The Raucous Royals

Last week I guest blogged at Frog on a Blog about the science behind the legendary El Chupacabra. Is this monster real or is it a canine creature suffering from a real disease? Learn the lore...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2019/09/the-science-behind-legendary-el.html

In MONSTROUS: THE LORE, GORE, AND SCIENCE BEHIND YOUR FAVORITE MONSTERS , I ended each chapter with helpful advice to survive monster attacks. Here are more survival tips... KILLER BEES Kille...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2019/09/ways-to-survive-monster-or-other-animal.html

That is the Kraken. He isn't that scary once you learn the science behind him. MONSTROUS: THE LORE, GORE, AND SCIENCE BEHIND YOUR FAVORITE MONSTERS is now in stores! I am going to be doing s...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2019/09/monstrous-is-in-stores.html

MONSTROUS launches in one week! I am doing a poster/book giveaway. To Enter to win: Write in the comment section who your favorite cryptid is at https://www.instagram.com/p/B1q3BOyn6LM/ ...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2019/08/monstrous-book-and-poster-giveaway.html

Portrait shot by Kerry Goodwin Photography . Kerry prefers to shoot live people. WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES... This was the death portrait photoshoot I did for the lau...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2019/08/death-portraits-how-to-tell-who-is.html

In They Lost Their Heads , I wrote about van Gogh’s ear cutting debacle and the events which unfolded thereafter. Van Gogh was tormented by mental health issues and committed himself to an ...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2019/08/was-van-gogh-murdered-gun-lacks-smoke.html

“…I want to give you something that, when you look at, you shall always remember me, I’m going to give all of you a curl of my hair; and when you look at it, think that I loved you and am ...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2018/04/they-lost-their-hair.html

They Lost Their Heads releases today! To celebrate….my kids posed for this charming Victorian death portrait. (All proceeds will be going to their future therapy bills.) You can read mo...

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I am giving away 3 advanced copies of They Lost Their Heads, What Happened to George Washington’s Teeth, Einstein’s Brain and Other Famous Body Parts. Three lucky winners will also receiv...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2018/03/book-giveaway-for-they-lost-their-heads.html

Happy Birthday FASHION REBELS!!! I loved researching, writing, and illustrating every fearless, fashion maverick. My biggest hope is that young girls will read this book and be inspired...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2016/09/fashion-rebels-releases-in-stores-today.html

Only a few weeks left to get the pre-order price for : Fashion Rebels: Style Icons who Changed the World through Fashion . You can get more fashion inspiration at: www.FashionRebelsBook.co...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2016/08/fashion-rebels-style-icons-who-changed.html

Forget looking for seashells with the kids this summer. Instead hunt for ambergris. In 2012, this piece was found by an 8-year old English boy. It was valued at 60k. Not bad for a beach treasur...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2016/06/finding-sea-gold-in-whale-vomit.html

Ah yes, those perky spotted pups riding atop the gleaming red fire truck. How did Dalmatians become the firehouse dog of choice and why were firehouses forced to stop using them? SEE SPOT ...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2014/09/firehouse-dogs.html

It's that time again. My favorite adverting. This time it's 1960s ads targeting housewives.  I am so confused. Why is her face going to fall off?  Again...perplexed. Because clearl...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2014/09/not-your-mothers-advertising.html

Lots of surprises researching Marilyn Monroe. I had not realized just how much movie executives transformed her face. There was the obvious platinum blonde hair, but also a nose job, chin imp...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2014/05/becoming-marilynthe-real-story.html

“Isn’t this delicious?” (said in my best Marilyn voice.) When designer William Travilla first created his infamous “white” dress, he called it “that silly little dress.” Lit...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2014/05/the-dress.html

We tend not to think of the lecherous, red heeled Louis XIV and Emily Post as having similarities, but the two did share one common goal - étiquette. Louis pretty much invented etiquette...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2014/03/the-lecherous-louis-xiv-and-scandalous.html

Roberto Cueva del Río This month in history, the breathtakingly vicious Hernán Cortés lands on the borders of Mexico changing the fate of an entire culture.  Behind every powerful...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2014/03/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html

In just a little over two weeks, restaurants will be filled with doe-eyed couples donning red and gazing adoringly into each other’s eyes, despite the fact that their meal is costing more than...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2014/01/the-true-story-of-valentines-day.html

In the winter of 1940, Nazi soldiers began rounding up Jewish villagers in Belgium, Holland. They shoved men, women and children into covered military trucks, the yellow stars on their chests...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2013/10/seven-degrees-of-history-anne-frank-and.html

“A woman should wear perfume everywhere that she would like to be kissed.” – Coco Chanel Cleopatra had her own perfume factory replete with the rarest flowers from around the world. L...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2013/09/the-smell-of-seduction.html

Melodramatic? A bit. Stark and depressing? Sure. Still, these WWI posters give us an interesting glimpse into the tactics used to elicit support for the war. A tad obtuse but my personal fa...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2013/09/wwi-posters.html

“I should have set her down for a very bad one altho Sixty years of age and a widow. I own I was highly disgusted and never wish for an acquaintance with any Ladies of this cast. . . .” ...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2013/09/that-very-bad-women-great-seductress.html

Get out the claws. If you are going to pull a Tanya Harding, these ladies show how to fight with finesse. These medieval wenches are not messing around. They have thrown their wimples to t...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2013/08/meeeeeeeeooooow-cat-fights.html

I have missed all my fellow history geeks. I had to take time off from work and stop blogging due to my son's health problems. Now, he is better and after a little prodding from some well-intent...

http://blog.raucousroyals.com/2013/08/the-raucous-royals-returns.html