A house for ghosts, puppy urine, No.9 and George II...

[Webcat Profile]

"Do human's have some really strange beliefs about things?"

People can be strange sometimes, they throw reasoning out the window and cling to the most strangest idea's and beliefs, I came accross some bizzare idea's that the late, great, John Lennon was obssessed about and it went from there.

John Lennon believed that the number 9 affected everything in his life. He and son Sean shared a birthday of 9 October. Future manager Brian Epstein first attended a Beatles concert at the Cavern in Liverpool on 9 November 1961 and clinched a record deal with Emi on 9 May 1962 . the group’s first record, “Love Me Do” was on Parlophone 4949. Lennon met Yoko Ono on 9 November 1966 and thought that it significant that their New York apartment was on West 72 nd street and their Dakota home was no.72 (7+2 = 9).

Similarly, he placed great store by the fact that, as a student, he had taken the no.72 bus from his home to Liverpool Art College . The fixation sometimes manifested itself in his songs which included such titles as “Number 9 Dream”, Revolution 9” and “One After 909”, written at his mother’s house – 9 Newcastle Road , Wavertree. Lennon was shot dead by Mark Chapman late on the evening of 8 December 1980 in New York but the five-hour time difference meant that it was 9 December in Liverpool.

His body was taken to the Roosevelt Hospital on Ninth Avenue .

Maybe John was right about that one?

Elizabethan women used to think that drinking a puppy’s urine would do wonders for their complexion.

I cannot see that one catching on these days!

In the wake of the deaths of her husband and daughter, California rifle heiress Sara Winchester was told by a medium that their lives had been taken by spirits and that unless house built a mansion to house the spirits, she too would die. Another stipulation was that the building work must never be completed and so for the next 38 years, right up until her death Mrs Winchester feverishly added rooms to her house. by the time she died in 1922, it had 160 rooms, 2000 doors, 10,000 windows, 47 fireplaces and miles of secret passages and corridors, many of which led nowhere.

She was also obsessed by the number 13. So she had her house built with 13 bathrooms, there were 13 hooks in every cupboard and 13 candles in every chandelier. In the sewing-room, she insisted on there being 13 windows and 13 doors.

There were even 13 parts to her will, which she signed 13 times.

Mrs. Winchester believed a 'medium' who told her to: "built a mansion to house the spirits, she too would die." The mediums brother was probably a local builder..........

You could tell the time by George II. At one minute to nine e every night, he would stand outside his mistress’s bedroom, fob watch in hand. At precisely nine o’clock , he would enter, pull down his breeches and have sex - often without removing his hat.

In what seems to be an outlandish coincidence, England's king George II (1683 - 1760) also died of a stroke while on the commode. Some sources say that although he was quite happily married to his wife, Queen Caroline, George took mistresses as to maintain his reputation. After all, a mistressless king could be seen as weak or worse still, impotent.

Tut, Tut, didn't even remove his hat!

And there's lots more out there, human's are wonderfully bizzare and strange creatures, ain't they!



http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/06/20/folk-of-genius-the-5-strangest-habits-of-john-lennon/
http://www.britain.tv/unbelievable_facts/unbelievable_facts_barmy_beliefs.shtml
http://greenwoman.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=stories&action=print&thread=1426
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/16/a-pain-in-the-royal-horse-5-sex-rumors-about-royalty/

[Naranja Profile]

Rich people are excentric, poor people are crazy.
If I only had the money, I would have a mistress in every room
of my underwater palace on mars.

[Webcat Profile]

Reading Naranja post about the place on Mars, reminded me of this!

"Fitzcarraldo."

Based on a historic figure, this is the story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski), known as "Fitzcarraldo", an eccentric visionary living in Amazonia. He first tried building a Trans-Andean Railroad, but went bankrupt. When we meet him, he's trying to make a living by selling ice to Amazonia natives, although we first see him on a small boat with his sometimes significant other, Molly (Claudia Cardinale). They've traveled 1200 miles down the Amazon to an opera house to hear Enrico Caruso sing, because Fitzcarraldo is an opera fanatic who especially loves Caruso. He loves opera so much that he dreams of building an opera house in the relatively remote outpost of Iquitos, Peru, where he's been living.

