Best unexplained mysteries books according to redditors

We found 74 Reddit comments discussing the best unexplained mysteries books. We ranked the 35 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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u/chucktinglethanks · 151 pointsr/books

well i have three guides so far to help out buckaroos who are still learning THE WAY OF THE BUCK

GUIDE TO ROMANCE https://www.amazon.com/Chuck-Tingles-Complete-Guide-Romance/dp/1514740737/

GUIDE TO SPORT https://www.amazon.com/Chuck-Tingles-Complete-Guide-Sport/dp/1536916447/

GUIDE TO THE VOID https://www.amazon.com/dp/1544123817/

this is a good place to start and will teach you the ways of traditional horseplay with a bud or multiple buds.

really main way to be a buckaroo though is to PROVE LOVE IS REAL every day. this means when you wake up you think 'how can i prove that love is real in my own way?' sometimes that means telling someone that they did a good job and sometimes it means letting someone go ahead of you in line. but when you live this lifestyle it all starts to add up and then the others around you will think 'hey i would like to prove love too!'

so that is mostly the buckaroo lifestyle, just trot proudly and you are off to a good start

u/notbob1959 · 41 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

The book the mother has, "Flying Saucers Have Landed," was a bestseller cowritten by George Adamski in 1953. George was one of the first people to publicly reveal his encounters and experiences with UFOs. "Flying Saucers Have Landed" claimed that Nordic aliens from Venus and other planets in Earth's solar system routinely visited the Earth. According to the book, Orthon and other aliens were worried that nuclear bomb tests in the Earth's atmosphere would kill all life on Earth, spread radiation into space, and contaminate other planets. Adamski claimed that Nordic aliens worshiped a "Creator of All", but that "we on Earth know very little about this Creator...our understanding is shallow."

u/KillACopToday · 10 pointsr/TheBluePill

He's got a couple of educational books out now if that's what's scaring you.

Also: he's a goddamn national treasure

u/25schmeckels · 8 pointsr/occult

Isn't it interesting that one of the most wealthy and influential corporations in the world has made their own personal brand centered around "magic"? Between their fairy-tale animations, theme parks, and now purchasing Marvel and Star Wars, they have made their fortune by creating a monopoly on storytelling, imagination, and our modern mythologies. I find Walt himself to be a particularly fascinating character. The synthesis of raw willpower and raw imagination in that man is nothing short of alchemical, if you ask me. I think there's a lot of parallels between Walt's lifepath and the story of Gepetto in Pinocchio - which is of course based on a book that is a spiritual allegory written by an Italian Freemason. Much like Gepetto wanting his wooden puppet to be a real boy, Walt spent his whole life creating life, vitality and emotion from inanimate materials, whether it be his animations or his audio-animatronics. To me Disneyland is an incredible example of pure Will in the Occult sense, and such a shining beacon of the breathing of spirit into matter - how can you get more Occult and alchemical than that?

Here's a handful of resources in case you wanted to dive deeper, mainly to steer you in an intelligent direction because most of the material you'll find online is either hopelessly silly or batshit conspiracy theorizing. (Not that I'm against conspiracy theory, it can be great fun, but I'd prefer that the person theorizing have more knowledge of the Occult than "OMG the devil" which seems to be as deep as most of them go.)

https://hiddenmickeyesoterica.wordpress.com/2019/01/21/my-disney-world-occult-experience/ - My own blog post detailing a strange experience I had at Disney World which started me down the path of drawing these connections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4gWPurN9k - "Donald in MathMagic Land", Walt-era cartoon where Donald Duck explores Pythagoreanism, pentagrams, and sacred geometry.

