Phantom Hitchhikers and Decoy Ducks

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. Was Sir Winston Churchill really a Druid? Did Charlie Chaplin lose a lookalike competition? Did The Whos drummer Keith Moon drive his Rolls Royce into a swimming pool? The man with the answers is Albert Jack... - Daily Express

From Walt Disneys frozen head to the kidnap of JFKs brain, Albert Jack gathers together all the strangest, sickest, funniest and most unforgettable urban legends and recounts them with his usual deadpan humour. But this is more than just a collection of urban legends, it is also a detective story.

Exploring the real events behind conspiracy theories, the exaggerations of history and the assumptions of old wives tales, Albert Jack shows us that the truth can definitely be stranger than fiction.

Albert Jack has become something of a publishing phenomenon, clocking up hundreds of thousands of sales with his series of bestselling adventures tracing the fantastic stories behind everyday phrases (Red Herrings and White Elephants), the worlds great mysteries (Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs), pub names (The Old Dog and Duck) food history (What Caesar did for My Salad) and nursery rhymes (Pop Goes the Weasel).