Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
I Puzzling Places 1
A Land of Shadow and Substance 2
Love Triangle 8
The Life Aquatic 10
Axis of Evil 13
Davy Jones's Locker 16
Interdimensional Brotherly Love 18
The Black Pearl 20
Death Ship 24
Burnt Offerings 27
The Amityville Exaggeration 37
Grave Old World 40
I Don't Wanna Be Buried in a… 43
Hellhole 47
Dark Water 52
Sierra Madre 57
The Desolation of Smaug 64
National Treasure 70
Bestseller 75
Scavenger Hunt 78
Finding Neverland 82
Black Countries Matter 88
II Befuddling Beliefs 93
Follow the Leader 94
Four Reasons Why 97
Cult-ure Club 99
Speak of the… 105
Don't Panic 108
In the Details 112
Truth Decay 118
Everything Is Illuminated 120
One Flew Over Icke's Nest 126
Frowning All the Time 130
Camelot Has Fallen 141
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner 147
Staying Alive 158
Flatliners 161
There Can Be Only One 165
Bride of the Highlander 171
III Strange Subcultures 180
Nerds in Paradise 181
My Generation 186
Big in Japan 191
Le Freak C'est Chic 195
Masters of the Universe 198
Adamites à Gogo 201
Somebody Save Me 205
Kick-Ass 210
Saints and Sinners 214
Dial H for Healer 218
Save Yourself 225
Eveready 230
The Place Not to Be 232
Steal Like a Hippie 234
Suckers 237
IV Peculiar People 243
The Katzenjammer Kids 244
Sitting Ducks 248
We Don't Need No Education 252
It Takes a Village 255
We Should All Be Murderers 259
Good-night Stories for Evil Girls 267
Hair-Brained 275
The Postman Always Shoots Twice 284
Inglorious Bastard 290
Escape from High Castle 296
Butterflies 300
Keyser Söze 310
Dee-Bee Coop, Where Are You? 318
International Man of Mystery 325
Northwestern Exposure 328
V Mystifying Mysteries 332
A Skeleton in Every Closet 333
The Ninth Gate 336
Holiday Road 339
Gravity Falls 346
In Ancient Times… 350
Spinal Tap 353
Bio-Dome 357
On Swift Wings 360
Cancel Culture 366
Cornholed 372
Apocalypse Wow! 375
A Case of Conscience 379
In My World It Means Hope 381
Invisible Residents 388
Challenger of the Unknown 396
The Fourth Smartest Man in the World 407
Hollywood Gold 416
VI Cryptid Cross 423
Solutions 462
Acknowledgments 470
About the Author 471
