Armchair Reader Weird, Scary & Unusual [Paperback]

Jeff Bahr (Author), Fiona Broome (Author), Eric Paul Erickson (Author), Mary Fons (Author), Linda Godfrey (Author), Jonathan Kelley (Author), Susan McGowan (Author), Jason Rip (Author), Cheri Sicard (Author), Troy Taylor (Author), Wesley Treat (Author), James Willis (Author), Anna Zaigraeva (Author), Editors of Armchair Reader (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Armchair Reader | Publication Date: August 29, 2008

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: West Side Publishing (August 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412743699
• ISBN-13: 978-1412743693
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #868,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's no Uncle John's but palatable, February 1, 2010

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Lac - See all my reviews

This review is from: Armchair Reader Weird, Scary & Unusual (Paperback)

The overall impression of this book is like the Sunday morning Monster Vision with Bubba Bo Bob Briggs: Not too scary or in-depth but entertaining.

Being highly prejudiced toward the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series I still decided to give this one a fair shake since the throne room was running a little low on reading material.

The book covers short pieces (one or two pages, sometimes just a paragraph)on weird, scary(the diet coke of scary variety) and unusual tales of UFO's, ghosts, the rock and roll 27 Club, about 20 lady in white mentions, James Dean's "little bastard", more ghost, ghosts and haunted places, Amityville, the creepy doll in Key West, the Winchester House, Alcatraz, the Valentine's Day Massacre, Michael Jackson's rise and fall, Howard Hughes, ghosts and some cryptozoology (bigfoot, mothman).

But did I mention there was ghosts?

For me it was a bit heavy on the ghosts and the rest of the articles (ahem, page or paragraphs) didn't really go in depth or bring to light any new material on occult stories or strange happenings that if you're someone who likes to read about UFO's or Hollywood hauntings you've already read all of this already, the gloss overs won't do much for you.

If you want just a light reading, family friendly overall spooktacular book to entertain your brain I'd say go for it. After this one I don't think I'd delve into any of the other books in the series but I do not regret the purchase.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whole Family Loves It!, August 20, 2009

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KDMask (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Armchair Reader Weird, Scary & Unusual (Paperback)

I bought this for our plane ride to England. Yes, it's large but SO WORTH it! This is a book you can dip into and look around for as long or short as you like. Lists of scary movies, tales of murderous plots, all will keep you reading and wanting more. I love the 'tone' of the book as well, never takes itself too seriously. I love Armchair readers..so does my 16 year old son and 47 year old husband!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strange and Unusual Trivia, November 2, 2008

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Skip Gibson "Skip" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Armchair Reader Weird, Scary & Unusual (Paperback)

A pretty good collection of exactly what the title claims. Nothing new here or outrageous, but a good easy read and a lot of fun.