Kernel of Truth

continually sought, seldom found

See No Weevil

posterior view (head and thorax) of no-see-um weevil

Tralfamadorian swinge

Just try to find one of these around here.

jack-o'-lantern

This year's jack-o'-lantern didn't come out right.

Guy Fawkes

Caught with 36 barrels of gunpowder underneath the House of Lords. He leapt from the gallows, depriving Britain of his execution.

the real Mungo Bonham

Founder of St. Mungo's Hospital for

Magical Maladies and Injuries

Morgue Arrival O

Subject recovered from cargo hold of freighter sunk off the coast of Italy earlier this year. Salt water exposure and fish nibbling to blame for general wear and tear, but suspect radiation poisoning to be the cause of death.

Santa Muerte

Saint Oswald

For All Saints Day, here's Oswald, sainted king of Northumbria. Died of general dismemberment at the hands of the Mercians, who showed none. His head and body parts were distributed far and wide and his bones became relics. Even the dirt upon which he stood when he was killed was thought to be either blessed or magic or both and was removed a pocketful at a time until the hole left behind was big enough to be the grave of two men. It is unknown if two men were found to fill it.