WWII era Mattoon, Illinois, is descending in madness. The small town's fears of an enemy within, stalking them like prey, are threatening to become a reality an

In the winter of 1933, rural Botetourt County, Virginia, residents were attacked by a phantom menace. An invisible gas filled the homes of unsuspecting victims,

History is replete with examples of media-created scares and panics. This book presents more than three dozen studies of media scares from the 17th century to t

It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major dipl