27 James Hastings, ed., Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, vol. 2 (New York: Scribner, 1910), 715.
Afterword
1 New York Times, March 31, 1922.
2 Washington Times, June 17, 1906.
3 Daily Milwaukee News, March 11, 1866.
4 New York Daily Tribune, June 24, 1906.
5 Monroe (MI) Commercial, March 8, 1877; Monroe (MI) Democrat, August 21, 1884.
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Andersen, Hans Christian, 261–62
Antichrists. See Men of Sin
Ape Canyon (Washington). See also Beck, Fred; Bigfoot/Sasquatch
attack by ape-men, 155, 170–72
cryptozoological study of ape-men story, 185–86
Great Ape Hunt, 172, 176–77
grudge motive for attack, 174, 184, 194
noises and materializations, 166–67, 168–69, 183–84, 196
phenomena following ape-men incident, 201–2
physical details of ape-men, 169, 179, 183
popular interest in attack, 172–74
prospectors’ defense, 168, 169, 170–72
prospectors’ Spiritualism and guidance by spirit, 156, 162–65, 193
skepticism concerning attack, 172–73
Vander White mine, 164–65, 168
Ashbridge, Sam, 97
Atlanta child murders, 237–42
autodecapitation
during conventional suicide, 134–35
deliberate self-decapitation, 135–36
guillotine-type devices for, 148–52
incidents of, 148–50
at Lahr House hotel, 133–34, 137–40, 142, 148, 153–54
lever device for, 141–44, 146–48, 151
as route to celebrity, 150–54
Baldwin, James, 241
Bathory, Elizabeth, 262–63
Beck, Arthur, 158
Beck, Clifford, 172, 176
Beck, Fred. See also Ape Canyon; I Fought the Apemen of Mt. St. Helens
on capture of Sasquatch, 203–4
death, 185
family background, 157–58
family’s impression of, 174–75
first ape-man encounter, 159–60
interviews and storytelling about Ape Canyon experience, 176, 178–79
metaphysical beliefs about ape-men, 181–82, 184
psychic encounters and powers, 156, 158–59, 166–67, 175
Spiritualism practice, 156, 160, 162
Beck, Ronald, 175, 180
Beckwith, Phebe A., 59
Bell Witch, 161
Bena, Mrs. Tony, 6
Bena, Tony, 4, 6, 7
Benedict XIV, Pope, 71
Benga, Ota, 103–4
Bernstein, Leo M., 207, 222
Bigfoot/Sasquatch. See also Ape Canyon
as alien race, 196–97
cryptozoological study of, 157
interest in and hunts for, 172, 176–78
odor, 197
Pithecanthropus ape-man, 183–84
recorded encounters with, 155–56, 185
resemblance to treasure guardian spirits, 194–97
wild man as, 90
Bird, Calvin, 98–102
Birmingham, Robert A., 199–200
Bishop, Margaret, 56
blood bathing, 262–63
blood drinking
beauty enhancement, 260
combination of ancient and modern beliefs, 264
Kansas City blood cult, 253–55, 263–64
medicinal purposes, 260–62
painting depicting, 257
Samaritan blood cult, 255–56
transfer of character attributes, 259–60
as widespread practice, 257–59
Boggs, Hale, 219–20
Bonaventure, Saint, 70
Book of Mormon (Smith), 42, 188
Bottini, Adeline, 4–5, 7, 11
Bottini, John (Giovanni) B., 4, 7, 11–12
Bottini, Rosa, 4, 5, 7
Bottini, Santina, 4, 5, 7, 11
Bremmond, Shannon, Sr., 67
Brinson, William T. “Doc,” 96–97, 112
Brown, George, 105
Bruse, James, 86
Burney, Claudia Mair, 84–85
Burson (Swedish farmer), 266–67
Buveurs de Sang (The Blood Drinkers) (painting by Gueldry), 257
