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MRS. WAKEMAN VS. THE ANTICHRIST
And Other Strange-but-True Tales from American History
Experience an American history you never learned in school—one full of mischievous poltergeists, mysterious Sasquatches, and Ouija board–induced madness—in this collection of unbelievably strange-but-true Americana tales.
American history isn’t just what you read in your high school textbooks—there’s a wild and weird side to our past, filled with strange creatures, bizarre happenings, and fantastical figures.
Researcher and writer Robert Damon Schneck has devoted more than a decade to sleuthing out these historically verified, forgotten gems of American history—whether the life history of a psychic who advised a president, the story of a Ouija board addiction that drove a family to the brink of madness, or the tale of how one very inspired inventor literally lost his head—and presenting them for modern readers.
Much more than a volume of modern American folklore, Mrs. Wakeman Vs. the Anti-Christ collects historically reported and verified events covered in local journals and small-town newspapers during the nineteenth and twentieth century--an age filled with spiritual experimentation, public fascination with the paranormal and occult, and, yes, an occasional guest appearance by the Anti-Christ. Readers can learn more about America's multi-layered past--and better understand our current world--through Schneck's engaging, entertaining, and thoroughly uncanny tales.
Robert Damon Schneck is the author of The President's Vampire: Strange-but-True Tales of the United States of America. His work has appeared in Fate, Fortean Times, and other publications.
Researcher and writer Robert Damon Schneck has devoted more than a decade to sleuthing out these historically verified, forgotten gems of American history—whether the life history of a psychic who advised a president, the story of a Ouija board addiction that drove a family to the brink of madness, or the tale of how one very inspired inventor literally lost his head—and presenting them for modern readers.
Much more than a volume of modern American folklore, Mrs. Wakeman Vs. the Anti-Christ collects historically reported and verified events covered in local journals and small-town newspapers during the nineteenth and twentieth century--an age filled with spiritual experimentation, public fascination with the paranormal and occult, and, yes, an occasional guest appearance by the Anti-Christ. Readers can learn more about America's multi-layered past--and better understand our current world--through Schneck's engaging, entertaining, and thoroughly uncanny tales.
Robert Damon Schneck is the author of The President's Vampire: Strange-but-True Tales of the United States of America. His work has appeared in Fate, Fortean Times, and other publications.
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