The Missing Mercer’s Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Katherine Atkins

Tales of strange disappearances and people being transported from one place to another through mystical means are not uncommon in English myth and folklore. What is perhaps more surprising is to find them contained in accounts that purport to be a more ‘accurate’ telling of historical events.   Such an example is the 1652 pamphlet …

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