Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for January 1: https://ko-fi.com/post/Happy-New-Year-Z8Z0Z4QUR
Today's Observance: New Year's Day
Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: J. Edgar Hoover
And Now: The collection is complete! Now you can go back and read the entire updated, revised, and consolidated "Bummer" collection of history posts for each month of the year.
January
Reading List at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/bummer-january-reading-list
October
Reading List at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/bummer-october-reading-list
November
Reading List at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/bummer-november-reading-list
December
Reading List at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/bummer-december-reading-list
Happy new year! I hope your 2026 isn't a bummer. And now, because I still haven't published this in book form and you won't find these anywhere else online, here are my sources.
Physical Books
1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009.
Our Dreaming Mind: A Sweeping Exploration of the Role That Dreams Have Played in Politics, Art, Religion, and Psychology, from Ancient Civilizations to the Present Day by Robert L. Van de Castle, Ph.D., Ballantine Books, 1994.
When Bears Attack: Close Encounters of the Terrifying Kind, edited by Joseph B. Healy, Skyhorse Publishing, 2016.
Web Resources
https://abc7chicago.com/michigan-pool-death-boy-dies-teen-niles/1832154/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/paste-eaters-grave
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-strange-secret-behind-the-tragic-deaths-of-oscar-wildes-halfsisters
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49551353
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/venice-lightning-strike-victims-mother-writes-touching-obituary/
https://www.charlesdickensinfo.com/life/staplehurst-railway-accident/
https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2012/Chicago-Tylenol-Murders-An-Oral-History/
https://href.li/?https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/Content?oid=871084
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-01-18-9001050483-story.html
https://copycateffect.blogspot.com/
https://www.csb.gov/cta-acoustics-dust-explosion-and-fire/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10898259/Mother-daughter-no-training-arraigned-murder-charges-performing-illegal-butt-lift.html
https://depressinghistory.tumblr.com/archive
https://www.grunge.com/83770/performers-died-live-audiences/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grave-robbers-steal-charlie-chaplins-body
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/self-help-gurus-sweat-lodge-ceremony-turns-deadly
https://www.historylink.org/File/10167
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/zhanna-samsonova-diet-vegan-influencer-dies-b2388656.html
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2013/10/01/indiana-unsolved-the-1943-murder-of-cpl-maoma-ridings-at-the-upscale-claypool-hotel-remains-a-mystery/2901193/
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2018/07/13/true-crime-dresser-drawer-murder-claypool-hotel/769276002/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-01-ca-5220-story.html
https://lithub.com/federico-garcia-lorca-predicted-his-own-death-in-a-poem/
https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/12/07/this-hitchcock-movie-was-inspired-by-crab-toxin-frenzy-in-capitola/
https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Rig-worker-sentenced-to-18-years-in-co-worker-s-8873564.php
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16614865
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6726376
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cirque-du-soleil-star-yann-arnaud-plunges-death-during-florida-n857761
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/actor-accidentally-hangs-himself-stage-while-enacting-passion-christ-flna732563
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTMdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4215,2121527
https://nypost.com/2011/04/11/wisconsin-man-gets-probation-for-shooting-tv-over-bristol-palins-dancing/
https://www.nytimes.com/1928/11/15/archives/radium-paint-takes-its-inventors-life-dr-sabin-a-von-sochocky-ill-a.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/26/archives/intruder-in-car-smashes-white-house-gate-us-aides-son-gives-up-held.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/25/obituaries/robert-bloch-author-of-psycho-and-many-such-tales-dies-at-77.html
https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/life-saving-lessons/all
https://www.racked.com/2017/12/19/16710276/burning-dresses-history
https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a20801399/the-dangers-of-running-in-the-heat/
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Final-texts-released-Chung-Gerrish-deaths-16930376.php
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/died-onstage/
