The Ansel Bourne Identity

In January 1887, a mild-mannered itinerant preacher named Ansel Bourne left his home in Greene, Rhode Island, to travel to nearby Providence. He carried a small sum of money and, by all appearances, the clear intention of returning in a few days. He did not come back.

For nearly two months, Bourne’s family had no idea about his whereabouts. They posted a missing person newspaper advertisements but nobody reported any sightings. Then, in late March a telegram arrived addressed to Bourne’s nephew Andrew Harris in Providence. His uncle had been found in Norristown, Pennsylvania, where he had been living the previous two months under the name “Alfred Brown”.



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