Byrne, Peter, 178
Cahill, Dennis, 123–24
Candee, John D., 57
cannibalism, 249–51
Caples, Julia, 260
Carroll, Charles, 94
Carson, Susan, 68
Carter, Jimmy (governor of Georgia), 238
Carter, Jim (skier at Ape Canyon), 202
“Case of Stigmata, A” (Early and Lifschutz), 74–77, 78–81
Catherine of Siena, Saint, 69
Cayce, Edgar, 175
Centennial International Exhibition (Philadelphia), 146
Chamberlain, E. C., 33, 59
Chapman family, 178
Chere, François Auguste, 150–51
Chicago Rippers, 247–49
child abductions. See clowns-in-vans
Christian Israelites, 56
Clogan, Bridget, 139–40
clowns-in-vans
Atlanta child murders, 237–42
Chicago Rippers murders and, 248–49
clowns and cannibalism, 249–51
clown variations, 246–47
encounters of children with, 225–30
first reports in Newark, 244–45
Ku Klux Klan and, 232–33, 238–39, 243–44
as modern phantom panic, 251–52
murder vans of serial killers, 239–40
night-doctor abductions and, 233–36, 245
origins in slavery, 230–33
possible inspirations for, 242–43
widespread reports of, 227–30, 245–46
Cobb/Cobbites, 15–17
Coleman, Loren, 185, 226–30
Connecticut witch executions, 27
Connelly (autodecapitation victim), 148
Constantine the Great, 262
cosmos, metaphysical concept of, 181–82
Crew, Jerry, 177
cryptozoology, 157, 185–86
Dahinden, Rene, 177, 178, 184–85
Dampier, Calvin, 110–11
Davis, Hiram and Barney, 91–92
Dean, Elmer H., 8
decapitation. See autodecapitation
Dedge, John R.
background, 95–96
concept of American satyr, 114–15
death, 112
dental skill, 96
enthusiasm for money and indifference toward law, 96, 106, 111
exhibition of wild men, 87–88, 102–4, 113
Humane Society objections to, 105
murder conviction, 111–12
partners in wild man venture, 96–97, 105, 111–12
selection and surgical creation of wild men, 98–99, 102–3, 106–10
Deen, Braswell D., Jr., 87–88, 113, 115–17
Demate, Louisa, 100–102
De Pascale, Gaetano, 264
Deutsch, Lisa, 64
Dixon, James Lamb, 208, 210–11, 218–19, 220
Dixon, Jeane
astrology practice, 215, 216–17
character and habits, 207
Children to Children Foundation, 217
conservative values and optimism, 221
cultivation of own legend, 207–9, 221
death, 220
early display of mystical talent, 208
estate auction and sale of crystal balls, 222–23
FBI file, 218–20
financial and business acumen, 211
financial scandal, 217–18
fortune-telling for entertainment, 210, 211
Jeane Dixon Museum and Library, 205–7, 222
mathematical Jeane Dixon Effect, 218
numerology practice, 215
popularity, 216–17, 221
predictions and visions, 211–14, 215–16, 220
telepathic receipt of correct predictions, 214–15
true background, 209–10
urban legends concerning, 218
Dixon, Nancy, 255–56
Do Abominable Snowmen of America Really Exist? (Patterson), 178
Dods, John Bovee, 42
Doolittle, Lucius, 48
Dorril, William/Dorrilites, 15
Downing, Mrs. (money-digger), 186
dowsing, 187
Dracula, 266
Dutton, Henry, 34, 57–58, 60
Early, Loretta F., 74–77, 78–81
Eisenberg, Leslie E., 199–200
Electrical Psychologist (John Bovee Dods), 42
English, J. C., 97, 99
Farber, Barry, 221
Farini, Krao, 92
Fawcett, Percy, 89
Ferrerio, Joe, 7
