Mystery: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce
Published 2024-05-15
Ambrose Bierce was an influential journalist, satirist, writer of poetry and horror whose works were said to have inspired authors as diverse as H.P Lovecraft and Earnest Hemmingway. And his fame makes it all the more mysterious that, in 1913, he disappeared without a trace.
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All Comments (21)
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Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary is a masterpiece of satire.
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"About six years before the disappearance of Ambrose Small, Ambrose Bierce had disappeared. Newspapers all over the world had made much of the mystery of Ambrose Bierce. But what could the disappearance of one Ambrose, in Texas, have to do with the disappearance of another Ambrose, in Canada? Was somebody collecting Ambroses?" WILD TALENTS Charles Fort
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Thank you for bringing Ambrose Bierce’s story to life. When I was a Civil War reenactor I had the privilege to be an extra in the movie “Ambrose Bierce, Civil War Stories”. This movie portrays three of his Civil War short stories including An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and One Kind of Officer.
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A Twilight Zone episode, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, was made from this story he wrote.
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I can't imagine writing a letter in Chihuahua... It's hard enough just to do it in Golden Retriever.
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I have loved Bierce since I first came across my Granddad's copy of 'The Devil's Dictionary' when I was about 13. I have sought and read his works in the 36 years since then. His writings have allowed me to expand my vocabulary with his glorious style - which made his insults all the more epic. 'The Devil's Dictionary' (technically 'The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary') remains my favorite of his works, and I keep many of his definitions handy: 'POSITIVE (adj): Mistaken at the top of one's voice.'
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One of Gregory Peck's last films is "Old Gringo" in which he plays a Bierce to befriends and falls out with a Pancho Villa-like personality (Jimmy Smits).
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Well, we made it to the middle of the week. Take a break from work and settle back for an episode of forgotten history.
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The Devil's Dictionary is a great work.
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A last item of interest: I believe Gregory Peck starred in the movie, Old Gringo, a movie that supposes a possible end of the life of Ambrose Bierce.
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Never heard of this man.....now I'm going to the library!!!
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I can't believe you didn't include the most likely reason for his disappearance. That being kidnapped by pirates. Because, after all, don't all good stories...?
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I’ve been listening to you for years. I’ve listen to others, but I think you are the best.❤
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I remember 20 some years ago in an american high school history class, our teacher dropped the line that Ambrose said “war is gods way of teaching Americans geography”, it’s odd when you hear something and know in real time how you will never forget it.
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I started watching this reluctantly, and I enjoyed every minute.
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Great episode, thanks for covering this!
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Thank you for the Bierce story. I taught both "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "Chickamauga." Bierce himself seems like one of his characters. I hope we will find one day what happened to him...or maybe not...:)
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"The Dammed Thing " is the most frightening story i have ever read.
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I encountered Bierce's stories and The Devil's Dictionary in the early 1960s, when I was in junior high school. As often happened, nobody else knew about him and it was impossible to find somebody to share my enthusiasm for his cynical realism. I recently bought a used copy of collected stories that is among the towering TBR pile(s) and hope to find time and energy enough to revisit and see unfamiliar ones now in my late seventies.
