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by Colin Wilson

Herodotus ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hess, Rudolf ref 1

  Hewitt, John ref 1

  Hewitt, Peter ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Heyerdahl, Thor ref 1, ref 2

  Heywood, Rosalind ref 1, ref 2

  Hicks, Steward ref 1

  hieroglyphics ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  hijacking ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hill, Dr Osman ref 1

  Hillary, Sir Edmund ref 1

  Himmler, Heinrich ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hiroshima/Nagasaki atom bombs ref 1

  Hirschfeld, Dr Magnus ref 1

  Hitler, Adolf ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Hittites ref 1, ref 2

  Hodgetts, E.A. Brayley ref 1

  Hodgson, B.H. ref 1

  Hodgson, Richard ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hodson, Geoffrey ref 1, ref 2

  Hoerbiger, Hans ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hoffet, Emile ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hoffman, Calvin ref 1

  Hogg, James (the Ettrick Shepherd) ref 1

  Holiday, F.W. ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Holland, Thelma and Vyvyan ref 1

  Hollander, Bernard ref 1, ref 2

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell ref 1

  Holroyd, Stuart ref 1

  Holt, Henry ref 1, ref 2

  Holy Grail ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Holy Shroud of Turin ref 1, ref 2

  Homann, Peter ref 1

  Homer ref 1, ref 2

  Homo erectus ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Homo sapiens ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Hope Diamond, curse of the ref 1

  Household, Geoffrey ref 1

  Howard, F. Lee ref 1

  Howard-Bury, Colonel ref 1

  Howells, Martin ref 1

  Hoyle, Sir Fred ref 1

  Hubbell, Walter ref 1

  Hudson, Thomas Jay ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Huevelmans, Bernard ref 1, ref 2

  Hugh of Lincoln, Bishop ref 1

  Hugo, Victor ref 1

  Hugues de Payens ref 1, ref 2

  human evolution ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hume, David ref 1, ref 2

  Humphrey, Nicholas ref 1

  Hunt, Lord ref 1

  Hunter, Joseph ref 1

  Hurkos, Peter ref 1

  Hurston, Zora Neale ref 1, ref 2

  Husserl, Edmund ref 1

  Hutchings, Emily Grant ref 1, ref 2

  Huxley, Aldous ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Huxley, Sir Julian ref 1, ref 2

  Huxley, Thomas Henry ref 1

  Hyde, Chief Justice ref 1

  Hydesville “spirit” ref 1, ref 2

  Hydropathic Hotel, Harrogate ref 1, ref 2

  Hyneck, J. Allen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  hypnosis ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13

  Hyslop, Professor James ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  hysteria ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  I Ching (Chinese Book of Changes) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Ice Ages ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Icelandic Eddas ref 1

  Idi Amin, President of Uganda ref 1

  Iliad ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Innes, Brian ref 1

  Ireland forgeries (Samuel Ireland), ref 1

  Isabella, Queen ref 1

  Ivan the Terrible, Tsar ref 1, ref 2

  Jack the Ripper ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  “Jacko”, Bigfoot ref 1

  Jackson, A. A. ref 1

  Jackson, John ref 1

  James I, King of England ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  James, Frank ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  James, Henry ref 1

  James, William ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Janet, Pierre ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jansen, Bishop Cornelius ref 1

  Jeanne the Maid ref 1

  Jeffrey, Adi-Kent Thomas ref 1

  Jenkins, Stephen ref 1

  Jephson, J. Habakuk ref 1

  Jessup, Morris K. ref 1

  Jesus Christ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  “Jim twins” ref 1, ref 2

  Joad, Professor C.E.M. ref 1, ref 2

  Joan of Arc ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  John the Baptist ref 1, ref 2

  John of Metz ref 1

  Johnson, Kenneth Raynor ref 1, ref 2

  Johnson, Dr Samuel ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Johnston, Charles ref 1, ref 2

