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Mystery/Conspiracy Podcast Books
16 items
By
Sara Young
These are all the books we've used to research for our episodes on The Paranoid Perspective podcast. **contains afilliate links**
Lots of insider knowledge from this reporter on the Delphi murders, such a sad case
Down the Hill
Autobiography, mostly on his life growing up in a yakuza family
Toppamono: Outlaw. Radical. Suspect. Japan
Great resource for understanding the Japanese culture vs a western culture
The Japanese Mind
Lots of photos of high strangeness, some more compelling than others
Merging Dimensions
Really compelling bigfoot case. Great resource for what locals in Portlock, Alaska experienced before the town had to be shut down
Abandoned: History & Horror of Port Chatham
A deep-dive investigation from a reporter close to the case on the disappearance of Lauren Spierer
College Girl, Missing
Lots of stories on the victims' lives leading up to the Boston Molasses Flood and the aftermath
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
A memoir of Jason Padgett's story, one of the only documented cases of a traumatic brain injury causing both synethesia and acquired savant syndrome
Struck by Genius
Hilarious book, with the lore of the Birds Aren't Real movement
Birds Aren't Real
Really humanizes victim Elizabeth Short on her life leading up to the murder
Black Dahlia
A great source on all aspects of the Zodiac case
The Zodiac Killer
Lots of great history and hidden meanings explained
Secrets In The Fields
A deep dive from two journalists who covered the Josef Fritzl case
I'm No Monster
A deep dive into the Austrian case that shocked the world
Secrets in the Cellar
Really interesting edition with notes in the margin from an unknown person
The Case for the UFO
The book that popularized the urban legend
The Montauk Project - Experiments in Time
