"Inside you'll find tantalizing tales of unexplained phenomena, spine-tingling stories of horrifying hauntings, and extraordinary evidence that we live in a weird and wacky world. Highlights include some of America's most intriguing monsters; people with odd collections, such as navel lint, barf bags, and handcuffs; animals that have stood trial, like the rats that were summoned to a medieval courtroom for causing damage to local fields; the Bell Witch of Tennessee, a chilling tale of a haunting that left a man dead; Mike the headless chicken, the heartwarming story of a scrappy bird who, for 18 months, ran around like a chicken with its head cut off"--Page 4 of cover.