Investigative writer Joe Nickell and forensic analyst John F. Fischer probe ten tantalising mysteries that for decades have defied rational analysis and convinced many people that supernatural events really do happen.
Using the skills and experience they developed in police work, the authors carefully scrutinize the evidence for a variety of strange historical, paranormal, and forensic phenomena. Is a historic Kentucky home really haunted by the "grey lady's ghost"? Did Lee Harvey Oswald assassinate J.F.K. or was the killer a soviet look-alike? Has the US government concealed evidence of UFO visitations to Earth? And is a miracle taking place in a Naples cathedral where the congealed blood of a martyred saint periodically liquifies? Taking neither a credulous nor close-minded approach, the authors search for answers to these questions and other mysterious conundrums. Their deductions and proposed solutions - which make use of blood chemistry, forensic analysis, document examination, and a knowledge of stage magic - are truly worthy of Sherlock Holmes and will keep readers turning the pages to find out "the rest of the story".
Joe Nickell, a former private investigator, is the author of seven books including Inquest on the Shroud of Turin, The Magic Detectives, and Wonderworkers! John F. Fischer is a forensic analyst and an experienced crime-scene investigator. He previously collaborated with Joe Nickell on Secrets of the Supernatural.
221 pages
ISBN 0-87975-765-5
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