The company was founded by two Belgian designers, one who specialised in casting and the other in enamelling. They worked out how to enamel. The result is enamelled cast iron, which is robust and perfect for cooking.
An Unusual Night of Paranormal Ghost Hunting
DISCLAIMER: This story was first published back in early 2008 when I was a reporter for a local newspaper – edited a little now for relevancy and just because I’m a better writer. A lot of things happened that night that I just can’t explain, and because it’s almost Halloween… enjoy. Ghost hunting. It’s not […]
The Patient – a short horror story by Bronwen Winter Phoenix
Nervous, the patient fidgeted in her chair as she waited to be called in. The room was white, and almost entirely blank of thought. Nevertheless, through her blurry eyes she struggled at the brightness as the sunlight shone strongly through the upper floor window.
Chinese zoo says its sun bears are real – and definitely not humans in bear suits
A zoo in China has been forced to refute any allegations its sun bears are actually humans dressed in bear suits, after a video of one of its bears standing on hind legs went viral. Despite denying the allegations, zookeepers at the zoo published a statement yesterday (Sunday) in the voice of Angela, a Malaysian […]
Hong Kongers urged to stare disapprovingly at people who smoke
Unfortunately, smoking is still popular in parts of the world such as Hong Kong – and the territory’s health minister, Professor Lo Chung-mau said now advised people to ‘stare disapprovingly’.
9 of the Creepiest Stories About Twins
Have you ever found the concept of twins fascinating, or even at times a little creepy? Just the idea of two exactly (or almost exactly) identical people who can seemingly say the same things simultaneously, finish each other’s sentences, feel each other’s pain and even claim to know what the other is thinking can, at […]
Using Google to track cryptids
The travel site Next Vacay has used what people search for to work out where in the world we might see cryptids.
Is there something in the cupboard? Whisper
Starring Michelle Khare “Whisper” is a film about something we think about all the time… about that thing in the shadows just out of sight. In this case, we have a pretty young woman in bed and her Alexa, Amazon’s smart speaker, can hear something whispered. This voice isn’t a thing we can hear […]
Subway bans Ouija boards
The management of this Subway found reason to put up a rather strange sign. It makes you wonder what might have happened here that made printing such a sign necessary in the first place. Do you agree with the owners? Are they entitled to ban paying customers from using Ouija boards in the building? Or […]
Did this Snapchat faceswap capture a spirit?
Snapchat is more than just an app that allows you to send messages that self-destruct after they’ve been read. Today’s version of the app is focused around video messaging and pioneered clever visual filters to spice up those messages. Want to see what you look like with puppy ears, or as a pirate or with […]
