Radio Free Burrito Presents: The World of Poltergeists from Mind Over Matter by Time Life Books

Wil Wheaton

In the 70s, Time Life Books started putting out these collections of paranormal stories, culminating with the massively successful series Mysteries of the Unknown, starting in 1987. None of these stories are scientifically sound, or based in fact. They are just stories that people told and handed down for generations, stories that turn a creaking staircase or a house settling in winter, into a supernatural haunting. I don't believe any of this stuff, but I still love it so much, I can't get enough of it. These books were my primary introduction to the paranormal world, and the fantastically weird, interesting, unexpected, people who believe in it, so I thought it would be fun to read you a little bit from the Mind Over Matter release, specifically some stories about poltergeists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysteries_of_the_Unknown