The Mystery Chronicles: More Real-Life X-Files

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&“Science-based explanations for unusual happenings [and] documented solutions for more than three dozen mysteries.&” ―Dallas Morning News Investigator Joe Nickell has spent over thirty years solving the world&’s most perplexing mysteries. This new casebook reveals the secrets of the Winchester Mystery House, the giant Nazca drawings of Peru, the Shroud of Turin, the &“Mothman&” enigma, the Amityville Horror house, the vicious goat-sucking El Chupacabra, and many other &“unexplainable&” phenomena. Nickell has traveled far and wide to solve cases, which include a weeping icon in Russia, the elusive Bigfoot-like &“yowie&” in Australia, the reputed power of a headless saint in Spain, and an &“alien hybrid&” in Germany. He has gone undercover—often in disguise—to reveal the tricks of those who pretend to talk to the dead; accompanied a Cajun guide into a Louisiana swamp in search of a fabled monster; and gained an audience with a voodoo queen. Superstar psychic medium John Edward, pet psychic Sonya Fitzpatrick, evangelist and healer Benny Hinn, and many other well-known figures have found themselves under Nickell&’s careful scrutiny. The Mystery Chronicles examines more than three dozen intriguing mysteries, as Nickell uses a hands-on approach and the scientific method to steer between the extremes of mystery mongering and debunking. With a foreword by James Randi &“His varied work experience as a private investigator, forensic document analyst, stage magician, carnival pitchman, and English professor gives him credibility as a hard-nosed researcher and writer.&” —Booklist &“In straightforward, understated prose, Nickell describes frauds, deceptions and instances of superstition among vulnerable and gullible victims, some of which he exposed by covert investigations.&” —Publishers Weekly
Copyright:
2004

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
384 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780813137070
Related ISBNs:
9780813123189
Publisher:
The University Press of Kentucky
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Copyrighted By:
The University Press of Kentucky
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:
James Randi

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