That's Bollocks: Urban Legends Conspiracy Theories And Old Wives Tales

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…

Genres: Nonfiction

306 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 28, 2006

About the author

Albert Jack, pen name for Graham Willmott, is an international best-selling author and historian. He is an expert in explaining the unexplained and has appeared on live television shows and has made thousands of radio appearances worldwide.

Reviews

[Jessaka]

This is the second book that I have read in order to find the answer as to whether cats Kill babies By taking away their breath By breathing in their face. This book to not have the answer either, but I learned a wonderful thing. There is no such thing as global warming Also, the ocean is not rising. Maybe it was written during a time when We lived in the dark ages and had no understanding.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of urban myths, shaggy dog stories, etc. I have to confess that I've heard the majority of them before and some of them do still do the email rounds. Happily though I'm not one of those people who believes any of them!

[Norman Weatherly · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book couldn't make up its mind whether it wanted to debunk urban legends or tell tall tales. At the end of the book, which became a struggle to reach, I was left wondering what I had just read. Confused and uncertain would be words that I would use to describe it.

[Nurshafiqa · Rating 3 out of 5]

amusing enough!

3 stars.