The Usborne Book of the Paranormal

by Claybourne, Anna; Doherty, Gillian; Harvey, Gill; Wingate, Philippa; Claybourne, Anna; Allman, Howard; Bines, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780746033906
• ISBN10: 0746033907
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Edc Pub

Summary

-- Examine the evidence and search for the truth, then make up your own mind about the strange and mysterious happenings in our world

-- Illustrated with diagrams and pictures that will make you wonder...

Table of Contents

What is the Paranormal?	4	(6)
Poltergeists?	6	(30)
What are Poltergeists?	7	(7)
Case study 1: Eerie Enfield	8	(6)
The Focus	14	(9)
Case study 2: Haunted Hydesville	16	(4)
Case study 3: Mount Rainier	20	(3)
What Causes Poltergeists?	23	(12)
Case study 4: Pontefract Panic	24	(6)
Case study 5: Spirits of Brazil	30	(5)
Spirits of the Dead	35	(1)
ESP?	36	(30)
What is ESP?	37	(5)
Case study 6: Arctic Expedition	38	(4)
Coincidence	42	(6)
Case study 7: Psychic Detectives	43	(5)
ESP - History and Science	48	(11)
Case study 8: Lost in the Andes	50	(5)
Case study 9: The Rich and Famous	55	(4)
ESP and Identical Twins	59	(6)
Case study 10: Crisis Apparitions	60	(5)
Modern ESP Testing	65	(1)
Ghosts?	66	(30)
Ghostly Activity	67	(12)
Case study 11: A Roman Invasion	68	(6)
Case study 12: Echoes of Battle	74	(5)
Action Replays	79	(5)
Case study 13: The Haunted Hotel	80	(4)
Photographing Ghosts	84	(12)
Case study 14: The House of Faces	86	(4)
Case study 15: A Deadly Disaster	90	(6)
Aliens?	96	(29)
Close Encounters	97	(6)
Case study 16: Mantell's Fatal Flight	98	(5)
Identified Flying Objects	103	(6)
Case study 17: Aliens in the Desert	104	(5)
What do Aliens Look Like?	109	(6)
Case study 18: Two Hours Missing	110	(5)
Alien Space Travel	115	(1)
Case study 19: Kidnapped by Aliens	116	(4)
Case study 20: Ufo Over New York	120	(5)
Index	125