First Great Awakening, 13–14
Foster, E. K., 57, 60
Fox sisters, 160
Francis of Assisi, Saint, 69–70
Freeman, Charles F., 64
Gacy, John Wayne, 242–43, 248
Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine, 121–22, 123–24, 127, 129
Gecht, Robin, 247–49
Geley, Gustave, 183
Ghost Dance ritual, 14
ghosts. See Livingston Wizard (Wizard Clip); spirits
giants as treasure guardians, 190, 195–96
Gift of Prophecy, A (Dixon), 216
Gillis Center, 263
Gimlin, Bob, 185
gnomes, 186, 190, 194, 196–97, 201
Godfrey, Linda, 199–201
Gould, Eben, 25–26, 34
Great Chain of Being concept of race, 93–94, 104
Great Disappointment, 14
Green, John, 177, 178–79, 180
Gregory, Dick, 240–41
Gueldry, Joseph Ferdinand, 257
guillotines, 148–52
Hamilton, Silas, 188
Harry, Muchalat, 174
Hayden, Herbert H., 62–64
Hennessy, J. J., 6
Hersey, Thankful S., 25, 40, 42, 54, 57, 61
Hester, Leonard L., 73, 81, 82, 83–84
Hinman, Judge, 57, 60–61
Hooker, Worthington, 59
Hoover, J. Edgar, 218–19
“Horned Men on Africa...”, 89
Huckett, William O., 253–55, 263
Huffman, J. H., 173
Human Zoo (St. Louis World’s Fair), 102
Hunt, Amos, 31, 32–35, 54–56, 62–64
I Fought the Apemen of Mt. St. Helens (Beck). See also Ape Canyon; Beck, Fred
contents and outline, 180–81
as magical treasure-hunting story, 185–86, 191–95, 202–3
as metaphor for wisdom-seeking, 203
writing and publication of, 156, 177, 180, 184
Indian Mounds of Wisconsin (Birmingham and Eisenberg), 199–200
Innis, Roy, 240
Invited, The (movie directed by McKinney), 11
It (King), 243
Jackson, Josiah, 37, 38, 40, 42, 57
Jeane Dixon Museum and Library, 205–7, 222
Jewett, Pliny A., 49, 59–60, 63
Johnson, Curtis, 3
Johnson, William Henry, 92
Judgment Day prediction, 14
Kennedy, John F., assassination, 211–13
Ketchum, “Black Jack,” 134
King, Stephen, 243
Kluski, Franek, 183
Knee Benders, 267
Knight, Jonathan, 59
Koetpnickger, Mr. (failed suicide victim), 149, 150
Kokoraleis, Andrew and Thomas, 247–49
Koreshans, 15
Ku Klux Klan, 232–36, 238, 239, 243–44, 245
Lahr House hotel (Lafayette, Indiana), 133–34, 137–40, 142, 148, 153
Lance, Mr. (hotel guest), 139
Lane, Caroline, 28
Lane, Ephraim, 29, 42–43, 58, 60
Lapseritis, Jack “Kewaunee,” 196–97
Latimer, R. H., 7
Latter-day Saints movement, 15, 42
Lefever, Gabe, 161
legend tripping, 66
Leken, Matthew, 130
Liebenstein, Johann Georg, 120
Life of Saint Francis (Saint Bonaventure), 70
Lifschutz, Joseph E., 74–77, 78–81
Little, Arthur D., 106–10
Livingston, Adam, 120–21, 124–27, 130–31
Livingston, Mrs., 125–26, 128–29
Livingston Wizard (Wizard Clip)
exorcism of, 122–24, 129
phenomena attributed to, 119, 121–22, 129–30
recent claims of activity by, 131
Unknown Stranger and other possible identities, 126–28
Voice as, 124–26, 128–29
Lombroso, Cesare, 53
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 30
Long Island Devil, 266
Louis XI, 262
Lowe, George D., 96
MacKinnon, A. W., 6
magical treasure hunting
Ape Canyon story as, 185–86, 191–95, 202–3
dowsing, 187
as evidence of insanity, 190–91
occult methods and necromancy, 186–88, 192–93
popularity of, 165–66, 186–87
protection from hostile spirits, 193
