held prisoner, he was given many books to read to pass the time, and what I share comes from the spy novelist John le Carré’s memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life.

Next, I read from Caroline Fraser’s Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers. As I say, ever since listening to the audiobook I’ve come to think that there are true crime books, and then there is Fraser’s book: for those who can stomach this kind of material, it is essential. I read the pages describing Ted Bundy’s kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder of Janice Ott and Denise Naslund on the same day—July 14, 1974—from Lake Sammamish State Park in Washington.

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Ancient Mediterranean #Incarceration #Database

#AncientWorld #AncientMediterranian #Databases
https://historyofincarceration.com

Japanese Civilization

#japaneseculture #japanesehistory #ancientcivilizations #ancientworld #worldhistory #LearnHistory #historylovers #InformativeContent #EducationalGraphics #historicaltexts #knowledgesharing #JustKnowledge

Pyramids appear in multiple regions of the world, developed independently by different civilizations.

Their forms and purposes vary widely, reflecting local beliefs, resources, and social structures.

Understanding them comparatively reveals broader patterns in human history.

#GlobalHistory #AncientWorld #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/pyramids-around-the-world-global-history/

We had my sister-in-law's boyfriend to our house yesterday, who is from #Iran, and my kids were making coloured eggs. He pointed out that they do that in Iran, too, for #Nowruz, and now I *must* find out if these practices are related!

Nowruz is an *ancient* holiday, and #Easter is an old #pagan word for a very #Christian holiday, but "Easter" for many people is eggs and bunnies (ie, #RitesOfSpring), so this stuff could ALL be related.

#history #AncientWorld #religion

Why Japan’s indigenous Jōmon women preferred “immigrant” Yayoi men

https://medium.com/@sensmedia.srl/why-japans-indigenous-j%C5%8Dmon-women-preferred-immigrant-yayoi-men-a07c039984e0
#history #ancientworld #ancienthistory #japan #languages #ancestry #migration

Small-town Maine. 1957. A dirt dig turns into a plot twist: Viking coin, 900 years old, sitting pretty where it absolutely shouldn’t be. No ships, no skeletons—just one silver outlaw. Maybe it traveled hand-to-hand across Indigenous trade highways. That’s one hell of a journey.
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#History #Vikings #Archaeology #Maine #Mystery #AncientWorld

https://vikingsvssamurai.com/vikings-in-maine/