David Hatcher Childress has been called the real Indiana Jones by many. After reading Lost Cities & Ancient Mysteries of the Southwest, one of several volumes in his Lost Cities series, it’s easy to understand why. For those of us who will never physically travel to such places as Aztlan, the fabled Zone of Silence,…
Chariots of the Gods: 50th Anniversary Edition by Erich von Daniken
Many of us came to Erich von Däniken’s mind-blowing text, Chariots of the Gods (1968) not via bookstore or library, but movie theater or television. In the mid-70s, I was a kid already intrigued by UFOs and the weird, but I hadn’t read von Däniken’s book when I watched the 1970 film adaptation on television. …
Reviewing the Weird: Out on Foot: Nightly Patrols and Ghostly Tales of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent by Rocky Elmore
Reviewing the Weird: Out on Foot: Nightly Patrols and Ghostly Tales of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent by Rocky Elmore First, thanks to my friend Teresa for gifting me this book. It’s an engaging read that presents the dangers and challenges that United States Border Patrol agents face during their nightly tours walking the trails…
Reviewing the Weird: Passport to Magonia
Reviewing the Weird: Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee (1969) Sometimes younger explorers of the weird ignore older works. “It’s outdated,” is a response I’ve heard after recommending a decades-old book on ufology or the paranormal. I double down and stress that it’s important to look back at who carved the steps leading to Today….
Reviewing the Weird: The PK Man: A True Story of Mind Over Matter by Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D.
Ted Owens was a genius and a member of Mensa, but that’s not what made him impressive to some and a laughing stock to others. Ted could control the weather and bring on droughts, floods, and hurricanes with a high degree of success. Maybe. Or maybe it was the “Sis” – Space Intelligences – who…
Reviewing the Weird: Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy (revised and updated edition) by Jim Marrs
It’s been over thirty years since the original edition of version of Crossfire appeared in 1989. The book was a brick-sized bundle of information by veteran journalist Jim Marrs, who wrote extensively about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination and other conspiracy theories in his long career. The veteran journalist also spent decades teaching a course…
Reviewing the Weird: Witness to Roswell: Unmasking The Government’s Biggest Cover-Up (2009) by Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt
The mention of Roswell today leads some to think of tin foil hats, conspiracy theory, and pop culture lore as evidenced in alien-themed tchotchkes, liquor, fashion, and science fiction shows like Roswell, which ran on The WB Television Network from 1999-2002, and Roswell, New Mexico (2019-present), which is currently showing on The CW Television Network…
The Roswell Incident by Berlitz and Moore
The slim volume that started it all. Reviewing the Weird: The Roswell Incident by Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore This side of ghost stories, more UFO books have been published than any other Weird subject, including the John F. Kennedy assassination – and the latter is hard to top. All kidding aside, among the…
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