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The
Weird Past
No. 1
Strange events
No. 2
Unexplained
No. 3
People
No. 4
Myths debunked
Box office
About
The Weird Past
presents
People
Eccentrics, impostors and rulers. 1 story.
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Three of history's most eccentric characters
The true stories of 'Mad Jack' Churchill, the Second World War officer with a sword and longbow; 'Lord' Timothy Dexter, the barely literate merchant philosopher; and Lady Hester Stanhope, the aristocrat who made a new life in the Middle East.
3 min read
No. 1
Strange events
No. 2
Unexplained
No. 4
Myths debunked