Understandably unable to find backers for such a venture among Iquitos' wealthy rubber industry leaders, Fitzcarraldo hits upon a scheme for making a bundle of money, and which would eventually enable him to fund the opera house himself. Unfortunately, not all goes as planned.

For those who haven't seen this film - its well worth the time to watch.

An eccentric who wants to build an opera house in the jungle using money from prostitution, that's after he has to drag a big boat through the jungle!



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083946/?ref_=sr_1

[Cosmine Profile]

Those Victorians...High on laudanum...mixed whit the taste of puppy pee...


Laudanum (pron.: /ˈlɔːdᵊnəm/), also known as Tincture of Opium, is an alcoholic herbal preparation containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine).[1] It is reddish-brown in colour and tastes extremely bitter. Laudanum contains almost all of the opium alkaloids, including morphine and codeine. A potent narcotic by virtue of its high morphine concentration, laudanum was historically used to treat a variety of ailments, but its principal use was as an analgesic and cough suppressant. Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines. Today, laudanum is strictly regulated and controlled throughout most of the world.
Laudanum is known as a "whole opium" preparation since it historically contained all the opium alkaloids. Today, however, the drug is often processed to remove all or most of the noscapine (also known as narcotine) present as this is a strong emetic and does not add appreciably to the analgesic or anti-propulsive properties of opium; the resulting solution is called Denarcotized Tincture of Opium or Deodorized Tincture of Opium (DTO).
Laudanum remains available by prescription in the United States and theoretically in the United Kingdom, although today the drug's therapeutic indications are generally confined to controlling diarrhea, alleviating pain, and easing withdrawal symptoms in infants born to mothers addicted to heroin or other opioids. Recent enforcement action by the FDA against manufacturers of paregoric and opium tincture suggests that opium tincture's availability in the U.S. may be in jeopardy.

[Webcat Profile]

Those strange Victorians also liked to photgraph their loved one's after they were dead!



They really were a strange lot!

http://listverse.com/2012/10/24/memento-mori-victorian-death-photos/

[One-23 Profile]

Those strange Victorians also liked to photgraph their loved one's after they were dead!



They really were a strange lot!

http://listverse.com/2012/10/24/memento-mori-victorian-death-photos/

Thanks Webcat, I couldn't resist taking a ganders and now I feel somewhat disturbed

[Lucidlemondrop Profile]

How bout' this one called the Vaile Mansion?

It is across the street from my home, usually not as worn looking, but it is winter after all.

And wouldn't cha' know right on topic the mistress of the mansion OD'd on Morphine while hubby was gone working on his fortune.................to keep her in morphine?










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[Webcat Profile]

Those strange Victorians also liked to photgraph their loved one's after they were dead!



They really were a strange lot!

http://listverse.com/2012/10/24/memento-mori-victorian-death-photos/

Thanks Webcat, I couldn't resist taking a ganders and now I feel somewhat disturbed

Oooopps! Sorry!

[Webcat Profile]

How bout' this one called the Vaile Mansion?

It is across the street from my home, usually not as worn looking, but it is winter after all.

And wouldn't cha' know right on topic the mistress of the mansion OD'd on Morphine while hubby was gone working on his fortune.................to keep her in morphine?





I just love that house!!!

Has 'Ghost Hunters' heard about it?

I think the Munsters would happy in there!



This has Beverly Owen as Marilyn, but I liked Pat Priest as Marilyn best, she was (imao) far better at the part.










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[Lucidlemondrop Profile]

I love the Munsters! That theme song is echoing in my mind as I type.

Actually the house is rumored to be haunted and I don't think that it has been looked into or anything televised about it at this point.

It is usually beautifully kept with an awesome flower garden.

There is a small room in the top part of the house made with mahogany I believe and you can see faces and animal images "embedded" in the woodwork.


Hey, Webby............(catchy nic) I think DTV is a better place since you have been around here.