https://terrifictop10.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/disney-666.jpg?w=620&h=357 - So here's a fun one. Conspiracy theorists have had a field day with this one, however I haven't seen any of them unpack what its true significance is (in my opinion). Notice how, in addition to the three highlighted 6's, there is also a cross directly in the center of the logo? So it is rumored that Walt was a high-degree Freemason, and the primary mythology of the Freemasons is centered around King Solomon and his Temple, a symbol for the manifestation of the spiritual into the material. From what I understand, the whole Freemason philosophy is about harnessing spiritual power and using it to manifest something intensely powerful within the material world, just like King Solomon and his temple. So, for example, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin (all Freemasons) worked to manifest a brand new nation founded on transcendent spiritual ideals, which in only a couple of centuries has become the wealthiest and most culturally influential nation on earth. And Walt manifested fantastical moving images and an entire Disneyland. According to Jewish and Masonic legend, King Solomon was aided in building the temple by two magical rings, one which summoned angels, the other which controlled demons - this is a symbol of the uniting of the higher and lower energies in a harmonized synthesis. With that context, the hidden 666 and hidden cross become a little more interesting, eh? Could Disneyland have been Walt's own personal Temple of Solomon?

https://www.amazon.com/Latitude-33-Kingdom-Walter-Bosley-ebook/dp/B00STAMFG0 - A super-cheap ebook called "Latitude 33", which is about "the arcane science and Hermetic engineering of the Happiest Place on Earth", some more fascinating background on the esoteric roots of the original Disney theme park.

https://runesoup.com/2016/10/black-pearl-of-great-price-the-magical-significance-of-captain-jack-sparrow/ - Exploring the magickal significance of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, great read. (NOTE: This article only touches on the first four films, I'd recommend watching all 4 but skipping the fifth, it was made by entirely different writers than the first four and it definitely shows)

https://vigilantcitizen.com/moviesandtv/the-esoteric-interpretation-of-pinocchio/ - A pretty good analysis of spiritual symbolism in Pinocchio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDVeAj6qgGw - Here's a fun one from a Disney Channel show, Gravity Falls. The primary villain is Bill Cipher, a chaotic-evil demon summoned to invade minds and wreak havoc. His design is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Eye of Horus, and his name is a reference to the Eye of Horus seal on the back of the $1 bill. (WARNING: The last 45 seconds contains major spoilers for the finale, if you'd ever like to enjoy the show for yourself).

https://vimeo.com/7878564 - Mickey's famous "Sorcerer's Apprentice", basically a PSA on the abuse of tulpas and servitors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN2lyN7rM4E - Controversial Jungian professor Jordan Peterson exploring psychological and spiritual meanings in Pinocchio. (Part 1 of 3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iLiKMUiyTI - Controversial Jungian professor Jordan Peterson exploring psychological and spiritual meanings in The Lion King. (Part 1 of 2)

https://samkriss.com/2012/08/22/the-conspiracy-theory-of-disneyland/ - Here's a pretty wild one if you're intrigued by the "conspiracy" side of things. I honestly have no idea if this article was written as a joke or not - on the bottom of the post it is tagged as a "vague attempt at satire" - but it's a great read either way, and I wouldn't be surprised if some fragments of truth were included purposefully or intuited unconsciously nonetheless. I can find no trace anywhere online of the ancient Egyptian "mouse cult of Penhew-Nekhet" mentioned here - though of course, if the world's elites were still performing the practices of some ancient dark cult, they wouldn't exactly want a ton of information out about it, would they? ;)

u/Captain_Crustacean · 7 pointsr/Cryptozoology

I genuinely enjoyed Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science by Jeff Meldrum. He takes a fairly unbiased look at some of the most convincing sasquatch evidence, and comes up with a conclusion on whether or not the creature exists. I'm normally not that interested in the Bigfoot phenomenon, but this book had me hooked all the way through.

u/starkeffect · 7 pointsr/quantum

I'd point out the numerous conceptual errors you showed in that last comment (eg. according to special relativity, photons don't have mass, because they move at the speed of light), but I'm clearly wasting my time here.

You do you, but don't expect any professional physicist to take you seriously with the attitude you've presented here.

I'll leave with a book recommendation. Don't worry, it doesn't have any math.

u/Kingofqueenanne · 6 pointsr/conspiracy

> And he seen a glimpse of light slowly grow into Disneyland which he said at first made him really feel like he was at the “happiest place on earth”. Then, he seen all the fear ppl had while going on the roller coasters, how drained everyone was from waiting in line, and all that energy was filling up millions of scream canisters.

