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Critical Reading

Table of Contents

Aliens & UFOs

  • The Roswell Incident
  • Disaster in the Air
  • Lubbock Lights: UFOs over Texas
  • An Encounter in New Guinea
  • What Did Flight 713 See?
  • The Socorro Sighting
  • Incident at Exeter
  • The Kecksburg Object: Cover-up of a UFO Landing?
  • Kim's Story: The Big Bubble
  • Encounter in Nebraska
  • Dr. X Finds a Cure: A Healing Encounter
  • The Delphos Ring
  • The Pascagoula Encounter
  • The Beit Bridge Encounter
  • The Woodcutter's Tale: Abducted by Aliens
  • The Mysterious Men in Black
  • The Allagash Abduction
  • Attack in Minnesota
  • Betty Cash's Ordeal
  • The Human Experiment
  • The Chosen One: Communion with Aliens

Apparitions

  • The Bell Witch
  • The Gray Man of Pawley's Island
  • Strange Happenings at the Harvard Exit Theatre
  • The Ghosts of Flight 401
  • Ocean-Born Mary
  • The Case of the Missing Secretary
  • Peter and Jenny Rugg: Ghostly Riders in the Rain
  • Osceola's Head
  • Whaley House
  • Roland's Exorcism
  • Tragedy at Borley Rectory
  • Sarah's Ghost House: An Architectural Fun House
  • A Tower Full of Ghosts
  • Harvey of Fort Sam Houston
  • The Return of Nelly Butler
  • A Beverly Hill Ghost: Haunting the Rich and Famous
  • The Haunted U-Boat
  • Lady in Black
  • Ghosts in the Capital
  • The Smurl Haunting
  • Spiritualism: Fact or Fraud?

Calamities

  • Nightmare on Chemical Street: The Love Canal Story
  • The Sweatshop Inferno
  • Killer Tornado!
  • The Schoolyard Tragedy
  • The Crash of TWA Flight 800
  • A Dance with Death
  • In the Eye of the Storm
  • Sabotage in the Desert
  • Poison on the Drugstore Shelf
  • Fire in the Subway
  • The World Series Earthquake
  • A Deadly Mistake
  • The North Sea Oil Rig Explosion
  • Baby Jessica: The Miracle of Midland
  • Oil, Oil Everywhere
  • Soccer Fans in a Death Trap
  • Challenger: The Final Countdown
  • The Great Mississippi Flood of 1993
  • Danger Behind Locked Doors
  • The World's Worst Accident: Massacre at Bhopal
  • The Oklahoma City Bombing

Daredevils

  • Maniacs on Bikes
  • "Queen Bess" Coleman
  • Jackie Chan: Actor and Stuntman
  • Rodeo Clowns
  • Christiane Amanpour: On the Front Lines
  • Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay: Conquering Everest
  • Craig Breedlove: Speed on Wheels
  • The Great Wallendas: Danger on the High Wire
  • Mary Kingsley: Explorer
  • Mario Andretti: Racing Legend
  • Julie Krone: Jockey
  • Climbing Frozen Waterfalls
  • Hollywood Stuntwomen
  • Cristina Sanchez: Bullfighter
  • Operation Desert Hell: Fighting Oil Well Fires
  • Picabo Street: Fearless Skier
  • Elephant Keepers
  • Tour de France: World-Famous Bicycle Race
  • Free Diving Daredevils
  • Alison Hargreaves: Mountain Climber
  • Cliff Diving in Acapulco

Deceptions

  • P.T. Barnum: The Prince of Humbug
  • Sarah Emma Edmonds: Union Spy
  • The Trojan Horse
  • New Era Rip-off
  • Ffyona Campbell
  • David Williams: Imposter
  • Marie Hilley: The Perfect Wife and Mother
  • Uri Geller: Is He for Real?
  • Janet Cooke: Disgraced Journalist
  • The King of Romance (and Deception)
  • Aldrich Ames: Traitor
  • Rosie Ruiz: Marathon Fraud
  • The Hitler Diaries Hoax
  • Charles Stuart
  • Priceless Fakes
  • Katherine Ann Power: Life on the Run
  • Quiz Show Fix
  • Mara Hari: From Footlights to Firing Squad
  • The Tuskegee Experiment
  • The Psychic Who Wasn't
  • The War of the Worlds

Disasters

  • Death of a Dream
  • Custer's Last Stand: Battle of the Little Bighorn
  • Tragedy at the Sunshine Silver Mine
  • Pompeii: The City that Slept for 1,500 Years
  • London Falls to Ashes: The Great Fire of London
  • Hindenburg: Last of the Great Dirigibles
  • Take to the Hills! The Johnstown Dam is Going
  • Death on the Unsinkable Titanic
  • Hawaiian Hurricane
  • San Juan's Towering Inferno
  • Krakatoa: The Doomsday Crack Heard 'Round the World
  • Halifax: City Blown to Pieces
  • The Night a Town Disappeared
  • The Circus Troupe's Last Performance
  • Black Death: The End of the World
  • The Great Chicago Fire
  • Death on the Mississippi
  • The Beirut Bombing: Deadly Terrorist Attack
  • Atomic Meltdown at Chernobyl
  • The San Francisco Earthquake
  • Boston's Great Molasses Flood

