JakSpade Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Hey all, I thought (since I come across a few every now and again) that I would start a thread with news articles that might inspire people to generate some pulp adventures. I'll start off first with an article I'd already posted under another thread... Archeologists Discover Odysseus' Tomb http://maderatribune.1871dev.com/new...w.asp?c=167178 Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Ancient hobbit-sized human species discovered Find 'rewrites knowledge of human evolution,' scientists say http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6346939/ (EDIT:Addendum) More bones of hobbit-sized humans discovered New find adds to controversy over remains on Indonesian island http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9661094/ Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Here's another one with cool pics... Man, MSNBC has a lot of stuff floating around... Birdlike dinosaur may force raptor revisions Fossil find in Argentina leads scientists to reconsider evolutionary timeline http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9673546/ Jak:thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I dont remember where I saw it, but the tomb of Genghis Khan was discovered in the last year or so, lots of fodder for nazi archaeologists and eastern mystics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I haven't read all of this article yet, but here's one where MIT researchers tried to recreate Archimedes' Death Ray... Archimedes Death Ray Result http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lectures/10_ArchimedesResult.html Have fun! Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I dont remember where I saw it' date=' but the tomb of Genghis Khan was discovered in the last year or so, lots of fodder for nazi archaeologists and eastern mystics[/quote'] Here's a link to some information on the tomb of Ghengis Khan... Tomb of Ghengis Khan http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/genghis/7.html Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Ancient hobbit-sized human species discovered Find 'rewrites knowledge of human evolution,' scientists say http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6346939/ (EDIT:Addendum) More bones of hobbit-sized humans discovered New find adds to controversy over remains on Indonesian island http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9661094/ Jak If you want the facts, not sound-bites, distortions, and sensationalism, go to your FLL (Friendly Local Library) and check out the April 2005 National Geographic. They have a good article on this in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Willy Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Following the links, it looks like the Genghis expedition was inconclusive, but I was tickled by this bit of unfortunate proofchecking: Histories tell of 1,000 foot soldiers killed at the site of the tomb There were giants in the earth in those days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flames Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Hot damn and hot diggidy dog! I found this website today and it's a hoot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Hot damn and hot diggidy dog! I found this website today and it's a hoot! Spiffy web site, man! Repped. Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Get yourself to your FLL (Friendly Local Library) and check-out a copy of the Nov. 2005 National Geographic. The "Geographica" section at the front has a bunch of useful stuff. Info on the statues on Easter Island (did you know they were almost all knocked over in wars between tribes in the 17th century?); etc., etc. I haven't even gotten to the main articles yet, and already have spotted a raft of story bits! Have fun! EDIT: I didn't have the magazine in front of me when I wrote the above, but I do now. Other gems from "Geographica": Info on Guinea Worms; a parasite that used to be widespread in equitorial Africa, and south Asia. Real nasty; a little misfortune and Globe-Trotting PCs might come down with it. (cue mean GM laughter) St. Wenceslas's Crown, the royal symbol of Bohemia/Czech sovereignty. The last few makers of "Panama" hats. There were, of course, many more in the Pulp Era; the article gives some interesting details on how it's done. The city of Vrindavan, India, center of Krishna worship. Good stuff for a Globe-Trotting adventure. Some pictures from a film taken of a tiger attacking a man who was riding an elephant at the time. Luckily the fellow, though the tiger clawed and bit him, suffered nothing more than loss of skin from his hand, some clawing of his forearm, and two broken fingers. Gives a damn good idea why tigers were hunted from elephant-back. This one isn't Pulp specific: an article on the infrared-sensing "pits" on some types of snakes (pythons, boas, and pit vipers). They can "detect thermal shifts as minute as .003º C." The article quotes an expert who describes the pits as "the single best infrered-detecting system on Earth." