{"product_id":"a-curious-compendium-of-strange-phineas-strange-9798275773606","title":"A Curious Compendium of Strange Events, Volume One: True Tales of oddities, mysteries, miracles and madness from every corner of the world","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Curious Compendium of Strange Events, Volume One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Phineas Strange\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1876, it rained meat over Kentucky. Chunks of flesh fell from a clear sky while a woman watched from her yard. No one has ever explained it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1900, three experienced lighthouse keepers vanished from Flannan Isles. The light was still burning. Breakfast was on the table. They were simply gone.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese are not legends. These are documented, verified, and completely unexplained.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Curious Compendium of Strange Events \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ecollects the true stories that history recorded but never bothered to explain. Drawn from newspapers, eyewitness accounts, court records, and official investigations, each chapter drops you into a real moment where reality stopped making sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside Volume One's \u003cb\u003e50 chapters\u003c\/b\u003e you'll find \u003cb\u003efive Navy bombers that disappeared \u003c\/b\u003eon a clear day with no wreckage ever found, t\u003cb\u003ewo green-skinned children who appeared\u003c\/b\u003e in a Suffolk field speaking no known language, \u003cb\u003ean entire Inuit village that vanished overnight\u003c\/b\u003e leaving food on the table and graves dug open, \u003cb\u003ea man who published a detailed novel about the Titanic - fourteen years before it sank, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ea Kentucky town terrorized by something\u003c\/b\u003e in the night that left witnesses, police reports, and no answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast chapters. Real sources. \u003cb\u003e50 true stories \u003c\/b\u003ethat will make you question everything you think you know about the world. No folklore, no embellishment - just reality being genuinely, unsettlingly weird.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Curious Compendium of Strange Events, Volume One\u003c\/i\u003e i\u003c\/b\u003es the first in an ongoing f\u003cb\u003eour-volume series.\u003c\/b\u003e Once you start asking questions, it's hard to stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phineas Strange\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798275773606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d","brand":"Phineas Strange","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437609988351,"sku":"9798275773606","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f7a7435-f288-4789-8ab1-c8597a32cbe3.jpg?v=1777162902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-curious-compendium-of-strange-phineas-strange-9798275773606","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}