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Mysterious World: World Famous Mysteries Solved

by Albert Jack

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From the best-selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for my Salad & They Laughed at Galileo.Albert Jack's Mysterious World is a collection of the world's most famous and puzzling mysteries.What really happened to the Mary Celeste?Who killed Marilyn Monroe?Where is Bigfoot?Could Aliens really exist?From crop circles to the Scottish lighthouse keepers who vanished one stormy night and from religious visions to the spine tingling tale of a restless family tomb, bestselling author Albert Jack has now turned his detective skills to the mysteries that have baffled so many over the years. And he has discovered all kinds of fascinating and surprising evidence.Using 'Occam's Razor' Jack neatly peels away the myth, the legend, the improbable and unlikely and exams only the plausible.'Sometimes the smarter stocking-filler may even help you to think better as well as to trounce the rival quiz crew. From the Bermuda Triangle to the Loch Ness Monster Albert Jack offers a crash course in sceptical thinking. Brilliant' - The Independent, Books of the YearContents1.The Famous Aurora Spaceship Mystery2.The Mysterious Death of God's Own Banker3.Try to See It from My Angle: The Bermuda Triangle4.Does Bigfoot Exist?5.The Spine-chilling Tale of the Chase Vault6.Committing the Perfect Crime: The Mysterious D. B. Cooper7.The Real-life Agatha Christie Mystery8.Who Really Makes Crop Circles?9.John Dillinger: Whatever Happened to America's Robin Hood?10.The Missing Navy Diver11.The Dover Demon12.The Mysterious Disappearance of the Lighthouse Keepers of Eilean Mor13.Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden14.The Mystery of Our Lady of Fatima15.What Happened to the Lost King of France?16.The Strange Case of Kaspar Hauser17.The Great Loch Ness Con Trick18.Will the Real Paul McCartney Please Stand Up19.The Magnetic Strip20.Whatever Happened to the Crew of the Mary Celeste?21.The Men Who Cheated Death22.Not in the Mood: The Real Glenn Miller Story23.The Mystifying Death of a Media Mogul24.The Real Da Vinci Code: The Mona Lisa Debate25.If Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Who Killed Marilyn Monroe?26.The Piano Man27.The Dreadful Demise of Edgar Allan Poe28.It's Raining Frogs29.The Terrifying Affair of Spring-heeled Jack30.Beware of USOs31.The St Valentine's Day Massacre32.The World's Strangest Unsolved Crimes… (more)

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