Myths & mysteries
Palmistry became massively popular in Europe because a guy wrote a book about predicting murder
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Nothing sells mystical hand-reading quite like the threat of a violent death. Palmistry was a niche practice until the 19th century when 'Cheiro' (William John Warner) popularized it. He claimed he accurately predicted the date of Lord Kitchener's death and the assassination of King Umberto of Italy just by looking at the lines on their hands. Suddenly, everyone wanted a morbid hand consultation.
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