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Summary: I love this book!
Comment: I love this book, and can scroll through it for hours. It is well organized and presented. The book is mostly made up from contributions from readers hailing from every nook and cranny of the U.S.A., even Puerto Rico!
There are some strange stories and people presented herein. Documented true stories of grisly murders, sightings of lights in the sky, and cryptozooilogical beasts.
I only have two complaints concerning this anthology of the odd. First, I wish it had more pictures. Second, I wish it was longer! I've read through it several times now. A lot of people have complained that this is not a "roadmap" to various eccentric sites across our fruited plains... but in these days of the internet... why waste the space in this book? I was able to look up many of the locations that appear in the book. I consider this a non-issue.
I need to get some more of the individual "Weird" books, which focus on individual states. Unfortunatley for me, "Weird Pennsylvania" focuses almost entirely on eastern PA. A lot of people have pointed this out.
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Summary: Don't leave this book lying around!
Comment: Totally freaky and as far as I know, 100% true. The book opens with case after case of Satanism, portals to Hell, etc. After you pass this "test" then the authors and contributors let you onto some really cool and unbelievable stuff, like, who really has Royal claim to the North American continent. Ha!
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Summary: Very Informative!
Comment: This is a great book if you plan to travel. It shows all the great places to stop at.
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Summary: Hooray for weird!
Comment: Apparently, I must be somewhat weird, because this last Christmas, I was given four copies of this book by four different people. (And then, coincidentally, three of my friends got this book for their birthdays....)
This book is loaded with weird facts, legends, lore, people, photographs, ghost stories, haunted places, supernatural figures, terrifying ruins and tunnels and forests and abandoned buildings, tall tales, odd museums, and answerless mysteries.
I've travelled a lot around America, and I've come across a lot of strangeness that's not in this book--I always ask people, "What's the strangest thing you've ever seen?"--but what it is here is entertaining and unique, if occasionally doubtful. The book deals more with the East than with the West, and as a result of that a lot of cool stuff is never even mentioned that could be. There's only one or two items from New Mexico, and nothing at all on skinwalkers--the creepiest lore there is.
Some parts of the book are actually frightening though--like phantom clowns!--and would be even scarier if read during an actual visit to these places.
I recommend this book highly--it's very readable, though I wish it had maps or directions to the places it describes--and I will probably buy any sequels.
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Summary: goosebump reading!
Comment: This is the kind of going down a deserted road and then-AHHH!! reading, not Hollywood, this is what we have all experienced at one time or another.It will keep you up reading it all night,but maybe not on Halloween? Must have all the other books in this series, a must read!!
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