66 - The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst

Shortly after the signing of the treaty of Schönnbrun in October of 1809, bringing an end to Austrian involvement in the Fifth Napoleonic War, a British official on a mission to the Austrian court vanished without a trace. He was in Germany, on his way back to British territories, and while examining his horses at an inn near Berlin, he walked around to the other side of his horses – and disappeared, never to be seen again. Or that's the way it's usually told.

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SOURCES

“A century old mystery.” London Observer, December 18, 1910.

“A mysterious crime.” Hull Packet and East Riding Times, September 26, 1862.

Baring-Gould, Sabine. Historic Oddities and Strange Events. London: Methuen & Co., 1889.

Dash, Mike. “The Disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst.” Fortean Times 54 (Summer 1990).

Fraser, Mary Crawford. Storied Italy. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1915.

Lang, Andrew. The All Sorts of Stories Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911.

Machen, Arthur. Dreads and Drolls. New York: Alfred A, Knopf, 1927.

https://www.svz.de/lokales/spurlos-in-perleberg-verschwunden-id4680756.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Alexandre_de_Launay,_comte_d%27Antraigues

http://www.notableabodes.com/abode-search-results/abode-details/139177/dantraigues-27-the-terrace-barnes-london