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A comprehensive look at 100 years' worth of "too-famous bizarre incidents" that shocked the world! Akishima & Kodaira, the editors familiar from "A Guide to Showa-era Bizarre Incidents," along with newcomer Shinkaichi, delve into the truth behind the bizarre, unusual, and unsolved cases that colored the turbulent 20th century.

From the "clairvoyant" woman who sparked a clairvoyance boom in late Meiji-era Japan, to the "approach of Halley's Comet" feared to suffocate humanity, the "sinking of the Titanic" which claimed 1500 lives, the "Martian Invasion" radio drama uproar, "Nessie," "Emperor Kumazawa," "Tokyo subway sarin attack," and "Nostradamus's Great Prophecy" of July 1999—they get close to the truth behind the strange figures, monsters, panics, and unusual phenomena that enlivened the last 100 years of the millennium.

(Source: Bungeishunjuu, translated)