This volume is an example of Sabine Baring-Gould's extensive research into the middle ages. This volume of 12 curiosities was one of Baring-Gould's most successful publications.

Latest episodes of the podcast Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S. Baring-Gould

• The Wandering Jew, Part 1
• The Wandering Jew, Part 2
• Prester John
• The Divining Rod, Part 1
• The Divining Rod, Part 2
• The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
• William Tell
• The Dog Gellert
• Tailed Men
• Antichrist and Pope Joan, Part 1
• Antichrist and Pope Joan, Part 2
• The Man in the Moon
• The Mountain of Venus
• Fatality of Numbers
• The Terrestrial Paradise