Natalie Zarrelli
Atlas Obscura
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Natalie:
How to Cook a Delicious Meal With Zombie Fungus
Conquer your "Last of Us" fears by consuming Cordyceps. → Read More
The Rude, Cruel, and Insulting 'Vinegar Valentines' of the Victorian Era
Nothing like getting surprise hate mail from a would-be lover on February 14. → Read More
European 'Corpse Medicine' Promised Better Health Through Cannibalism
“Take the fresh, unspotted cadaver of a redheaded man..." → Read More
The Radical Reference Librarians Who Use Info to Challenge Authority
An unshushable social movement is afoot. → Read More
The Radical Reference Librarians Who Use Info to Challenge Authority
An unshushable social movement is afoot. → Read More
The 19th-Century Freakout Over Steam-Powered Buses
A new vehicle on the streets of London caused quite the commotion—and some light sabotage. → Read More
'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Was Almost a Meat Loaf Song
Things could have been oh so different at karaoke. → Read More
The Devilish Sexploitation Films That Combined Satan and Sensuality
Who needs a coherent plot when you have nudity and pitchforks? → Read More
The Worst Freelance Gig in History Was Being the Village Sin Eater
Sin eaters risked their souls to soak up the misdeeds of the dead. → Read More
How a Secret Criminal Language Emerged From the Underworld
Dictionaries made Thieves' Cant accessible for the masses in the 16th through 19th centuries. → Read More
Some Versions of 'The Tortoise and the Hare' Messed With the Moral
Slow and steady doesn't always win the race. → Read More
Some Versions of 'The Tortoise and the Hare' Messed With the Moral
Slow and steady doesn't always win the race. → Read More
Growing Mutant Peanuts With the Radioactive Gardening Society
In the 1960s, some experimental horticulturalists went nuclear. → Read More
The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool
Grandma was just making a sweater. Or was she? → Read More
The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool
Grandma was just making a sweater. Or was she? → Read More
Bessie Stringfield, the Bad-Ass Black Motorcycle Queen of the 1930s
She owned 27 Harleys and rode them all over the United States. → Read More
Bessie Stringfield, the Bad-Ass Black Motorcycle Queen of the 1930s
She owned 27 Harleys and rode them all over the United States. → Read More
The 17th-Century Moon Mission That Never Got Off the Ground
Dr. John Wilkins' lunar ambitions were a little too lofty. → Read More
When Squirrels Were One of America's Most Popular Pets
Benjamin Franklin even wrote an ode to a fallen one. → Read More
When Squirrels Were One of America's Most Popular Pets
Benjamin Franklin even wrote an ode to a fallen one. → Read More