Well holy fuckballs those two sentences alone sent chills up and down my spine. If your friend’s perception of Disneyland holds true, then my sisters and I are probably responsible for filling many hundreds of scream canisters just by ourselves. I’m sure we unwittingly made for some particularly flavorful vintages of “scream bottles” for sure. My siblings and I each held annual passes to this theme park as SoCal residents. On a bored summer afternoon, we three would hop into a car and trudge out to the park to go on a couple of rides. Omg I have been through many nooks and crannies in that park. Disneyland is part of my family lore. Its been in our backyard since our Edward Scissorhands-style neighborhood grew out of an orange grove in Anaheim in 1959. So three things:

Check out this book that I am reading right now, it is called Latitude 33: Keys to the Kingdom. Amazon link. The gist is that Disneyland’s genesis, its exact placement, location, and stuff inside is not an accident at all. Its all apparently very purposeful and very esoteric. Definitely a fascinating read.

Check out this wild blog and podcast that describes esoteric phenomenon at Disneyworld properties, its called epcult.com. Posts on this site read like a nosleep multipart story series. Is this stuff they describe on this site true? Or is it lavish fiction? I don’t know but wow I couldn’t put it down. I read all the posts but haven’t listened to the podcast yet. So many rabbit holes, so little time!

Let’s close with this poem written bymurdered model and actress Dorothy Stratten in 1979:

> It's here, everything -

> Everything anyone ever

> Dreamed of, and more.

> But love is lost:

> The only sacrifice

> To live in this heaven,

> This Disneyland

> Where people are the games.

u/spooky7 · 5 pointsr/UnresolvedMysteries

Here are a few of my favorite unsolved mysteries books available on kindle:

The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries by Colin Wilson


Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes by Michael Newton


Unsolved Mysteries of the Old West by W.C. Jameson


Tortured Minds: Pennsylvania's Most Bizarre But Forgotten Murders


I'm not sure if these are what you had in mind, but they should give you a start. The titles cover a wide variety of mysteries, so I hope you find something that will interest you. Happy reading!


u/billiatte · 5 pointsr/Missing411

this attack is referred to by the Bigfoot Outlaws and certainly it was called a bear attack by authorities- all the family were viciously torn to shreds and the little girls body found high up in a tree......later a posse of various groups pursued and killed this beast...there is in fact a video made about this by one of the Outlaws ....i never believed the dogman was real until i heard an account by a most sober-minded American lady who said she had given up hiking after seeing one as she would ever want to put her husband through defending her against it where he would have no chance! Folk who have spoken about the gugwe or faceeater make v v clear it hunts humans and is pretty much 100% successful.( one may be visible in a photo called "the beast of the 7 chutes" holding a small white dog which someone there had just lost)I dont expect many to accept this at all and most will ridicule it as it goes way out of comfort zone. Similarly the only witness i have ever come across over the Windigo is Brian Sullivan....his story is very believable. Hall and Coleman offer US sightings of Mountain Giants in their book https://www.amazon.com/TRUE-GIANTS-Gigantopithecus-Still-Alive/dp/1933665491wherein they and others had begun to anticipate through 4 toed tracks that another beast way larger than Sasquatch ( Type One) existed but was very rare......It seems very possible that DP has opened a series of mysteries and that a solution under one header is not going to happen as it can never fit all the facts because the methodology has lost its objectivity as would be normal when opening something as unusual and formerly unexamined/buried as many of the disappearances are....This is not a criticism but an observation ( similarly i cant see how" easily "he can move all this into his series of urban disappearances .....)

u/CountHonorius · 4 pointsr/Humanoidencounters

There's a compilation out there that's pretty good - not sure if it's available on PDF or if you'd have to buy the Kindle edition: "The Smoky God and Other Inner Earth Mysteries" https://www.amazon.com/Smoky-Other-Inner-Earth-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00E3C9OFS

u/they_are_out_there · 3 pointsr/bigfoot

Get this book. It’s the best scientifically based book on the subject, written by Dr. Jeff Meldrum, a Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology at Idaho State. He’s a super knowledgeable guy and it’s an awesome academically based study of the subject.

https://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum/dp/0765312174

u/Richie_N · 3 pointsr/Paranormal

This was some sort of creature or humanoid (mothman, chupacabra, bigfoot, Jersey Devil kind of thing). I envy you. I've always wanted to see one but, they are territorial and there aren't any where I live. If you want to know more, I suggest my favorite book: https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Creatures-Time-Space-John/dp/1499105509

u/Wordwench · 3 pointsr/Thetruthishere

Here you be.. Mind the florid and long Victorian title!

u/WaltMink · 3 pointsr/AskReddit

The best advice I can think of which might actually accomplish something positive is to steer him to fringe science from reputable scientists. At least this way he's getting his weird-stuff fix from someone with mainstream credentials without feeling like you're condescending to him and squashing his interests.