treasure guardians, 188–90, 194–99, 201
Magnalia Christi Americana (Mather), 30
Manson Family cult, 64
Manson Women, The (documentary by Deutsch), 64
Maria de la Visitacion, 77
Maricoxi tribe, 89
Marran, T. Paul, 254, 263
Martinites, 64–65
Mather, Cotton, 30
Matthews, Justus Washington, 25, 35–41
Matthews, Mehitable (formerly Sanford), 25, 36
Matthews, Willard, 40
McKinney, Ryan, 11
McSherry, Anastasia, 121
McSherry, Richard, 123
McSherry, William, 126
Medders, Charles J., 97, 111–12
medical experimentation on blacks, 110, 233–36, 240–42, 245
mediumship, 162
Men of Sin (Antichrists)
Gould, Eben, 25–26, 34
Hunt, Amos, 31, 32–35, 54–56, 62–64
Matthews, Justus Washington, 25, 35–41
murder of, 13, 17, 39–43, 55, 57–61, 65
powers and intention, 23, 37, 54
Wakeman, Ira, 18–21, 23, 24
mental mediums, 162
Messiah craze, 14
metaphysical concept of cosmos, 181–82
Miller, William/Millerites, 14, 42
Modrzejewski, Teofil, 183
monster-hunting expedition, Teddy Roosevelt’s, 256
Montgomery, Ruth, 216
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bsp; Moon, Arthur, 146
Moon, James
autodecapitation apparatus, 141–44, 146–48, 151
celebrity, 150–54
coroner’s investigation of suicide, 145
deliberate self-decapitation, 136–39
family history of suicide, 150
insanity, 145, 152
interest in inventors of death machines, 145, 150–51
unsuccessful suicide attempts, 142, 144
Moon, Mary, 145, 147, 150
Moro, Jennie, 1–2, 5
Moro, Mary, 2–3, 4–5, 7, 11
murder vans, 239–40
Murk, Justus, 172–73
Mysterious America (Coleman), 227
mystical piercing, 23–24
necromancy, 188, 192–93
Negro a Beast, The (Carroll), 94
Neumann, Therese, 77–78
Newark, disappearance of blacks in, 244–45
night doctors, 110, 233–36, 241–42, 245, 249
Nixon, Richard M., 220–21
Nye, Edgar W. “Bill,” 153
O’Day, Captain (policeman), 8
Okefenokee Wild Man, 87–88, 112–17
Okolowicz, Norbert, 183
Ostman, Albert, 195
Ouija boards
communication with dead, 3, 4–7
denunciation of, and attempts to ban, 9–10
as drug and disease, 9–10
as entertainment, 3, 12
ills attributed to, 3–4, 8–9, 12
movie based upon, 11
popular preoccupation with, 3, 8–9
Parmalee, Leander, 41, 59
Patterson, Roger, 178, 185
Paulos, John Allen, 218
Perkins, Samuel, F., 46, 48
Perry, Michael, 180
Peterson, John, 161
phantom clowns. See clowns-in-vans
physical mediums, 162
Pillsbury, Stephen M., 149, 150
Piltdown Man hoax, 116
Pio of Pietrelcina, Saint, 70
Pocasset Horror murder, 64
poltergeists. See Livingston Wizard (Wizard Clip); spirits
racism, scientific, 94–95, 104
Reagan, Nancy, 215, 220
Reed, Kasim, 239
Regan, Donald, 215
Ripper Crew (Chicago Rippers), 247–49
Robertson, Alice, 72–73, 82
Robertson, Andrew, 72, 74
Robertson, Cloretta
auditory hallucinations, 76–77
calmness and detachment concerning bleeding, 72, 74, 76
characteristics of stigmata appearances, 68, 71–72
fictionalized story about, 84–85
Jet magazine article about, 73–74
medical observations of, 71–72, 74–77, 78–81
normal childhood and family life, 72, 74, 75–76, 84, 86
religious devotion, 67–68, 79, 81
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