  Johnstone, Dr Nathaniel ref 1

  Jomard, Edme François ref 1

  Jonca, Etienne du ref 1, ref 2

  Jonson, Ben ref 1, ref 2

  Joseph of Arimathea ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jourdain, Eleanor ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jowett, Professor Benjamin ref 1

  Joyce, James ref 1, ref 2

  Jumper, Dr Ivan ref 1

  Jung, Carl Gustav ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20

  Junius ref 1

  Kahn, David ref 1, ref 2

  kahunas (Hawaiian priests), ref 1, ref 2

  Kalevala (Finnish epic) ref 1

  Kallen, Horace ref 1

  Kaminsky, Nathan/Cohen, David ref 1, ref 2

  Kammerer, Paul and Mrs ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Kane, Jared ref 1

  Kant, Immanuel ref 1, ref 2

  Kaplan, Stephen ref 1, ref 2

  Karapetyan, Lt-Colonel Gargen ref 1

  Kardec, Allan ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Keats, John ref 1

  Keel, John ref 1, ref 2

  Kellas, Dr A.M. ref 1

  Kelly, Mary Jeanette, murder of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Kelvin, William Thomson, Lord ref 1, ref 2

  Kennedy twins (Grace and Virginia) ref 1

  Kent, Roland G. ref 1

  Kent, William ref 1

  Kepler, Johann, ref 1, ref 2

  Kerr, Prof. Graham ref 1

  kidnapping ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Kilbracken, Lord ref 1

  King C. Daly ref 1, ref 2

  King, Francis ref 1

  Kircher, Athanasius ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Kirkpatrick, Sir Ivone ref 1

  Knight, Christopher ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Knight, Ian ref 1

  Knight, Stephen ref 1

  Knights Templars ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15

  Knossos, Royal Palace ref 1

  Knox, Ronald ref 1

  Koenigwald, Dr Ralph von ref 1

  Koestler, Arthur ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Krakatoa, eruption of (1883), ref 1, ref 2

  Krassa, Peter ref 1

  Kraus, Hans ref 1

  Krippner, Stanley ref 1

  Krüdener, Julie de ref 1

  Kubrick, Stanley ref 1

  Kulik, Leonid ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Kurras, Detective Sergeant ref 1

  Kurtén, Björn ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Kürten, Peter (Düsseldorf sadist) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Kuzmich, Fedor ref 1

  La Condamine, Charles de ref 1

  La Reynie, Nicolas de ref 1, ref 2

  Lair, Jules ref 1

  Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste ref 1, ref 2

  Lamb, F. Bruce ref 1

  Lambert, Helen ref 1

  Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Landau, Rom ref 1

  Lang, Andrew ref 1, ref 2

  Langland, William ref 1

  Lascaux cave paintings ref 1

  Laurier, Dr John de ref 1

  LaVey, Anton ref 1

  Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent ref 1
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  Law, Arthur ref 1

  Lawrence, Herbert ref 1

  Lawrence, T.E. ref 1

  Le Poer Trench, Brinsley ref 1

  Le Sage, sorcerer ref 1

  Leakey, Louis ref 1, ref 2

  Leakey, Richard ref 1

  Leary, Timothy ref 1

  Lefranc, Professor Abel ref 1

  Lemuria ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Lenin, V.I. ref 1

  Leonardo da Vinci ref 1, ref 2 ref 3, ref 4

  LeQueux, William ref 1

  Lethbridge, Tom (T.C.) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Lewis, G.E. ref 1

  ley lines ref 1, ref 2

  Lincoln, Henry ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17

  Little, Captain George ref 1

  Litvag, Irving ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Loch Ness monster ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Lodge, Sir Oliver ref 1, ref 2

  Lomas, Robert ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Lomazzo, Paolo ref 1

  Lombroso, Cesare ref 1

  Long, Max Freedom ref 1, ref 2

  Longinus ref 1

  Lonsdale, Gordon ref 1

  Looney, John Thomas ref 1

  Lorenz, Peter ref 1

  Loss, Mrs ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  “Loudoun, the Devils of” ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Louis XIII, King of France ref 1 ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Louis XIV, King of France ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12

