Synopses & Reviews
Delving into the shocking side of pop culture, science, and history, Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists offers a wealth of fascinating reading. Movie buffs dive in to the list of crazy movie plots that actually happened in real life, plus the top ten films that accurately predicted the future. Celebrity gawkers do a double take at the list of famous people with secret physical deformities, as well as the numerous celebs who have killed someone. And music fans are set straight by the list of rock 'n' roll urban legends that never happened, while literary buffs cringe at the greatest writers who had crippling drug addictions. List after amazing list keeps readers enthralled, revealing the many entertaining aspects of this wonderful world: strange Civil War weapons, stupid criminals who were captured after butt-dialing the police, bizarre things you can buy from vending machines, and even sex toys with ridiculously ancient origins.
Synopsis
CRAZY-BUT-TRUE FACTS, PECULIAR OCCURRENCES, DESPICABLE CRIMES, BIZARRE RECORDS, UNBELIEVABLE CREATURES, AND MANY MORE SHOCKING ODDITIESDelving into the shocking side of pop culture, science, and history, Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists offers a wealth of fascinating reading with over 200 lists and more than 2,000 interesting facts, including:
Alien Artifacts
Creepy Urban Legends
Bizarre Murder Weapons
Horrific TV Accidents
Outrageous Rock Tales
Twisted Circus Acts
Terrifying Villains
Crazy-but-True Movie Plots
Dirty CIA Operations
Monstrously Evil Babysitters
Strange Hamburger Facts
Animal Freaks of Nature
Mind-Blowing Technologies
About the Author
Jamie Frater is the creator of the popular website listverse.com. Born in Naenae, a suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, he studied postgraduate music at the Royal College of Music in London, after which, due to an insatiable desire to share fascinating, obscure, and bizarre facts, he created Listverse.com, where he presents a new top ten list every day. He has been a guest speaker on numerous national radio and television stations in the United States and Great Britain. Jamie now writes full-time for his California-based website from his home in Naenae, New Zealand.