Books recounting strange tales from the dark annals of history, from the occult roots of America and the Third Reich’s obsession with the supernatural, to the Victorian obsession with death, and more.
Horror in the Heartland
Author Keven McQueen digs up strange stories of grave robbing, murder, and horrific and often comical tales from the dark history of Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
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Corsets and Codpieces
The Dancing Plague
Hitler’s Monsters
Victorian Book of the Dead
The Victorian Book of the Dead by Chris Woodyard explores historical accounts of exploding corpses, petrified corpse furniture, a man who lived in his wife’s tomb, ghosts, banshees, and other bizarre true tales of Victorian mourning.
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Rest in Pieces
In Rest in Pieces, author Bess Lovejoy tells true stories of grave robbing, missing brains, cadaver brandy, and other misadventures undertaken by the corpses of famous people.
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Unmentionable
The Invention of Murder
The Strange Case of William Mumler
Nazis and the Occult
The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell
Occult America
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