  Louis XV, King of France ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Louis XVI, King of France ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Louvois, Marquis de ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Lourber, Professor John ref 1

  Louvre (Paris) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Lowe, Nicole ref 1

  Lyell, Sir Charles ref 1

  Lynes, Fanny ref 1

  McArthur, Donald ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  McCormick, Donald ref 1

  McCrone, Dr Walter ref 1

  Mackal, Roy ref 1

  Mackenzie House haunting ref 1

  Mackintosh, Sir James ref 1

  Maclean, Edward Beale ref 1

  Macleane, Laughlin ref 1

  MacLeod, Ian ref 1

  MacLeod, Torquil ref 1

  Macnaghten, Sir Melville ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” ref 1

  Maerth, Otto Kiss ref 1, ref 2

  Maeterlinck, Maurice ref 1

  magicians, sorcerers ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  see also Merlin

  magnetic disturbances ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Mahler, Horst ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Mainard, Sir John ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mallarmé, Stéphane ref 1

  Mallery, Capt. Alington H. ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mallowan, Professor Sir Max ref 1, ref 2

  Malory, Sir Thomas ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  “The Man in the Iron Mask” ref 1, ref 2

  Mangin, Arthur ref 1

  Manly, Dr John M. ref 1

  Manski, Jim ref 1

  Mantharides, Simon ref 1

  Mansson, Bishop Olaf ref 1, ref 2

  Mantell, Captain Thomas ref 1

  Map, Walter ref 1

  maps ref 1, ref 2

  Marci, Joannes Marcus ref 1, ref 2

  Marie Antoinette, Queen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Marie Feodorovna, Dowager Empress ref 1, ref 2

  Mariette, Abbé ref 1

  Marigny, Jean ref 1

  Markides, Kyriacos C. ref 1, ref 2

  Marlowe, Christopher ref 1, ref 2

  Marryat, Captain Frederick ref 1

  Marshall, Thomas ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Martin, David ref 1

  Mary Celeste ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Maslow, Abraham ref 1, ref 2

  Matters, Leonard ref 1, ref 2

  Mayas ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Mazarin, Cardinal Jules ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Meaden, Dr Terence ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Medici, Giuliano de’ ref 1

  Medici, Lorenzo de’ ref 1

  mediums ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13

  Medvegia vampires ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Mehrez, Dr Gamal ref 1

  Meinhof, Ulrike ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Meins, Holger ref 1, ref 2

  Melchizedek, Order of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Melling, John Kennedy ref 1, ref 2

  Mendel, Gregor ref 1

  Mentor ref 1

  Mercator, Gerardus ref 1

  Merivale, Herman ref 1

  Merlin (Myrddin) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Merovingians ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Mesmer, Franz ref 1, ref 2

  Metraux, Alfred ref 1

  Mevlevi Dervishes ref 1

  Meyer, Dr ref 1

  Meynert, Dr Theodore ref 1

  Michell, John ref 1, ref 2

  Milankovitch, M. ref 1

  Miles, Frank ref 1

  Miller, Frederick and Clarissa ref 1, ref 2

  Miller, Glenn ref 1

  Miller, Helen ref 1, ref 2

  Miller, Herb ref 1, ref 2

  Miller, Madge ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Miller, Steve ref 1

  Mills, Freddie ref 1

  Mirbach, Baron von, murder of ref 1

  “Missing Link” controversy ref 1

  Mitchell-Hedges, Albert (“Mike”) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Mitchell-Hedges, Anna ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Moberly, Charlotte ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mogadishu hijacking ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Molay, Jacques de ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Moler, Gabrielle ref 1, ref 2

  Moller, Irmgard ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mompesson, John ref 1

  Mona Lisa (Leonardo) ref 1

  Isleworth ref 1, ref 2

  Monroe, Robert ref 1

  Montespan, Mme de ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Montgéron, Louis-Basile Carré de, ref 1

  Moore, Joseph ref 1

  More, Henry ref 1, ref 2

  Morehouse, Captain ref 1, ref 2

  Morgan, Sir Henry ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Morgan, Janet ref 1

