Fringe-ology

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FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Volk, Steve.

Fringe-ology : how I tried to explain away the unexplainable—and couldn’t / Steve Volk. — 1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978–0–06–185771–3

1. Parapsychology. 2. Supernatural. I. Title.

BF1031.V65 2011

130—dc 222010048655

11 12 13 14 15 RRD(H) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1