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Across Unexplained Phenomena, Folklore & Mythology, Body, Mind & Spirit, and Social Science — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as On Vampires by Ronald Murphy.

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Florida Lore: The Barefoot Mailman, Cowboy Bone Mizell, the Tallahassee Witch and Other Tales

Caren Schnur Neile

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

On Monsters An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears — Stephen T. Asma

On Monsters An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

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Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Haunted Holidays Twelve Months of Kentucky Ghosts — Roberta Simpson Brown

Haunted Holidays Twelve Months of Kentucky Ghosts

Roberta Simpson Brown

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Vampire Evolution From Myth to Modern Day — Corvis Nocturnum

Vampire Evolution From Myth to Modern Day

Corvis Nocturnum

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Haunted Places in England — Elliot O’Donnell

Haunted Places in England — Elliot O’Donnell

Elliot O'Donnell

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Girl of Ink & Stars — Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Girl of Ink & Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Wicked Strange Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities, and Urban Legends from New England — Jeff Belanger

Wicked Strange Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities, and Urban Legends from New England

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Haunting Experiences Encounters with the Otherworldly — Michelle A. Belanger

Haunting Experiences Encounters with the Otherworldly

Michelle A. Belanger

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Ghosts from the Coast — Nancy Roberts

Ghosts from the Coast

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Odyssey — Stephen Fry

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds — Jerome Clark

Hidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Unexplained Real-life Supernatural Stories for Uncertain Times — Richard MacLean Smith

Unexplained Real-life Supernatural Stories for Uncertain Times

Richard MacLean Smith

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Mystery Creatures of China The Complete Cryptozoological Guide — David C. Xu

Mystery Creatures of China The Complete Cryptozoological Guide

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

New Orleans Vampires History and Legend — Marita Woywod Crandle

New Orleans Vampires History and Legend

Marita Woywod Crandle

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Monster Hunter’s Handbook — Scholastic

The Monster Hunter’s Handbook

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Encyclopedia of Curious Rituals and Superstitions Ancient and Remarkable Traditions That Will Captivate Your Mind — Arie Kaplan

The Encyclopedia of Curious Rituals and Superstitions Ancient and Remarkable Traditions That Will Captivate Your Mind

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Bigfoot Book The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates — Nicholas Redfern

The Bigfoot Book The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates

Nicholas Redfern

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond In Search of the Sasquatch — John Zada

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond In Search of the Sasquatch

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Mystery Animals of Ireland — Gary Cunningham

The Mystery Animals of Ireland

Gary Cunningham

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

A Guide to Haunted New England Tales from Mount Washington to the Newport Cliffs — Thomas D’Agostino

A Guide to Haunted New England Tales from Mount Washington to the Newport Cliffs — Thomas D’Agostino

Thomas D'Agostino

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Mythos The Greek Myths Retold — Stephen Fry

Mythos The Greek Myths Retold

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

What to Do When You Meet Cthulhu A Guide to Surviving the Cthulhu Mythos — Rachel Gray

What to Do When You Meet Cthulhu A Guide to Surviving the Cthulhu Mythos

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fairies — Anna Franklin

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fairies

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps In Search of the World’s Most Hideous Beasts — Dom Joly

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps In Search of the World’s Most Hideous Beasts

Themes: Unexplained Phenomena • Folklore & Mythology • Body, Mind & Spirit

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Unexplained Phenomena, Folklore & Mythology, Body, Mind & Spirit — the same threads that run through On Vampires by Ronald Murphy. Among the authors featured: Caren Schnur Neile, Stephen T. Asma, Roberta Simpson Brown, Corvis Nocturnum, and others.

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