title: Mysterious Midwest: Unwrapping Urban Legends and Ghostly Tales from the Dead
author:  Adrian Lee 
description: <b>Adrian Lee</b><span>is a historian and a paranormal investigator who founded The International Paranormal Society. As the host of</span><i>More Questions than Answers</i><span>he reports on weird, bizarre, and paranormal happenings from around the world. He is also a psychic and has written the books</span><i>How to be a Christian Psychic, What the Bible says about Mediums, Healers &amp; Paranormal Investigators</i><span>and</span><i>Mysterious</i><span>Minnesota.</span><br /><span>With a foreword written by David Ellefson of multi-platinum selling and award winning band Megadeth whose own experience of Loon Lake Cemetery in Jackson County inspired him to write the single</span><i>Mary Jane</i><span>on the album</span><i>So Far, So Good...So What!</i>
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  THE TAKING
  
  
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