Cohen, Daniel

Relates twenty-one gruesome and disgusting tales drawn from folklore, most of them from urban legends.

Presents accounts of well-known ghosts that haunt the White House, the Tower of London, and several other places.

Presents accounts of the appearances of child ghosts and ghosts who appear only to children.

A history of unidentified flying objects including accounts of several famous sightings and results of federal investigations.

Discusses some famous or strange disappearances of people, ships, planes, lands, planets, civilizations, and other things and includes a chapter on mysterious appearances.

Discusses monsters, real and unreal, which man believed or still believes inhabit the Americas.

Explores the pros and cons of the various theories concerning visits to the earth by "ancient astronauts" or extraterrestrial intelligences.

Examines the histories of "real" monsters which some people believe may exist in the world today: sea monsters, Bigfoot, Yeti, and others.

Discusses more than twenty prehistoric animals, how they were discovered, their modern counterparts, and theories on their extinction.