Utilizing their experience as professional crime-solvers, authors
Joe Nickell and John F Fischer delve into the labyrinth of the
unknown armed with open minds and the remarkable array of
information sources and scientific methods available to the modern
investigator. Examined are such classic enigmas as the haunting of
Mackenzie House (Toronto's rebel statesman is said to tread noisily
upon the stairs of his historic home); the question of the 'Crystal
Skull' (the 'grand-daddy of all crystal balls'); the case of 'The
Two Will Wests' (two prison inmates with the same name, identical
features, and similar fingerprints); plus bleeding doors, phantom
pictures, restless coffins, disappearing footprints, human
fireballs, and miraculous portraits - a fascinating panoply of
mind-bogglers, riddles, and ambiguities. The methods, procedures,
and sources used by Nickell and Fischer to solve these 'mysteries'
included forensic and microchemical analysis, controlled testing,
archaeology, instrumental analyses, iconographic studies, genetics,
deductive logic, photography, art history, pathology, engineering,
genealogy, police records, and plain common sense. Neither a mere
collection of stories nor a categorical debunking, this book goes
beyond the spine-tingling to focus on details of available
evidence, appropriate investigative strategies, and convincing
explanations for these intriguing 'occult' mysteries. The answers
provided may disappoint the determined believer in the supernatural
- but the solutions, and the fascinating methodology used by the
authors, are as unique and interesting as the perplexing cases on
which they are based.
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