Joe Nickell: 11 books
by Joe Nickell
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2007
Religious relics, defined as "either portions of or objects connected with the body of a saint or other holy person," are among the most revered items in the world. Christian relics such as the Holy Grail, the True Cross, and the Lance of Longinus are also the source of limitless controversy....
Real or Fake
Studies in Authentication
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Will the rare autographed baseball your great-uncle gave you put your children through college? Is your grandmother's chest of drawers really a seventeenth-century antique, or merely a reproduction? A leader in forgery detection and forensic investigation, Joe Nickell reveals his secrets to detecting...
by Joe Nickell
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Tales of alien abductions, miraculous relics, and haunted castles have attracted believers and skeptics across the globe for centuries. Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell tackles the world's most seemingly inexplicable myths in Adventures in Paranormal Investigation.
With four decades of experience...
Real-Life X-Files
Investigating the Paranormal
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2001
As a former private investigator and forensic writer, Joe Nickell has spent much of his career identifying forged documents, working undercover to infiltrate theft rings, and investigating questioned deaths. Now he turns his considerable investigative skill toward the paranormal, researching the most...
The Mystery Chronicles
More Real-Life X-Files
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
With a foreword by James Randi Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell has spent more than thirty years solving the world's most perplexing mysteries. This new casebook reveals the secrets of the Winchester Mystery House, the giant Nazca drawings of Peru, the Shroud of Turin, the "Mothman" enigma,...
by Joe Nickell
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2005
The carnival sideshows of the past have left behind a fascinating legacy of mystery and intrigue. The secrets behind such daring feats as fire-eating and sword swallowing and bizarre exhibitions of human oddities as "Alligator Boys" and "Gorilla Girls" still remain, only grudgingly...
Lake Monster Mysteries
Investigating the World's Most Elusive Creatures
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2006
For centuries, eyewitnesses around the world -- from America to Africa, Argentina to Scotland -- have reported sightings of dark, mysterious creatures in area lakes that surface briefly, only to quickly disappear. While the most famous lake monsters of Loch Ness and Lake Champlain have gained international...
Unsolved History
Investigating Mysteries of the Past
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Joe Nickell demonstrates the techniques used in solving some of the world's most perplexing mysteries, such as the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln's celebrated Bixby letter, the 1913 disappearance of writer and journalist Ambrose Bierce,...
Crime Science
Methods of Forensic Detection
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
The O.J. Simpson trial. The Lindbergh kidnapping. The death of Marilyn Monroe. The assassination of the Romanovs. The Atlanta child murders. All controversial cases. All investigated with the latest techniques in forensic science. Nationally respected investigators Joe Nickell and John Fischer explain...
Camera Clues
A Handbook for Photographic Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
In Camera Clues, Joe Nickell shares his methods of identifying and dating old photos and demonstrates how to distinguish originals from copies and fakes. Particularly intriguing are his discussions of camera tricks, darkroom manipulations, retouching techniques, and uses of computer technology to...
American Hauntings: The True Stories behind Hollywood's Scariest Movies—from The Exorcist to The Conjuring
The True Stories behind Hollywood’s Scariest Movies—from The Exorcist to The Conjuring
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Neither a debunking book nor one written for the "true believer" in the paranormal, American Hauntings objectively scrutinizes the historic evidence behind such hugely popular films as The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, An American Haunting, The Conjuring, and The Haunting in Connecticut...