  Morgan, Flight Officer John ref 1

  Moricz, Juan ref 1, ref 2

  Morlet, Dr ref 1, ref 2

  Morley, Sheridan ref 1

  Morris, Desmond ref 1, ref 2

  Morris, Harry ref 1, ref 2

  Morrison-Scott, Dr T.C.S. ref 1

  Morse, Joseph ref 1

  Mortimer, Roger de ref 1

  Moses, Rev. Stainton ref 1

  Mosley, Nicholas ref 1

  Mountain, Sir Edward ref 1

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus ref 1, ref 2

  M’Quhae, Captain Peter ref 1, ref 2

  Mrzyglod, Ian ref 1

  multiple personality disorder (MPD) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Munich Olympics hostages ref 1

  Murray, Margaret ref 1

  Myers, Frederic ref 1, ref 2

  Namier, Sir Lewis ref 1

  Napier, John ref 1, ref 2

  Napoléon I Bonaparte ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Napoléon III, Emperor ref 1

  Naryshkin, Marie ref 1, ref 2

  “nausea”, Sartre’s notion of ref 1

  Nazca lines (Peru) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Neanderthal Man ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Neate, Tony ref 1

  Neele, Nancy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Nelson, Earl, Gorilla Murderer ref 1

  Nelson (Lintott), Nelson ref 1, ref 2

 
Nennius ref 1

  Nesbit, Evelyn (Mrs Thaw) ref 1

  Ness, Eliot ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Nevill, Sir Henry ref 1

  Newbold, William Romaine ref 1

  Newbrough, J.B. ref 1

  Newton, Sir Isaac ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Nicholas I, Tsar ref 1

  Nicholas II, Tsar ref 1

  Nicholls, Mary Ann, murder of ref 1, ref 2

  Nickell, Joe ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Nickell, Steven ref 1

  Nicoll, Professor Allardyce ref 1

  Niven, David ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Noderskiold, A.E. ref 1

  Norkot, Arthur ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Norkot, Joan ref 1

  Norkot, Mary ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  North, Lord ref 1

  Northfleet poltergeist ref 1

  Noyes, Alfred ref 1

  nuclear explosions ref 1, ref 2

  Nuremberg Trials ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Oakley, Dr Kenneth ref 1

  occultism ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16

  Odell, Robin ref 1

  Odyssey ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Oera Linda Book ref 1, ref 2

  Ogburn, Charlton ref 1

  Ohnesorg, Benno ref 1

  Ohtsuki, Yoshihiko ref 1

  Okeman, Agnes and John ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Olcott, Judge ref 1

  “Old Jeffrey” (poltergeist) ref 1

  Omand, Rev. Donald ref 1

  O’Neill, Mrs Jane ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Onslow, Colonel George ref 1

  Orderson, Rev. Thomas ref 1

  d’Orléans, Gaston Duc ref 1, ref 2

  Orlov, Count Alexei ref 1

  Oronteus Finaeus map ref 1, ref 2

  “Ossian” (James MacPherson) ref 1

  Oesterreich, T.K. ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Ostman, Albert ref 1

  Osty, Dr Eugene ref 1

  Ottema, Dr J.O. ref 1

  Ouija board ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Ouspensky, P.D. ref 1, ref 2

  Owen, Dr G. ref 1

  Owen, Dr Orville W. ref 1

  Owen, Sir Richard ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Oxford, Edward de Vere, Earl of ref 1, ref 2

  Padfield, Susan ref 1

  Pagenstecher, Dr Gustav ref 1, ref 2

  Paige, Louis Adrien de ref 1

  Paine, Thomas ref 1

  Palenque tablet (Mexico) ref 1

  Paleologue, Maurice ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Palestinian hijackers ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Paley, Bruce ref 1

  Palmerston, Lord ref 1

  Paole, Arnold ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  paranormal ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19

  see also poltergeists; possession

  Parker, Captain Gilman C. ref 1

  Parsons, Elizabeth and Richard ref 1

 

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