Erich Von Däniken, the man who popularised the enduring ancient astronaut theory, has boarded his chariot of fire and returned to the stars. He’s left behind him over 60 million books about ancient aliens building pyramids and mating with us monkeys to create the human race. A plethora of books and popular archaeology (or ‘starchaeology’,Continue reading “Beam me up, Ezekiel: Erich von Däniken Returns to the Stars”
Category Archives: Abduction hoaxes
The Rosa Day Mystery
On Sunday 29 January 1899, Rosa Day, an athletic nineteen year old woman from Cheshire, decided to go ice-skating instead of joining the rest of her family at church. She didn’t come home. Search parties retraced her route and explored the fields, lanes and ponds for her without success. It was feared she had fallenContinue reading “The Rosa Day Mystery”
Kidnapped! The Amazing Adventure of Emily Raynor
In September 1897, the strange story of Emily Raynor mesmerised the British public. It was a tale of sinister men in black, hypnotism, abduction and an innocent girl who narrowly avoided a life of slavery in an Ottoman bordello… The Lady Vanishes Emily Raynor (19) was the daughter of a doctor and a nurse fromContinue reading “Kidnapped! The Amazing Adventure of Emily Raynor”
Paul Weatherhead 