Download or read book Historic Oddities and Strange Events, 2nd Series written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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..."