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TRUE STORIES OF THE UNSOLVED AND UNEXPLAINED
MIND-BOGGLING TALES FROM THE PRAIRIE STATE
- HOW COULD A WOMAN BURST INTO FLAMES AND BE NEARLY INCINERATED, LEAVING THE ROOM INTACT? READ THIS BIZARRE 1885 TALE AND SIMILAR ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE FUELED THE ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION.
- WHO IS THE PERENNIALLY YOUNG WOMAN IN WHITE WHO, FOR THE PAST EIGHTY-YEARS, WILL HITCHHIKE A RIDE TO THE SAME CEMETERY AND THEN DISAPPEAR?
- DOES THERE EXIST A BIRD LARGE ENOUGH TO CARRY OFF LIVESTOCK AND CHILDREN? FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS TO RECENT ACCOUNTS, LEARN ABOUT NUMEROUS ILLINOIS RESIDENTS’ REPORTED SIGHTINGS OF AND ENCOUNTERS WITH GARGANTUAN FLYING CREATURES.
FROM A “PHANTOM ATHEIST” TO THE RED-EYED, WINGED MOTHMAN, MYTHS AND MYSTERIES OF ILLINOIS MAKES HISTORY FUN AND PULLS BACK THE CURTAIN ON SOME OF THE STATE’S MOST FASCINATING AND COMPELLING STORIES.
