Lou Bodenhemier

Lou Bodenhemier

Lou Bodenhemier

Lou Bodenhemier holds an MA in History from the University of Limerick and a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He’s interested in maritime and disaster history as well as criminal history, and his dissertation focused on the werewolf trials of early modern Europe. At the present moment he can most likely be found perusing records of shipboard crime and punishment during the Age of Sail, or failing that, writing historical fiction horror stories. He lives in Dublin and hates the sun.

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How Arab Traders Hid the Secrets of Cinnamon from Europe

At this point, it's fairly common knowledge that the...
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Weekend Warm-Up: The Solar System to Scale

Conventional images of the Earth and the moon place...
The mummified remains of a woman

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In a new study, an international research team found...
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Is the 3I/ATLAS Comet Actually Alien Technology? No.

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This week's documentary chronicles the maritime adventure of two...
The Rocky Mountain Locust, or 'Melanoplus spretus.'

The 1874 Rocky Mountain Locust Plague That Blotted Out the Sun

In the late 19th century, settlers pushing into the...
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Spending Time in Space Can Speed Up Aging

Space is packed with hazards and health risks, and...
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Named "Spot," the quadruped robot from developers Boston Dynamics...
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Weekend Warm-Up: Zermatt to Verbier

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It's been 40 years since a team from Woods...
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Weekend Warm-Up: ‘The Most Dangerous Kayak Expedition on Earth’

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Exploration Mysteries: The Tucson Artifacts Hoax

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For a time, Thomas Simpson was considered the man...

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