what we missed ... randomness, november/december

• Stuck for Christmas gifts? You could always bid on Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin. 
• Is it worse that Joss Whedon isn't involved in the new Buffy The Vampire Killer film, or that he might have actually not wanted to be involved in it?
• There's a whole heap of mermaids in Jamaica. 
• Still mourning Hammer horror queen Ingrid Pitt, who died last month.
• Archaeologists have dug into a big Neolithic burial site on Orkney near the Tomb Of The Eagles complex.
• No one knows what caused Georgia's mystery boom.
• Letterpress holiday postcard sets of ghost signs spread the love.
• Dr Who as the ghost of Christmas past visiting Scrooge. Perfect.
• Just in time for the jolly festive season, the winning story in the Telegraph ghost story competition.
• The top 10 paranormal books of 2010 is the hot topic on the Mysterious Britain forum - I'm looking forward to getting comfy with Nick Redfern's Memoirs Of A Monster Hunter ...
• Freddie Francis's fantastic 1970 comedy-horror Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly is now on YouTube.