Historic Oddities and Strange Events, 2nd Series

Historic Oddities and Strange Events is a collection of compelling and horrifying true mysteries throughout history. Baring-Goulde picks out only those tales inspiring the truest sublime horror. Contents: «PAGE Preface, vii The Disappearance of Bathurst, 1 The Duchess of Kingston, 26 General Mallet, 51 Schweinichen's Memoirs, 67 The Locksmith Gamain, 83 Abram the Usurer, 103 Sophie Apitzsch, 121 Peter Nielsen…»