From a young age Wilmar Taal was interested in anything out-of-this-world. From parapsychology to UFO's and from magic to strange cults and anything outlandish. About a decade ago his interest was spiked by two small books concerning folklore tales of his native Netherlands and the locations to which these tales were connected. He decided to visit these places to see what caused people to tell such tales and a whole new expertise was taking shape, resulting in a first book concerning the Round House mysteries, currently published in 2021 under a new title. Wilmar is the world's leading expert on the Richel-collection in the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, with defining works on both J.H.W. Eldermans and Bob Richel. His works appear both in English and Dutch. He also writes articles for magazines like 'The Enquiring Eye' and 'Skepter'.