Mysterious New Mexico : miracles, magic, and monsters in the land of enchantment
New Mexico's twin traditions of the scientific and the supernatural meet for the first time in this long-overdue book by a journalist known for investigating the unexplained. Strange tales of ghosts, monsters, miracles, lost treasure, UFOs, and much more can be found not far from the birthplace of the atomic bomb. Huge radio astronomy dishes search desert skies for alien life, and the world's first spaceport can be found in this enchanted land; in many ways New Mexico truly is a portal to other worlds. Mysterious New Mexico is the first book to apply scientific investigation methods to explain some of New Mexico's most bizarre lore and legends. Using folklore, sociology, history, psychology, and forensic science--as well as good old-fashioned detective work--Radford reveals the truths and myths behind New Mexico's greatest mysteries
Print Book, English, 2014
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University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 2014
ix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780826354501, 0826354505
879552737
Phantom performances at the haunted KiMo Theater
Resurrection and sacred soil: miracles at Chimmayo
The mysterious crystal skulls
The great Aztec UFO crash
The Santa Fe Courthouse ghost
The Loretto Chapel's miraculous staircase
Thunderbirds: mysterious giants in the sky
The haunted Old Cuchillo Bar
Miracles of the Hot Eye: Ojo Caliente's healing waters
Labyrinths: sacred symbols in the sand
La Llorona: wailing witches haunting the ditches
Murder on the mesa: the bone collector serial killer
Santa De's haunted La Poseda Hotel