THE WORLD'S STRANGEST MYSTERIES by Rupert Furneaux
Some relatively staid mysteries here, avoiding ghosts or UFOs. Furneaux focuses on more realistic historical mysteries like the Piltdown Man hoax, the disappearance of explorer Percy Fawcett, and the plausible sounding but likely bogus mystery of the Oak Island Money Pit. The most outre topics Furneaux explores are the yeti and the Loch Ness Monster. He also presents some mythological mysteries such as the origins of King Arthur and Atlantis. Other chapters include the Kensington Runestone, Shakespeare's true identity, Kasper Hauser, and Easter Island.
Furneaux delivers 26 tales in 17 chapters in 253 pages, giving us plenty of meat per entry. By comparison, a typical volume by Steiger or Smith will pack in 60-70 tales in 150-200 pages! Furneaux also includes a bibliography, a step above Smith and Steiger's unsourced and recycled stories.
A note on Ace Books: many of their old paperbacks lack then-current copyright/reprint dates, only noting the year of original copyright. This edition is probably from the mid-60s.
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