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Mystery - The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst


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Trigger Warnings: war, spies, missing person, remains of human body

Diz brings us a real head-scratcher! Benjamin Bathurst was on his way home from a dangerous mission as a spy. The worst of it was behind him... but then he disappeared. The only clues that connected to him simply brought more questions. Was this true crime? Paranormal? You decide.

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Sources:

  • Bathurst, Henry (1837). Memoirs of the Late Dr. Henry Bathurst, Lord Bishop of Norwich. London: A.J. Valpy.
  • Littell, Eliakim; Littell, Robert S; Project, Making of America (1862). "A Mysterious Crime". Littell's Living Age. XIX. Boston: Littell, Son, and Company: 231–234. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
  • Dash, Mike (Summer 1990). "The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst". Fortean Times. No. 54. pp. 40–44. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.
  • Ganendran, Prash (November 2023). The Missing British Diplomat. True Crime & Podcaster. November 10, 2023. https://prashganendran.com/penny_dreadfuls/missing-diplomat/
  • Jensen, Jane (2003). Dante's Equation. New York: Del Rey Books. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-345-43037-3.
  • Kennison, Katrina and Erdrich, Louise (editors), The Best American Short Stories 1993, New York, 1993.

*The Westminister Detective Library. From The Spectator, A Mysterious Crime. Published in Littell’s Living Age, November 1, 1862.wdl.mcdaniel.edu/node/1925

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