Greatest mysteries of the unexplained
Subtitle: a compelling collection of the world's most perplexing phenomena
By: Lucy Doncaster and Andrew Holland
Contributors: Holland, Andrew, 1980- author
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781788285339; 9781788284875
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders; Supernatural; Parapsychology
Description: From strange quirks of nature to supernatural phenomena, this collection of investigations presents the theories surrounding a diverse range of topics that defy straightforward explanation. Examines strange and unexplained phenomena, including disappearances, ghosts, curses, weird nature, UFOs and more.
Notes: Originally published: London : Arcturus, ©2005.
Table of contents: title: Disappearances: Lord Lucan ; Agatha Christie ; Dr. Leon Theremin ; The vanished battalion ; D.B. Cooper ; Amelia Earhart ; Glen Miller ; Flight 19 ; USS Cyclops ; Lost treasure of the Aztecs ; The dinosaurs; title: Lost worlds: The Dogon ; Ciudad Blanca ; The Anasazi ; The Maya and the Aztec ; The Moche ; Shambala; title: Ghostly goings-on: The Age of the Pharaohs ; Creepy castles ; Hexed houses ; Haunted churches ; Ghost ships ; Battlefield ghouls ; Alcatraz ; Cornish spectres; title: Paranormal powers: Eileen Garrett ; Helen Duncan ; Eusapia Palladino ; Madame Blavatsky ; Jean Dixon ; Ninel Kulagina ; Daniel Douglas Home ; Rasputin ; Jose Arigo; title: Seers and oracles: The I-ching ; Ezekiel ; The Oracles of Balaam ; The Delphic Oracle ; The Sangoma ; The Brahan Seer ; Edgar Cayce; title: the 'sleeping prophet' ; Titanic predictions ; The unknown prophet ; The Hitler horoscopes ; Gordon Scallion; title: Mysterious monuments: Baalbeck ; Newgrange ; Yonagumi; title: Religious phenomena: Shamanism ; Apparitions of the Virgin Mary ; Talking in tongues ; Maitreya and the crystal tears ; Miracle vegetables; title: Medical marvels: Superhuman powers ; 'Alice in Wonderland' syndrome ; The Fallon cancer cluster ; 'Jumping Frenchman of Maine' syndrome ; Trepanning ; Extreme physical abnormalities ; 'Walking corpse' syndrome; title: Curses: 'The little bastard' ; The Black Hope Curse ; Chief Cornstalk ; The Earls of Mar ; The evil eye; title: Weird nature: Rogue waves ; Sounds of the deep ; Giant squid ; Lake monsters ; Bunyip ; Nandi bears ; Orang-pendek ; Kongamato ; Mokele-mbembe ; Chupacabra ; The Jersey Devil ; Skinwalkers; title: UFOs: Alien abductions ; Sightings ; Greys; title: Mysteries of the cosmos: The 1969 moon landings ; Moon cities ; Martian cities ; Black holes ; Wormholes and warp drives.