Eccentrics

  • Snowflake Bentley: A Fascination with Snow
  • Blark Bart: Gentle Bandit
  • George Kaufman: Keeping Fit
  • Doris Duke: Poor Little Rich Girl
  • Johnny Appleseed: Planting the Wilderness
  • Diamond Jim Brady: Man with the Boundless Appetite
  • Lillie Hitchcock Coit: Chasing Fire Engines
  • Bill Veeck: Entertaining the Fans
  • Gertrude Lintz: How "Human" are Apes?
  • Hetty Green: Money was Everything
  • Alan Abel: Professional Prankster
  • Ludwig II: The Dream King
  • Salvador Dali: A Question of Reality
  • Sun Ra: Music from Outer Space
  • Norton I: Emperor of the United States
  • Carry Nation: Fighting the "Hellish Poison"
  • Vincent van Gogh: Tragic Genius
  • Amanda Feilding: Woman with a Hole in Her Head
  • Ferdinand Demara: The Great Imposter
  • Dennis Rodman: Bad as He Wants to Be
  • Imelda Marcos: World's Greatest Shopper

Eureka!

  • Granville T. Woods: The Unknown "Edison"
  • Marie and Pierre Curie: The Discovery of Radium
  • What's for Breakfast?
  • Balboa and the Pacific
  • "Colonel Drake's Folly"
  • A Diamond Called Eureka
  • African Adventure: Seeking the Source of the Nile
  • The Emperor and His Army
  • The Inventing of Liquid Paper
  • Machu Picchu: City in the Clouds
  • One Man's Search for His Roots
  • The Secret of Vaccination
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls
  • "Today's the Day!"
  • The Tomb of King Tut
  • A Brilliant Blunder
  • The Klondike Gold Rush
  • Loius Pasteur: Medical Wonder Worker
  • The Search for Ancient Ancestors
  • Finding the Titanic
  • Studying the Secret Lives of Orangutans

Heroes

  • Wilma Rudolph: Against the Odds
  • Diana Golden: Go for the Gold
  • Jackie Robinson: The Loneliest Season
  • Gladys Aylward: Journey to Safety
  • Cesar Chavez: Uniting Farm Workers
  • Miep Gies: A Dangerous Secret
  • Mahatma Gandhi: The Peaceful Way
  • Matthew Henson: To the Top of the World
  • Marina Silva: Saving Amazonia's Rain Forests
  • Anne & Charles Lindgergh: Opening the Skies
  • The Crew of Flight 847: Terror in the Air
  • Steve Biko: South African Freedom Fighter
  • The Little Rock Nine: Battling Segregation
  • Christopher Reeve: A Real Superman
  • Larry Champagne: Aboard a Runaway Bus
  • Frank Serpico: An Honest Cop
  • Nellie Bly: Exposing the Truth
  • Animals to the Rescue: Caring Creatures
  • Florence Nightingale: A Mission for Life
  • Mother Teresa: Serving the Poorest of the Poor
  • Hans & Sophie Scholl: Resisting Nazi Terror

Monsters

  • The Cyclops
  • King Kong
  • Medusa
  • Bigfoot
  • Amazon Supersnake: The Great Anaconda
  • The Jersey Devil
  • Fabulous Fakes: Monster Hoaxes
  • Scylla and Charybdis
  • Frankenstein's Monster
  • The Minotaur: Beast of the Labyrinth
  • Giants: Fact or Myth?
  • Nessie: The Loch Ness Monster
  • Mystery Cats
  • The Florida Skunk Ape
  • Grendel
  • Chupacabra: Bloodthirsty Beast
  • Dracula: Terror in Transylvania
  • Zombies: The Walking Dead
  • Werewolves
  • The Mokele-Mbemba: Are All the Dinosaurs Gone?
  • Dragons

Phenomena

  • The Wild Boy of Aveyron
  • Voodoo Magic
  • Mysteries of Easter Island
  • Black Holes
  • Triangle of Fear
  • Spontaneous Human Combustion
  • Moon Madness
  • Sunspots: Solar Blemishes
  • Can Some People See the Future?
  • The Special Gifts of Autistic Savants
  • Tsunamis: Killer Waves
  • Multiple Personalities
  • Secrets of the Bog People
  • Killers in Pajamas
  • Fire Walking: Mind Over Matter
  • Frozen for Ten Thousand Years
  • Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?
  • A Cold Killer
  • What Happened in Tunguska?
  • Mind Games
  • Killer Bugs

Rescued

  • Saving J.J. the Whale
  • Nurse Hero: Taking Charge at a Crash Site
  • The Angel of Long Point
  • The Wild Ride of Gemini 8
  • Saved from a Mob
  • Ida Lewis to the Rescue
  • Saving Jews from the Nazis
  • Love Works a Miracle
  • Drama on the High Seas
  • Rescue in Peru
  • Tragedy and Rescue at Sea
  • The Sinking of PT 109
  • "Superman" to the Rescue
  • Beneath the Rubble
  • Shot Down Behind Enemy Lines
  • Adrift with no Rope
  • Rescue Down Under
  • Near Death in a Rail Yard
  • Flight to Freedom
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