Cabinet of Curiosities: The Stories That Won’t Sit Still
Most myths know their place — a cryptid here, a haunting there, an ancient legend tucked neatly into its proper shelf.
This cabinet is not for them.
The Cabinet of Curiosities is where we keep the misfits: the tales that wander between worlds, refuse to fit categories, or simply defy explanation. They’re too strange to ignore and far too fascinating to lock away.
Like any good cabinet of oddities, this archive keeps growing — each drawer packed with bizarre finds, baffling hoaxes, and forgotten lore.
Hoaxes, Fakes & Fantastic Frauds
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The Fiji Mermaid: Barnum’s Greatest Hoax — a shriveled monkey sewn to a fish became one of history’s most infamous sideshow curiosities.
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Mythical Lands That Never Existed — kingdoms drawn onto maps lured explorers into nowhere.
- The Wolpertinger (Bavaria) — a taxidermist’s joke turned legend: rabbit + deer antlers + wings + fangs.
Paranormal Phenomena
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The Black Eyed Kids: From 1996 Encounter to Paranormal Phenomenon — eerie children with all-black eyes knocking on doors became a chilling modern legend.
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Florida’s Oven Man: A Spontaneous Combustion Mystery — a man reduced to ash in his chair left investigators baffled.
Beasts That Shouldn’t Be
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Gef the Talking Mongoose: The Isle of Man’s Strangest Legend — part poltergeist, part gossip, and maybe just a very weird mongoose.
- The Donkey of Houska Castle (coming soon) — a bizarre Czech tale of a donkey that climbed out of the supposed “Gateway to Hell,” leaving locals baffled.
- The Cottingley Fairies’ Cat (coming soon) — odd tales of a “spirit cat” lurking near the same fields where the famous fairy photos were staged.
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Barnum’s Monstrous Hybrids (coming soon) — beyond the Fiji Mermaid, he peddled other stitched “beasts” (half-dog, half-rat curiosities).
- The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (medieval bestiary) — a lamb that grew from a plant stem like fruit.
Mysteries of the Unknown
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The Man from Taured: Passport from Nowhere, Mystery from Another World — a traveler arrived with documents from a country that doesn’t exist.
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Ancient Maps with Sea Monsters — cartographers filled uncharted waters with dragons, whales, and leviathans.
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UFO and Fairy Lore Crossovers — encounters that blur the line between alien abductions and old fae tales.
Why This Cabinet Exists
Because the world’s weirdness doesn’t respect neat little boxes. Some stories will be brand new, others feel like half-remembered dreams. All of them live here — collected, preserved, and waiting for the next visitor to open the drawer.
Cross the Threshold
👉 The Cabinet of Curiosities is only one chamber of the lair. Step into Cryptid Case Files for creatures that lurk just out of science’s reach.
Or, if you’d rather keep a relic of the bizarre for yourself…
👉 Explore the Mythic Vault Collection