Includes index.

"An encyclopedia of curious phenomena, strange superstitions, and ancient mysteries" --

What is the unexplained? -- Haunted houses -- Haunted castles -- Battlefield ghosts -- Ghosts on the road -- Ghosts at sea -- Sixth sense -- Psychic detectives -- Dreams and premonitions -- Mind and matter -- Levitation -- Superstitions & symbols: Fear of numbers -- The potency of colors -- The significance of salt -- Wood, mirrors, and iron -- Jewels of fate and fortune -- The power of names and talismans -- Curses and jinxes -- Birds of ill omen -- Symbolic animals -- The lore of cats -- The magic of trees & flowers -- Feng shui -- Natural phenomena: Fire and light -- Sound and movement -- Frog showers and fish falls -- Celestial cycles -- Statues and stone -- Strange creatures: Water monsters (Loch Ness Monster) -- Land monsters (Bigfoot / Sasquatch) -- Alien cats -- Disappearances: Bermuda Triangle -- Missing at sea -- Missing on land -- Missing from the air -- Ancient mysteries: King Arthur and the Holy Grail -- Standing stones and spheres -- Stonehenge and Avebury -- Wonders of the south -- Ancient Egyptian creations -- Atlantis -- Shangri-la and El Dorado -- The hollow of the earth -- The hunt for treasures -- Cures, signs, and skills -- Weird or wonderful -- Itchy feet and weather lore -- Skills and instincts -- Lines in the landscape -- Mazes and labyrinths -- Crop circles -- UFOs and foo fighters -- Roswell and the men in black -- Life on other planets -- List of phenomena by area.