Modern Mysteries of the World

by Janet Bord, Colin Bord

This is a guide to the paranormal and to unexplained phenomena which have occurred throughout the world in the 20th century - from Africa and Australia to the USA and the USSR. Topics range from poltergeists and UFOs to religious phenomena and monsters and the authors have tried to select those mysteries that are place-linked, rather than those that are person-linked. Other works published by these authors included " Mysterious Britain", "Ancient Mysteries of Britain", "Bigfoot Casebook" and "A Guide to Ancient Sites in Britain".

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Paranormal

432 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

(1945-)

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book and all by the same authors. They write in an interesting and detailed way, and you can tell a lot of work has been put into it (typical of the 80s and 90s books on this subject). I find that modern books of the same genre are superficial in comparison.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very inspiring and intriguing book from the 80s on all kind of things that interest me since childhood days: eerie hauntings, Bigfoot, UFOs, spontaneous human combustion, ghosts, monsters in rivers, lakes, seas, spook lights, winged people and other non-humans, USOs, ghostly voices, objects falling from the sky, religious phenomena. The author also provides you with many photos and illustrations on her topics. At the end you'll find an overview on the locations worldwide. Love books like that and this was a very good one. Those mysteries are still as present as they were back then. Really recommended!

[Jim Pefferly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was hoping for short anecdotes on strange events (UFO sitings, Bigfoot, whatever). What I found was brief parts of anecdotes strung together in a weak narrative that often promised more in further chapters. Ummmm...no.

I did give one star for the photo of Dr. John Irving's right leg, which is all that was left after he spontaneously combusted. That was entertaining.