A unique couple meet in 1920s Germany, and fall in love. Their relationship is fiery, but they become famous dancers, dazzling audiences in Germany…

Yet their commitment to their art will lead them both to a heartbreaking tragedy.

I’m Peter Laws and tonight I give you ‘Tears on the Dancefloor: The Tragic Love and Heartbreaking fate of Lavinia Schulz & Walter Holdt.

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Core Sources:

https://janreetze.blogspot.com/2010/12/the-mask-dancers-lavinia-schulz-walter.html

https://clasebcn.com/tips/lavinia-schluz-walter-holdt/

‘Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910–1935’ by Karl Toepfer UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1997.

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A plane crashes into the Amazon Jungle, on board are four terrified children who somehow survive the wreck. But their ordeal has only just begun. I’m Peter Laws and tonight on Our Curious Past we explore ‘Crashed in the Amazon Jungle: The Astonishing 40 Day Search for Four Lost Children’.

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To learn more details on this remarkable story, do check out my main source, this excellent and lengthy article by William Ralston.

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A woman moves into a house known to be haunted and one night encounters ghosts who tell her to visit a small village in England. When she gets there, she finds that everything the spirits have told her, comes true.

Was this a hoax, or did she have an authentic encounter with the supernatural like mane researchers into the case claim.

I’m Peter Laws and tonight on our Curious Past we dive into spooky supernatural encounter in Guided by Spirits? The Strange Case of the Snettisham Ghosts.

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Sources

‘Worlds Beyond' by Ian Wilson, 1986, Weidenfeld & Nicholson

https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/20711644.weird-norfolk-snettisham-ghost-asked-favour/

https://jamesmdeem.com/stories.ghost.goodeve.html