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Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts
Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts, from the popular Armchair Reader series, is an entertaining and eye-popping collection of freaky facts, scary stories, strange stats, and odd occurrences sure to boggle the mind. There are more fascinating tales and outrageous facts about our weird and wacky world than you could ever imagine, and you will find hundreds of the funniest, weirdest, strangest, and scariest in this book.
Here is a sampling of what you will find in Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts:
- The Watseka Wonder, one of the most authentic cases of spirit possession in history.
- Eyewitness accounts of UFOs, USOs (unidentified submerged objects), and other unexplained phenomena, such as crying statues and disappearing ships.
- The White House ghosts—William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln—said to haunt 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
- The mysterious handprint that reappears in Carbon County Prison in Pennsylvania despite extensive efforts for more than 125 years to remove it.
- Mike the Headless Chicken, the incredible story of a scrappy bird who lived for 18 months after his head was chopped off.
Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts entertains and amazes with hundreds of incredible stories of hauntings, monsters, spirits, hoaxes, mysteries, freaks of nature, and curiosities.
Here is a sampling of what you will find in Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts:
- The Watseka Wonder, one of the most authentic cases of spirit possession in history.
- Eyewitness accounts of UFOs, USOs (unidentified submerged objects), and other unexplained phenomena, such as crying statues and disappearing ships.
- The White House ghosts—William Henry Harrison, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln—said to haunt 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
- The mysterious handprint that reappears in Carbon County Prison in Pennsylvania despite extensive efforts for more than 125 years to remove it.
- Mike the Headless Chicken, the incredible story of a scrappy bird who lived for 18 months after his head was chopped off.
Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts entertains and amazes with hundreds of incredible stories of hauntings, monsters, spirits, hoaxes, mysteries, freaks of nature, and curiosities.
489 pages, Paperback
First published August 29, 2008
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December 28, 2010
Perfect for all curiosity seekers of the weird and unexplained. A huge volume of collected stories and facts that will bewilder the mind. Worthy of being in any one's collection.
January 2, 2012
Not as good as the bathroom reader but still entertaining.
February 17, 2014
fun book
June 6, 2019
Yes I most definitely have this book under the wrong book shelf but until I can figure out a better niche for it than I will be stuck with it. All in all this book promised so much but ended up falling flat on its face. The best summary that I can give for this book is Ripley Wannabee.
First of all there was no clear organization for the reader and although there was an index where the reader may be able to look up a clear subject it wasn't since you could just open up to a certain subject that you may be interested in. As a result you may be reading about ghosts one minute, aliens the next, something Fortean after that and some type of cryptids before doing a random jump back to any one of the above.
Besides that random facts were thrown into the mix that didn't relate at all to any of the subjects such as how much times a lion was caught breeding in 55 hours (so didn't want to know). Furthermore most of these were broken up by a small Freaky Facts page that was supposed to be focused on one particular group but such as the one for animals also covered weather and other non-animal subjects.
The other thing that agitated me was more than likely due to its disorganization as well as there were some subjects discussed more than once such as Marilyn Monroe's ghost. If I had to read about her once than maybe the author could have chosen to make either a chapter on her or to have described all incidents in the one section.
All in all it was decent if you like this type of thing but I didn't find it scary and there are so many others who give the information in a better presentation style than can be found in this book.
First of all there was no clear organization for the reader and although there was an index where the reader may be able to look up a clear subject it wasn't since you could just open up to a certain subject that you may be interested in. As a result you may be reading about ghosts one minute, aliens the next, something Fortean after that and some type of cryptids before doing a random jump back to any one of the above.
Besides that random facts were thrown into the mix that didn't relate at all to any of the subjects such as how much times a lion was caught breeding in 55 hours (so didn't want to know). Furthermore most of these were broken up by a small Freaky Facts page that was supposed to be focused on one particular group but such as the one for animals also covered weather and other non-animal subjects.
The other thing that agitated me was more than likely due to its disorganization as well as there were some subjects discussed more than once such as Marilyn Monroe's ghost. If I had to read about her once than maybe the author could have chosen to make either a chapter on her or to have described all incidents in the one section.
All in all it was decent if you like this type of thing but I didn't find it scary and there are so many others who give the information in a better presentation style than can be found in this book.
January 17, 2024
One of my favorite presents since elementary school and still pick it up yearly for the weird stories and facts. Used a couple at state impromptu competitions, and were some of my favorites to use in supporting unique arguments.
April 26, 2019
Full of weird interesting facts. Nice read.
September 21, 2020
Really interesting just not something I'm in the mood for might try reading again someday
October 12, 2020
This book has been on my shelf, half-read for YEARS! I figured October was a fitting time to finally finish it, and I'm glad I did.
January 4, 2026
A very good book full of interesting facts. Although I've placed it under history, there are facts about science, sports, and many other topics.
April 23, 2010
This book has been laying around my house for quite some time with a bookmark in it that moved very slowly from front to back. It is the perfect type of book to have laying about. Most of it can be read in very small snippets of time.
It is jam packed with interesting information to stir the imagination. It is by no means a literary masterpiece. It is a very cool book to have around, even after it has been read once through.
It is jam packed with interesting information to stir the imagination. It is by no means a literary masterpiece. It is a very cool book to have around, even after it has been read once through.
August 18, 2014
Are you in between books? Are you having trouble coming up with what to read next? Pick up a copy of THIS book! It's a surprisingly quick read for being over 500 pages long, because of it's level of entertainment. It has paranormal stories, stupid criminal stories, strange facts, animal tales, you name it. The one thing I found that I did not like was the mere fact that I knew a lot of the information already (mostly the paranormal stuff) but I didn't find it any less a good book to read.
April 23, 2010
I love this book. I have been looking for something in the book that I read and now I can't find. I talk about the meaning of the word Draco in I think China. If you can help me, then let me know please. I love this book so much that I made a list of places I want to go the were talk about in the book.
July 28, 2012
A fun little collection of paranormal legends. All the well-known classics are here (the vanishing hitchhiker, the Loch Ness monster), as well as some you may never had heard before (Goatman...really?!?). Definitely recommended for anyone looking for some great campfire stories!
July 10, 2012
Just as the title says, lots of short stories and facts about some very interesting places and people
October 4, 2012
Nice, short little sections, great for when you need a quick page or 3 to go through. Just like the Bathroom books.
August 3, 2012
Very long book but quite interesting. Many of the stories will leave you shaking your head and wondering wth!
November 8, 2013
An informative, fun read. I look forward to reading more books in the Armchair Reader series.
May 1, 2015
nice book of weird & interesting stories and facts!
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