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I was checking out Reptoid pages for this thread, when I came across this gem: LA Times January 29, 1934: Lizard People's Catacomb City Hunted Engineer Sinks Shaft Under Fort Moore Hill to Find Maze of Tunnels and Priceless Treasures of Legendary Inhabitants http://www.reptoids.com/Vault/Schufeltsearch.htm Do we have any LA Herophiles, by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Whooo, that's a gem, AlHazred! Wish I'd seen that in time to put it in the PH timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I was checking out Reptoid pages for this thread, when I came across this gem: LA Times January 29, 1934: Lizard People's Catacomb City Hunted Engineer Sinks Shaft Under Fort Moore Hill to Find Maze of Tunnels and Priceless Treasures of Legendary Inhabitants http://www.reptoids.com/Vault/Schufeltsearch.htm Do we have any LA Herophiles, by any chance? They are looking for the Reptoids city ? No good can come of this I tell you ! Call "The Empire Club" at once ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGhee Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures People in LA are servants of the Lizard gods, that explains alot:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted May 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I heard this on CNN Headline News in passing, and had to look it up... Yale alums snatched Geronimo's skull, letter says HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- A Yale University historian has uncovered a 1918 letter that seems to lend validity to the lore that Yale University's ultra-secret Skull and Bones society swiped the skull of American Indian leader Geronimo. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/09/geronimo.bones.ap/index.html A good intro adventure could be that the heroes discover that the Skull & Bones society are collecting the skulls of famous people, perhaps for some ritual... Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Good find, JS -- little nuggets like that are part of the fun of running a (quasi-)historical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I don't think this works as an adventure, but possibly at least some interesting info on the myth of Harry Houdini... Was Houdini a British spy? 2 biographers suggest escape artist spied on anarchists, hunted counterfeiters and was slain by spiritualists http://www.wluk.com/common/article.shtml?article_id=1162313069014033 JS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I dont remember where I saw it' date=' but the tomb of Genghis Khan was discovered in the last year or so, lots of fodder for nazi archaeologists and eastern mystics[/quote'] But did they find his silver coffin ? If not, where is it , and who is that Asiatic gentleman claiming to be the reincarnation of Ghengis ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTaber Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Hi Gents: This thread rocks guys...I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures I don't know if this has already been posted or not... I got this from a d20 pulp list... Stalin's half-man, half-ape super-warriors Super-troopers: Stalin wanted Planet of the Apes-like troops, insensitive to pain and hardship. http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2434192005 jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures Win, Lose, Draw: The Great Subway Map Wars http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/nyregion/thecity/03maps.html?ex=1314936000&en=cf4c07d233866403&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGhee Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures this is a great one for Pulp or any genre. Lord Ghee http://heritage.scotsman.com/myths.cfm?id=1611862006 A magic gem that heals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted November 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures In the hopes that links won't break, I've decided to post some small articles... For Sale: Rare Dinosaur Fossil LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- An exceptionally well-preserved 65 million year-old fossilized dinosaur nest with some broken eggs exposing tiny skeletons is up for auction in Los Angeles on Sunday. The nest of raptors, fierce predatory dinosaurs, is expected to fetch between $180,000-$200,000. "It is probably one of the finest dinosaur egg nests in the world. For the tiny skeletons still to be inside the eggs, folded up beautifully like this, means that they had to be almost ready to hatch," said Thomas Lindgren, consulting director of Natural History for auctioneers Bonhams and Butterfields. Lindgren said the 22-egg nest, encased in sandstone and containing 10 complete embryos, originated in China. It had been in the hands of private collectors in Asia for the past 20 years before being sold to an American. Tens of thousands of dollars have been spent on scientific preparation and studies to determine exactly which of the 6-8 known species of small raptor the nest belonged. That will be revealed in a 2007 academic paper now being prepared. The auction, which also includes several prehistoric skeletons and dinosaur bones, teeth and partial nests, comes at a time of renewed international interest in dinosaurs, particularly in Asia where several nations are pushing ahead with museum building programs. "Dinosaurs are hotter than ever. It is a very collectible market especially for higher quality specimens," Lindgren said. Lindgren said the nest may remain in private hands rather than going to a museum, at least initially. "Unfortunately, most museums are slow at being able to put together funding at short notice. But that doesn't mean it won't end up going to an institution. Most of the museums in the United States have been founded by private collections that have been donated by individuals," he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Re: [Hooks] News articles that could be Pulp Adventures "Dinosaurs are hotter than ever. It is a very collectible market especially for higher quality specimens," Lindgren said. . Yeah. They're not making them anymore you know. Lucius Alexander Animal Handler: Palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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