Strange, Spooky and Supernatural
Curious Tales of Fascinating People, Places and Things
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Toronto Star Bestseller
Globe and Mail Bestseller
Indigo Staff Pick of the Month
The creator of the Dark Poutine podcast--and bestselling author of Murder, Madness and Mayhem--is back with a new collection of stories for those who are curious about the paranormal, the mysterious and the unexplained
Strange, Spooky and Supernatural is divided into three sections and recounts stories of unusual and enigmatic people, places and things.
The first section explores strange people in history, including the death of escape artist and occult debunker Harry Houdini; BC resident Granger Taylor, who left a note saying he was leaving on a spaceship and disappeared; and a man known only as Jerome, who was discovered on a Nova Scotia beach in 1863 and was unable to communicate anything about his past.
The second section, about strange places, embarks on a journey around the world, touching down in locations cloaked in mystery and steeped in spine-chilling stories of hauntings, unexplained deaths and lost civilizations. This chapter includes stories about the Borley Rectory, which has been labelled the most haunted house in England; Nahanni National Park in the Northwest Territories, which is referred to by many as "the Valley of Headless Men"; and the unexplained occurrences at Old MacDonald's Farm in Caledonia Mills, Nova Scotia.
In the final section, Browne explores mysterious things including the Van Meter Visitor, an unidentified nocturnal creature that terrorized citizens of the small town of Van Meter, Iowa, in 1903; the Vampire of Highgate Cemetery, an entity that allegedly haunted the famous cemetery in London during the 1970s; and the Philip Experiment, a 1970s-era parapsychological experiment conducted in Toronto.
Strange, Spooky and Supernatural includes a foreword by paranormal researcher Morgan Knudsen, who is also a co-host of the podcast Supernatural Circumstances.
About this Author
MIKE BROWNE's curiosity, love of storytelling and lifelong interest in true crime led him to create the popular, award-winningDark Poutinepodcast in 2017 and to write the bestselling true-crime collectionMurder, Madness and Mayhem. Mike is also a co-host of the podcastSupernatural Circumstanceswith Morgan Knudsen, and is a regular co-host on the radio showThe House of Mystery, which airs nightly on KCAA in Los Angeles and broadcasts along the West Coast of the US and Canada.
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