| | |  | Reader Collection | Home » » Armchair Reader Weird, Scary & Unusual | | | | | | | Description: | | Weird, Scary & Unusual Stories & Facts, from the popular Armchair Reader series, is an entertaining and informative collection of freaky facts, scary stories, strange stats, and odd occurrences. There are more fascinating tales and outrageous facts about our weird and wacky world than you could imagine, and you will find hundreds of the funniest, weirdest, strangest, and scariest in this book. Here are some topics in the book: - 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: | | | Author:
| Jeff Bahr | | Paperback:
| 504 pages | | Publisher:
| West Side Publishing | | Publication Date:
| August 29, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1412743699 | | Package Length:
| 8.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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Catnip for Trivia Buffs!May 17, 2010
The public's interest in trivia seems never-ending. The Armchair Reader team brings together a smorgasbord of "weird, scary and unusual" facts, feats and people in this 2008 release. At 501 pages, it's a hefty piece but trivia buffs will enjoy it.
The items featured in the book include a number of well-known items and some new material. For instance, you'll find Bigfoot, Nessie, Mothman, Liberace, Lizzie Borden, the Winchester Mystery House, the Lake Champlain monster and Mike the Headless Chicken. Other sections include scary movies, strange talents, revolting foods, Presidential peculiarities, the Tennesse Body Farm, the Clutter family murders, odd jobs, King Tut, Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger, the Year Without a Summer, etc. Given the items mentioned above (Nessie, etc.), it's a little odd to see separate sections on Mythical Creatures and Media Hoaxes! Nessie isn't mythical!?!
In any case, trivia buffs, especially those just starting out, should find lots of food for thought in WEIRD, SCARY & UNUSUAL. There's way too much ghost material in it for me but...different strokes for different folks. Recommended.
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 It's no Uncle John's but palatableFeb 01, 2010
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.
 That's entertainment!Jan 17, 2010
This book is so great that it is hard to put down. I read this book from cover to cover and it is excellent! The subjects are interesting and varied.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Whole Family Loves It!Aug 21, 2009
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!
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Strange and Unusual TriviaNov 02, 2008
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.
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