Colin Dickey

Colin Dickey

Colin Dickey has written at least 10 books. Their most popular book is Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places with 93 saves with an average rating of 3.98⭐.

Author Bio

Colin Dickey is the author of five books of nonfiction: Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy; The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained; Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places; Afterlives of the Saints: Stories from the Ends of Faith; and Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius. He is also the co-editor (with Joanna Ebenstein) of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology.

He has written on fringe culture, conspiracy belief, the paranormal and the occult, as well as death and dying, for a variety of publications, including The New Republic, Lapham’s Quarterly, The Believer, Slate.com, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and The Smithsonian, among many others.

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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
  • Colin Dickey
3.9834 reads
Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy
Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy
  • Colin Dickey
43 reads
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
  • Colin Dickey
3.333 reads
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The Unidentified

The Unidentified
  • Colin Dickey
42 reads
The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
  • Colin Dickey
4.54 reads
The Morbid Anatomy Anthology
The Morbid Anatomy Anthology
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    Cranioklepty
    Cranioklepty
    • Colin Dickey
    00 reads
    Afterlives of the saints
    Afterlives of the saints
    • Colin Dickey
    00 reads
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    Cranioklepty

    Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius
    • Colin Dickey
    00 reads
    Afterlives of the saints
    Afterlives of the saints
    • Colin Dickey
    41 read