Tales of the Uncanny: True Stories of the Unexplained - Bloch, Robert; Fuller, John G.; Lofts, Norah; Symons, Julian; Michaels, Barbara; Beaty, David; Wilson, Colin

A collection of lengthy pieces on strange episodes in history. Includes "Dr. Holmes's Murder Castle" by Robert Bloch (about H. H. Holmes); "Curious Encounter" by John G. Fuller (about supposed UFO witnesses Barney and Betty Hill); "The Possession of Sister Jeanne" by Norah Lofts (about Jeanne des Anges and the events that led to the burning at the stake of the priest Urbain Grandier); "The Remarkable Daniel Dunglas Home" by Julian Symons; "The Captain's Return" by David Beaty (about the crash of British airship R101 and psychic phenomena associated with it); "Strange Affair at Stratford" by Barbara Michaels (about the Stratford Poltergeist case); and "A Novelization of Events in the Life and Death of Grigori Efimovich Rasputin" by Colin Wilson. Moderate wear to edges of jacket with some tattering to spine ends. Large closed tear rear flap. Light rubbing/bumping to edges of boards. Small faint stain to page 421, interior otherwise clean and unmarked.

Title: Tales of the Uncanny: True Stories of the Unexplained

Publisher: Reader's Digest

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

Printing: 1st Printing

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

ISBN: 0895771519 / 9780895771513