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Article: Mystery of the dead spinsters' time machine; WEEKEND WORLD Helen Smith tries to uncover the secrets of a cemetery's Egyptian-style mausoleum.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 24, 1998
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Shrouded by trees in the middle of London's Brompton Cemetery stands a strange, imposing structure carved with elaborate Egyptian-like figures that has been exciting the interest of writers and researchers.
The 150-year-old mausoleum is the only one in the sprawling cemetery for which no plans can be found and its occupants are a mysterious trio of spinsters about whom almost nothing is known.
Intrigued by the unusual tomb, writer Howard Webster began researching its origins and now believes the 20 feet tall building was a time machine built by a maverick ...