Phantom Hitchhikers and Decoy Ducks: The strange stories behind the urban legends we can't stop telling each other by Albert Jack

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

From Walt Disney's frozen head to the kidnap of JFK's 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…

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (28 Aug. 2008)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141038519

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141038513

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 1.8 x 17.8 cm