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Contents Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 9 1. Mystery of the Nazca Lines 11 2. The Fiery Specter 17 3. The Exorcist: The Case Behind the Movie 20 4. The ''Goatsucker'' Attack 30 5. Undercover Among the Spirits: Investigating Camp Chesterfield 32 6. Alien Autopsy 42 7. Image of Guadalupe: Myth-perception 48 8. Human Blowtorch 51 9. Remotely Viewed? The Charlie Jordan Case 55 10. Amityville: The Horror of It All 64 11. Sideshow! Investigating Carnival Oddities and Illusions 68 12. ''Mothman'' Solved! 77 13. Relics of the Headless Saint 82 14. Circular Reasoning: Crop Circles and Their ''Orbs'' of Light 92 15. Zanzibar Demon 98 16. Winchester Mystery House 100 17. Voodoo in New Orleans 107 18. Secrets of the Voodoo Tomb 116 19. A Case of 'SHC' Demystified 123 20. Tracking the Swamp Monsters 125 21. John Edward: Talking to the Dead? 133 22. Scandals and Follies of the ''Holy Shroud'' 141 23. ''Pyramid Power'' in Russia 151 24. Diagnosing the ''Medical Intuitives'' 156 25. Alien Abductions as Sleep-Related Phenomena 164 26. ''Visitations'': After-Death Contacts 171 27. The Sacred Cloth of Oviedo 181 28. A Typical Aries? 186 29. The Case of the Psychic Shamus: Do Psychics Really Help Solve Crimes? 189 30. The Pagan Stone 193 31. Benny Hinn: Healer or Hypnotist? 195 32. Australia's Convict Ghosts 202 33. Psychic Pets and Pet Psychics 205 34. Cryptids ''Down Under'' 213 35. Joseph Smith: A Matter of Visions 217 36. In Search of Fisher's Ghost 223 37. Ghostly Portents in Moscow 228 38. Mystique of the Octagon Houses 230 39. Weeping Icons 236 40. Spiritualist's Grave 240 41. Incredible Stories: Charles Fort and His Followers 242
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Parapsychology Case studies, Curiosities and wonders, Impostors and imposture