https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2002/03/22/archive-employee-kills-four-at-south-bend-factory/46474487/
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/strange-indoors/joshua-maddux
https://www.theartstory.org/influencer/mallarme-stephane/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/03/film.filmnews
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/06/16/fatal-peanut-laced-kiss-serves-as-public-health-lesson-about-allergies.html
http://takarazukaforever.weebly.com/timeline.html
https://time.com/4286323/irma-bule-snake-bite-cobra-singer-dangdut-indonesia/
https://time.com/4741481/sun-dial-westin-peachtree-plaza-hotel-death/
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77361771
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/RippedFromTheHeadlines/Music
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/06/02/A-psychologist-says-the-televised-version-of-The-Exorcist/6511360302400/
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/08/25/Entertainer-Jerry-Lee-Lewis-fifth-wife-found-dead-in/8620430632000/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/01/25/orla-baxendale-died-mislabeled-cookies-stew-leonards/72350767007/
https://web.archive.org/web/20090320090055/http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/09/12/news_6132357.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20140315061028/http://www.texnews.com/texas97/coup071497.html
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/plane-crash-kills-tesla-employees/
https://www.wltx.com/article/news/friends-remember-man-woman-who-fell-off-building/101-381983920
Wikipedia Pages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Death_conspiracy_theories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Death-related_lists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deaths_onstage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Filmed_deaths_from_falls
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Last_known_speakers_of_a_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Musicians_who_died_on_stage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unsolved_deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endling
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_during_consensual_sex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_baseball_players_who_died_during_their_careers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_book-burning_incidents
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_destroyed_libraries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_during_a_performance
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foodborne_illness_outbreaks
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_contamination_incidents
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hazing_deaths_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_performer#Deaths
This is not an exhaustive list of all the Wikipedia pages I used.
My Favorite History Podcasts
All Bad Things
https://open.spotify.com/show/4l2PqxbyjQBATOjcJCe2Mb?si=20f1f3bb94a04d9f
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/0s0c4Z99PwbW8efTmHckyT?si=1abbcb403b404f54
Behind the Bastards
https://open.spotify.com/show/0rOatMqaG3wB5BF4AdsrSX?si=2140bfbfc7f749ec
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
https://open.spotify.com/show/2yPlb6ynbhTJbziSIcykQd?si=750530929a884a2d
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
https://open.spotify.com/show/31OE1hgQ9lUCKyc78VIDiI?si=d67002b4073c445c
The Dark Histories Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/2HCs3hT2txXyBbSo0FPyx8?si=0dc2b2e9f4944c1a
Disaster Area
https://open.spotify.com/show/7GVw4FWL2GkSo0C4iX9Qkh?si=b5fced699f1f49b8
Disastrous History: A Disasters of History Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/415WhUe8bT1EVHlBjqFdFz?si=eda004a650054534
Footnoting History
https://open.spotify.com/show/5WwSZ2i4NJqoQF13L8z4U0?si=4b50ab38e77b47c6
Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & The Paranormal
https://open.spotify.com/show/4iUdTQnVVmyjM8je06uzR3?si=016003c24be041ca
The History Cache Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/5TgL9JgbWVp6m55wpmxoI1?si=d0191f167d02444e
History Extra Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/67EPVbpyjlDxGWsrfzdYu5?si=91630cd629d642d3
History for Weirdos
https://open.spotify.com/show/5PfQzwbYi6ClQU00QYgmMB?si=76625d8a00554d53
History Uncovered
https://open.spotify.com/show/7s57UR52dTMdXZqXzDqpxc?si=1add79a0ccef405e
Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/1JeYsvYZI4OxGTC9TJljLV?si=29f735c6b5f24f45
Now & Then
https://open.spotify.com/show/6wDS3Y2t0RyQ3ncCUxiNs6?si=d582a8ae05844f5b
Omnibus
https://open.spotify.com/show/5kgS2QYm7MC0WIlZ8Q9ZgC?si=8efd457014314d57
Strange Year: A Strange History Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/0H8dKe4PG23EMdX8BPj5xR?si=7fb4f4cb01da4b26
Useless Information
https://open.spotify.com/show/7s6WmaPqVSStBWZJ5PYolG?si=e4f1ff0362a94693
You Must Remember This
https://open.spotify.com/show/2sYCMjQed0gHYtXzPvcj5K?si=3d25bd57a42d4b88
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