Missing Pieces

By Joe Nickell and Robert A. Baker

Readers wishing to investigate paranormal claims can learn how the professionals do it. Missing Pieces is filled with practical information on checking out every type of mysterious anomaly, including UFO sightings, ghost hauntings, psychic feats, and other weird events.
This is a complete handbook, featuring tactics and techniques you can use immediately to get at the truth. Learn how to conduct investigations, interrogate witnesses, recognize deception, and use the mental and electronic tools of the trade for "ghostbusting." Uncover the tricks used by those who say they can heal or influence behavior using only the power of their minds. Expose those who allege that they were selected by gods or extraterrestials to bring messages to humankind.
Baker and Nickell also address why otherwise intelligent people often accept paranormal claims without question and how the investigator can use the media to spread the truth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879757299
• ISBN13: 9780879757298
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Well written skeptical look at how to approach the "unexplained"

Though a rather old book now, this remains a good starting point for anyone interested in the skeptical (or scientific) investigation of claims of supernatural phenomena. The guiding principle is that extraordinary claims require at least pretty decent evidence. Additionally, there is a significant chance of fraud in these phenomena (that has historically been the case regardless of the merits of individual cases) and exploring and exposing such instances.

The most intelligent book on the paranormal out there.

This really is invaluable to anyone interested in researching paranormal claims. Full of humor, references and suggestions, it's like a gigantic handbook, or operations manual for the paranormally inclined. Told from a skeptical point of view, the insight and commentary is enlightening. A must-have in the library of anyone who has an interest in all aspects of the supernatural.