26. After hanging the accused murderers the alleged victim turned up very much alive
In 1660 in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, a 70 year old man vanished without a trace, other than some bloodstained clothing left along the path he had been walking. Investigation led authorities to suspect three persons, a mother and two sons, of murdering the man, and one of the suspects confessed to the crime. The three were tried, convicted, and hanged. In 1662 the alleged victim of the murder, a man named William Harrison, returned to England telling an improbable tale of being kidnaped and sold into Turkish slavery. The case became known as the Campden Wonder in England, and the truth behind Harrison’s absence continues to be argued by historians.