For example, Peter Sturrock is a prominent astrophysicist who's also written some interesting, level-headed stuff on UFOs: http://www.amazon.com/The-UFO-Enigma-Physical-Evidence/dp/0446677094

and Jeff Meldrum is an anthropologist who's written about Bigfoot/Sasquatch: http://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum/dp/0765312174/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343525191&sr=1-1&keywords=jeff+meldrum

and Richard Wiseman, a psychologist, has noted that some ghost/haunting encounters might be explained by ultra-low frequencies that we don't hear but feel, and which give us a very eerie sensation: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077192/

u/doctorphyco · 3 pointsr/Cryptozoology

This book about Sasquatch has been highly recommended, but I haven't read it yet. http://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum/dp/0765312174

u/huuvola · 2 pointsr/bigfoot

To me it feels like too much of a stretch. But the guest on the podcast isn't totally alone in his theories. For example, the True Giants book explores the possibility that there are creatures larger than yeti/bigfoot.

Still, it's not something I'm ready to accept. For the vast majority of sighting reports, the upper limit for height seems to be around 12- to 13-feet tall.

u/tangletwigs · 2 pointsr/Thetruthishere

Can heartily recommend this book, SEEING FAIRIES - Marjorie T. Johnson

Basically an unpublished manuscript which was the lifes work of the author which a leading British folklore expert edited and prepared for publication.

I dont necessarily agree with the final chapters more spiritual conclusions but the sightings and experiences related are very very interesting.

Simon Young has also published his own book which I have not read so cannot make any comment on (Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies - 500 AD to the Present)

u/cosmicsynapse · 2 pointsr/Cryptozoology

Here it is on Amazon for those that are interested in it. I'm taking one though, sorry! It seems there are few copies left at a sane price point.

u/SnarkySethAnimal · 2 pointsr/worldbuilding

When writing for Semi-Charmed (webcomic) I have Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth on hand. It's a very hand reference for most Western creatures. Anything Eastern in nature though I use The Great Yokai Encyclopedia.

u/Macabre_Octopus · 2 pointsr/ASKParanormal

Well, I do know a few good books on Yokai (Japanese ghosts and monsters from folklore) if you're interested. It may not be exactly what you're looking for, but these books give a rundown of each Yokai, its appearance and abilities, and sometimes stories involving them. Might be worth checking out.

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Parade-One-Hundred-Demons/dp/0985218401/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420423832&sr=8-1&keywords=night+parade+of+one+hundred+demons

This one has amazing artwork depicting the beasts, while also having histories and descriptions. One of my favorite books actually, though a bit pricey.


http://www.amazon.com/Great-Yokai-Encyclopaedia-Richard-Freeman/dp/1905723547/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420424064&sr=8-2&keywords=the+great+yokai

This one doesn't have great art quality, but the information in it is immense. Massive selection of Yokai, with info on hundreds of them. Not as user friendly as the first, but contains a wealth of knowledge.

Hope this helps, I know it may not be exactly what you asked for, but maybe it's close enough.

u/destiny_functional · 2 pointsr/Physics

there was a crackpot once who thought such a thing.

http://living-universe.com/introduction-to-the-principle-of-circlon-synchronicity/ [warning to the kids, this isn't genuine physics]

there was even a book written about him and his crackpottery.

https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Fringe-Circlons-Alternative-Everything/dp/0802715133

[i'm still reading through that]

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/UnresolvedMysteries

Melba Ketchum's claim has been going around for a while. I would take anything you read that she is involved in with a grain of salt.

