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The Mystery of Jerome, the Legless Man of Sandy Cove
Episode 379: In the annals of Canadian folklore and unsolved mysteries, few stories have endured as hauntingly and stubbornly as that of Jerome, the silent, legless man who appeared from out of nowhere on the remote beach of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, in September 1863. To this day, no one knows for sure who he was, where he came from, or what chain of events led to his abandonment. What is known, thanks to accounts recorded by locals and later collected by historians and folklorists, is the extraordinary set of circumstances under which he entered the lives of several small maritime communities and remained there, silent and enigmatic, for nearly half a century.
Sources:
Jerome: Solving the Mystery of Nova Scotia's Silent Castaway by Fraser MooneyApr 30, 1930, page 28 - The Evening Mail at Newspapers.comJul 23, 1910, page 3 - The St. John Standard at Newspapers.comSept 16, 1905, page 10 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.comSept 28, 1905, page 3 - Nanaimo Daily News at Newspapers.comApr 23, 1912, page 6 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.comMysteryQuests - Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian HistoryThe Legless Mystery ManJerome: The Mystery of the Man Who Came Out of Nowhere – LIFE AS A HUMANJerome: The Mystery Man of Baie Sainte-MarieJerome of Sandy Cove - WikipediaThe story of Jerome: The southwestern N.S. mystery that never ends, even 110 years after his death | SaltWireThe legless castaway: one of Nova Scotia's most enduring puzzles, speculatively retold. - Free Online Library“Jérôme” - The Mystery ContinuesJerome of Sandy Cove: The Unusual Nova Scotian Mystery Man | by Charlie O’Brien | MediumJerome of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia - Historic MysteriesStrange, Spooky and Supernatural - Mike Browne - Paperback
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