Chapter 1/Episode 1: Dr Smyth in London
Click here to view the PCs: PCs Oriental Club. Stratford House ram's head snuff box Sept 17, 1922 : Typical evening at the Oriental Club within the Stratford House filled with a thick cloud of cigarette and cigar smoke, and a Ram’s head snuff box for the non-smokers. Dr Julius Smyth invited us as his guests per his recent foray into matters of parapsychology. He leans upon us to investigate a storied ghostship sighting in Scotland’s Loch Lomond , “I’m collecting material for my Challenger Lecture on Jan 3 rd . I want you to prove or disprove the apparition to support my studies.” Professor Julius Arthur Smyth : heavy-set 59yo Englishman scholar (Litt.D, Ph.D) who now devotes himself to research. Famed for his whiskers and curling moustache= air of a friendly walrus. Disgusting preference for foul, obsidian-hued Balkan Sobranje tobacco; his erudite after-dinner stories, and hearty laugh. Lives and travels extensively o...