Here's a Huffington Post article claiming that the DNA evidence is bogus

If you are interested in more solid research looking for evidence of Bigfoot, I would look into Jeff Meldrum. His book Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science is a great start

u/bradleyvoytek · 2 pointsr/askscience

Username: /u/bradleyvoytek

General field: Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Specific field: Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience

Particular areas of research: Neural oscillations, neural communication

Education: Cognitive Science and Neuroscience Professor, UC San Diego

Comments: {1, 2, 3}

But I do a lot of public science writing as well: {book, BBC, Scientific American 1, Scientific American 2, etc.}.

u/jeshio · 1 pointr/iZombie

Btw have you heard of the neuroscientist Bradley Voytek? He does really great research, not including his book Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain. I think it's a little less on the virus side, and more about zombie...you know...brains.

u/ryanmercer · 1 pointr/MysteriousUniverse

Thought of another one today, it's a fairly quick (and cheap) and interesting read. https://www.amazon.com/Latitude-33-Kingdom-Walter-Bosley-ebook/dp/B00STAMFG0 they talked about it sometime last year.

u/Invisible_Walrus · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

The mantis shrimp is the superhero of the sea. with a punch that flash boils water and eyes that can see 5 times more than ours can. Great power, greater responsibility. greatest color scheme.

u/pricygoldnikes · 1 pointr/exmormon

Please read the hell out of this: http://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum/dp/0765312174. Dude knows his shit

u/RGregoryClark · 1 pointr/SpaceXLounge

Thanks for that. I hadn't heard they'd be on before. Dr. Levin must be in his 80's now. Glad to hear he is still with us and well.

What Dr. Levin argued for that the Viking experiments more likely than not indicated life was very controversial since he made them soon after the Viking missions. The two main complaints against his view was the idea there were no organics on Mars and liquid water was not possible.

Now more and more evidence points to the fact organics do exist on Mars. And liquid water especially with the presence of salts to lower the freezing point can exist for short times on the Marian surface, enough for microbes to make use of.

​

For those interested a detailed discussion of Dr. Levins views can be found in the book:

Mars: The Living Planet


by Barry E. DiGregorio (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Mars-Living-Planet-Barry-DiGregorio/dp/B005ZOFKI8

u/esskay1711 · 1 pointr/bigfoot

You have got a point I guess. Maybe they realise its not suppose to be there so they avoid it or remove it. ut if you get a chance, read The Yowie [In Search of Australia's Bigfoot] (http://www.amazon.com.au/THE-YOWIE-Search-Australias-Bigfoot-ebook/dp/B004OYTUNG) . There's cases of them removing tape recorders, avoiding cameras and watching hikers from foliage ect. Clear proof of intelligence or smarter than we give them credit for. That said, its the Australian Yowie that I'm talking about but I couldn't imagine bigfoot would be much different.

u/Squatch_maester · 1 pointr/books

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0765312174/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1376876797&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX110_SY190

This book helped me through those tough times without having to deal with the baby-mamas or their satans spawn or my cube. Now I'm living my life doing what I love for those I love.

u/MightyManiel · 1 pointr/quantum

>I'd point out the numerous conceptual errors you showed in that last comment (eg. according to special relativity, photons don't have mass, because they move at the speed of light), but I'm clearly wasting my time here.

Anyone who actually knows what they’re talking about wouldn’t even use the term “the speed of light.” Einstein’s famous equation refers to the speed of the smallest form of energy we know of in a vacuum (P.S: the universe is by no means a vacuum; there’s mass everywhere). Photons travel more slowly around objects with large mass, which is why light can’t escape black holes.

You make far too many assumptions based on unfinished data. Again, there was a point where atoms were only theorized to exist. This theory is simply the next step.

>I'll leave with a book recommendation. Don't worry, it doesn't have any math.

I appreciate the recommendation, but not so much the condescending remark. It’s not that I have trouble with math; I’m just not going to learn equations that are not needed to prove/falsify my own theory. The equation I have now doesn’t work and is useless and meaningless, I get that. It’s a work in progress.

u/Concise_AMA_Bot · 1 pointr/ConciseIAmA

+chucktinglethanks:

i think very good starting point would be to listen to the dang podcast actually because then you have tinglers getting read to you and that seems easy as cake! so i would say look up POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY MY OWN PODCAST and subscribe to this way and then it will be easy to understand. but also if you would like to learn about the tingleverse all GUIDES are a good place to start maybe Guide To The Void or Guide To Romance