Greatest Mysteries of the Modern World by John Pinkney

The 21st century confronts us with mysteries neither science nor logic can explain. In this compelling book John Pinkney investigates the most tantalising of these true stories.

Strange Vanishings - A long roll-call of ships found adrift from 1840 to 2003, their captains, crews and passengers lost without trace - and with no signs of struggle...
Mystifying Murders - The Melbourne strangler who stole his victim's names...the blood-soaker peer....the killer identified by ESP...Sydney's shark arm mystery
Uncanny Occurences - Portraits of a long-dead couple grow in mould on an Oxford wall...an eerie glow from nowhere lights an Australian cemetery for 60 years.
Hidden History - was Stalin poisoned to prevent nuclear war? Did Hitler kill his lover?
Scientific Enigmas - What created the gigantic shadow on Mars? How did ancient mapmakers accurately depict a solar system invisible from Earth?

These are just some of the mysteries within this volume.

ISBN: 9781741244250