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.
The World’s Least Visited Country is Sinking into the Sea
The most popular tourist destinations are, unsurprisingly, large, well-known...
Exploration Mysteries: The Tucson Artifacts Hoax
On a typically balmy mid-September day in southern Arizona...
Australia’s Deadliest Animal Is Not What You Think
Australia is the most notorious country on Earth for...
American Influencer Stranded in Antarctica since June
Ethan Guo, a 20-year-old content creator and aviator, has...
After 66 Years, Melting Glacier Releases Antarctic Researcher’s Remains
Earlier this year, personnel from the Arctowski Polish Antarctic...
The Mysterious Death of Arctic Explorer Thomas Simpson
For a time, Thomas Simpson was considered the man...
Startup Uses AI to Give Animals Bank Accounts
A new startup, Tehanu, represents a revolutionary approach to...
Weekend Warm-Up: A Baffin Vacation
A Baffin Vacation opens with a satirically vintage style narration...
Why Do These Cozy British Farmhouses Display Ancient Skulls?
The average home -- manor, farm, or otherwise --...
Ancient Blob Beneath Appalachians Headed for New York
It sounds like a bottom of the barrel B-movie...
Benedikt Roezl and the 19th-Century Orchid Monomaniacs
You've almost certainly owned an orchid at least once...
Ancient Rivers Under Antarctica Could Slow Down Melting
The ice caps which cover our planet's poles are...
Weekend Warm-Up: North Shore Betty
"The North Shore invented mountain biking," claims Todd "Digger"...
The Long Search for the ‘Tryall,’ Australia’s First Shipwreck
In May of 1622, the English East India Company...
Greenlandic Ice Cores Chart 12,000 Years of Civilization
Like the inverse of the mythical butterfly flapping its...
Indigenous Teens Kayak Klamath River to Celebrate Dam Removal
A group of young people from several Native American...
Swarm of 300 Earthquakes Shakes Mt Rainier
Officials at the United States Geological Survey have tracked...
Elusive Ball Lightning Caught on Film in Canada
As a massive storm swept through central Alberta in...
Missing Surfer Found Alive on Uninhabited Island
Nineteen-year-old Darcy Deefholts went out surfing on the afternoon...
