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200 10$aParanormal America$b[electronic resource] $eghost encounters, UFO sightings, Bigfoot hunts, and other curiosities in religion and culture /$fChristopher D. Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph Baker
210   $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2010
215   $a1 online resource (273 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aThe house of 150 ghosts -- The truth is within -- The truth is out there : paranormal beliefs and experiences -- Round trip to hell in a flying saucer? -- Paranormal subcultures -- Paranormal people -- Darkness and light -- Out on a limb.
330   $aA significant number of Americans spend their weekends at UFO conventions hearing whispers of government cover-ups, at New Age gatherings learning the keys to enlightenment, or ambling around historical downtowns learning about resident ghosts in tourist-targeted "ghost walks". They have been fed a steady diet of fictional shows with paranormal themes such as The X-Files , Supernatural , and Medium , shows that may seek to simply entertain, but also serve to disseminate paranormal beliefs. The public hunger for the paranormal seems insatiable. Paranormal America provides the definitive portrai
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