Chillingham Castle may be famous for its ghosts, but it was the peculiar mix of royal history, cheerful clutter, alleged curses, and one deeply unsettling deer head that made it unforgettable.
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This image has been blurred for those weak of stomach and faint of heart. This blog features up-close encounters with beautiful and intriguing skeletons—but if bones make you squeamish, scroll with caution. Consider yourself warned…
From Dead to Dazzling: The Unlikely Rise of Bob the Bejeweled Skeleton [Waldsassen, Germany]
Eleven jewel-encrusted pseudo-saints dripping in dazzle rest in glass cases, rock stars of the afterlife. Adorned with colorful gems, pearls, gold, and silver (even their eye sockets and teeth are embellished) and clad in sumptuous 18th-century attire, they peer at us from glass cases…
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