One of the most perplexing and peculiar mysteries in history:
17 tiny coffins, with a wooden body in each, were found inside of a small cave, in Scotland, in 1836. Wait. What?!
This episode shares the story with you – told entirely in Whisper, by Kit Caren.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES
Fort, Charles, The Book of the Damned (1909; reprint 2006), at pages 198-99.
Dash, Mike, Edinburgh’s Mysterious Miniature Coffins, Smithsonian Magazine, April 2013).
Meier, Alison C., The Enigma of Edinburgh’s Miniature Coffins,, Mental Floss (website; March 2, 2018).
Sullivan, Kerry, Witchcraft? Tributes to Murder Victims? The Uncertain Origins of 17 Miniature Coffins in Scotland, Ancient Origins (website; February 17, 2017).
The Mystery of the Miniature Coffins: The XVII, The National Museum of Scotland.
Harrison, Jody, Edinburgh Coffin-Doll Mystery 'Cracked At Last', Claims Writer,, The Herald-Scotland (news article; April 16, 2018).
Murphy, Sean, Author Claims To Have Solved Edinburgh Coffin-Doll Mystery, The Scotsman (news article; April 18, 2018).
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CLOSING THOUGHT
Source: (paraphrase of quote) Chesterton, G.K., William Blake, (book, 1910), at Chapter XV contained in The G.K. Chesterton Collection: 50 Books (Kindle; 2014). For context, including original quote, see: Alquist, Dale, Chesterton Lecture 18: William Blake, American Chesterton Society.
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