Author: Michael Newton

Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermat...

In 1810 a literary phenomenon swept through Britain, Europe and beyond: the publication of Sir Walter Scott's epic poem The Lady of the Lake, set i...

This monumental reference work is a comprehensive guide to the Ku Klux Klan. It begins with a brief history of the KKK, from antebellum predecessor...

Between 1933 and 1939, the FBI pursued an aggressive, highly publicized nationwide campaign against a succession of Depression era public enemie...

On November 14, 1957, state troopers raided an estate in Apalachin, New York, and arrested 59 affluent men, with nearly as many more escaping th...

Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires ...

Meet Pennsylvania's legendary monsters in this guided tour of the most complete and accurate survey of unknown creatures in the Keystone State. Bas...

In 1946, years before the phrase serial murder was coined, a masked killer terrorized the town of Texarkana on the Texas-Arkansas border. Striki...

Since 1866 the Ku Klux Klan has been a significant force in Mississippi, enduring repeated cycles of expansion and decline. Klansmen have rallied, ...

Everything you need to know about the bloody history of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, from its inception in 1866 to its current abominations, is her...

Is it possible that unusual creatures share the Pacific Northwest with its 10.3 million human occupants? It's true! Oregon and Washington have misp...

Strange Ohio Monsters is the first book-length survey of unknown creatures reported from the Buckeye State throughout recorded history. The list in...

Journey with cryptozoologist Michael Newton as he seeks Bigfoot in North America. BHMs (Big Hairy Monsters) have been called Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Oh...

Founded in 1958 by members of America's first postwar domestic Nazi-inspired movement, the National States Rights Party developed both as a poli...

Umberto Anastasio, better known as Albert Anastasia, was an Italian-American mobster and hitman who became one of the deadliest criminals in Ame...

This terrifying selection of ghost stories brings together the very best classic works from the masters of the supernaturalPhantom coaches, evil fa...

Organized crime has played a significant social role in cultures all over the world. This is the first book to establish a timeline of global or...

Meet Kentucky's legendary monsters in this guided tour. Examine reports of cryptids, a ball python snake found in a rental car, and a one-eyed ape ...

Stolen Away is the shocking true story of kidnapping and murder.Stolen Away describes the December 14, 1927 abduction of twelve-year-old Marian Par...

JOURNEY TO THE KILLING GROUND It was an age of innocence -- an era of carhops, poodle skirts, and hula hoops. It was also a time of terror. In 195...