Keith McCloskey

In January 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out for Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. While one of the skiers fell ill and returned., the remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope known as Kholat Syakhl (or ‘Mountain of the Dead’).On the night of 1 February 1959 something or someone caused the skiers to flee their tent in such terror that they used knives to slash their way out. Search parties were sent out and their bodies were found, some with massive internal injuries but with no external marks on them. The autopsy stated the violent injuries were caused by ‘an unknown compelling force’. The area was sealed off for years by the authorities and the full events of that night remained unexplained.Using original research carried out in Russia and photographs from the skier's cameras, Keith McCloskey attempts to explain what happened to the nine young people who lost their lives in the mysterious ‘Dyatlov Pass Incident’.

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

Mountain of the Dead

Conspiracy theories of sabotage, murder and even UFOs flourish around the greatest unsolved mysteries of aviation from the twentieth century. This account of the most intriguing loose ends from aeronautical history provides the known details of five great mysteries and the best (and most colourful) attempts to explain what might have happened. Planes disappearing out of the sky, shady dealings with Sri-Lankan businessmen, the plummeting death of the richest man in the world in 1928 and even the Kennedy family all feature in these gripping open cases. Having previously written about the Dyatlov Pass Incident and cast his detail-oriented eye over many other aviation mishaps, Keith McCloskey now turns his attention to reassessing these five mysteries –all of which occurred over water, none of them ever resolved.

Five Strange Tales of Air and Sea

Unsolved Aviation Mysteries

"Killed a Young Girl, It was Fine and Hot" is the true story of the murder of eight year old Fanny Adams in Alton in 1867. It outlines the details of the dreadful murder itself, the arrest and subsequent trial of Frederick Baker and also compares it to the case of Daniel McNaughton whose case laid down the guidelines for the treatment of the criminally insane in court. The book also explains how the expression "Sweet FA" came into common usage in the English Language.

The Murder of Sweet Fa

Killed a Young Girl, It Was Fine and Hot

Nel gennaio 1959, dieci giovani sciatori esperti partirono per il Monte Otorten nell'estremo nord della Russia. Mentre uno di loro si ammalò e tornò indietro, i restanti nove componenti giunsero sul versante della montagna conosciuta come Kholat Syakhl, la 'Montagna della Morte'. La notte del 1 febbraio 1959 qualcosa, o qualcuno, indusse gli sciatori a uscire precipitosamente e terrorizzati dalla loro tenda con ciò che avevano a dosso, ad una temperatura esterna di almeno -30°C. Le ricerche iniziarono poco tempo dopo e i loro corpi, in alcuni casi, furono ritrovati con massicce lesioni interne ma senza segni esterni. L'autopsia dichiarò che le lesioni violente erano state causate da 'una forza sconosciuta incontenibile'. La zona fu isolata per anni dalle autorità e gli eventi di quella notte rimangono ancora oggi inspiegabili e senza risposta. In questo libro Keith McCloskey, attraverso una ricerca condotta direttamente in Russia e avvalendosi dei documenti e delle foto originali, ripercorre la vicenda in modo accurato e dettagliato proponendo al lettore le ipotesi ad oggi emerse per tentare di spiegare cosa sia successo ai nove giovani che persero quasi sessanta anni fa la vita nel misterioso 'Incidente del passo Dyatlov'.

L'incidente del passo Dyatlov

La Montagna della Morte

On 26 December 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with relief lighthouse men and fresh provisions. Staffed by three keepers, the lighthouse had been in operation for a year, but it had been noted that no light had been seen from Eilean Mor for ten days. Upon arrival, the superintendent, Robert Muirhead, found the lighthouse to be completely deserted, and a subsequent search of the surrounding island failed to show any sign of what happened to the keepers. The last entry in the lighthouse logbook had been made on 15 December and contained a number of strange and distressing entries that offered clues as to the mental state of the men. One was reported to have been crying while another had become ‘very quiet’. And when it was revealed that the men’s oilskin coats were found to be missing and the clock in the lighthouse had stopped, inevitable theories surrounding the keepers’ fates were soon put forward. These included a giant wave washing them away, murder and suicide by the men themselves, and more esoteric explanations as Eilean Mor was believed to have mystical properties. In The Lighthouse, Keith McCloskey explores this mysterious and chilling story in depth for the first time and reveals a shocking conclusion.

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