Gone Guy

how can a man vanish into thin air? simple: he can't

In 1809 Benjamin Bathurst vanished into thin air and was never seen again. We're still debating what happened to him some 213 years later.

Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 13

Tags: crime France Germany missing person Napoleon Bonaparte Presented by #13 Prussia Russia United Kingdom

Published: January 30, 2023

Independent by Accident

a brief history of Neutral Moresnet (1814-1918)

An ambitious Prince William Frederick, prince of Orange-Nassau, was an ambitious man. The House of Orange had been chased from Holland by French revolutionaries, so when the Napoleonic empire crumbled in the final months of 1813 he was determined to grab as much of the spoils as he possibly could. His ultimate ambition was to […]

Categories: History, People & Places, Series 11

Tags: Belgium crime Esperanto France Germany Napoleon Bonaparte Presented by #42 Prussia The Tim Traveler travel

Published: July 11, 2022