Cohen, Daniel

Describes six hoaxes, including the Sir Francis Drake inheritance scheme and Clifford Irving's bogus biography of Howard Hughes, and the people who perpetrated them.

Discusses gold, a valuable metal which has influenced history from the Egyptians to the present.

Describes some of the great mistakes throughout history in such fields as politics, sports, and architecture.

Presents accounts of ghostly apparitions of Abraham Lincoln, Anne Boleyn, Aaron Burr and other figures from history. The potpourri also includes tales of the nameless...Man in Gray, The Flying Dutchman, and the Horror of No. 50 Berkeley Square in London.

Describes the sighting of ghosts in various parts of the United States, including the ghosts of the famous like Abraham Lincoln, the infamous like "Bugsy" Siegel, and ordinary folks, like a young girl who haunts Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Highlights major developments in medicine such as the use of x-rays, certain now-common drugs, and many surgical techniques that have occurred over the last 100 years.

Traces the causes and progression of revival movements in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.

Eleven ghost stories from Germany, Japan, Turkey, Canada, Malta, China, Haiti, Russia, Australia, Holland, and Italy.

Describes the probable method of construction for such unusual structures of the ancient world as the tower of Babel, the pyramids, Easter Island statues, Zimbabwe, and several others.