Friday, May 16, 2014

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today


On this day in 1896 the American serial killer H. H. Holmes was executed. Holmes was one of the worlds most prolific serial killers thought to have been responsible for the deaths of over 200 people. Many of these deaths occurred his “murder castle” a building that to the outside world appeared to be a hotel. Many of his victims were stripped of their flesh and had their skeletons sold as teaching models for hospitals around the world including the UK.

And now the news:

  • New Species Of Sea Bass Identified Based On Larval...
  • Over 100 new species discovered by team in drive t...
  • An orca called Granny swims into the record books
  • How orchid bees find their personal scent, attract...
  • Old Dalby pie maker under fire over squirrel meat ...
  • Scientists investigate the role of the 'silent kil...
  • Work starts to rehabilitate 130 bile-farmed bears
  • Extinct relative helps to reclassify the world's r...
  • Animal research 'pledge on openness' agreed
  • Here's a link to a documentary about H. H. Holmes, needless to say not for the feint hearted:

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