Our Haunted Planet

By: John Keel

Narrated by: Michael Hacker

Since the beginning of recorded time, mankind has been plagued by unknown forces and beings, baffled by archaeological phenomena, and haunted by the inexplicable accuracy - and inaccuracy - of prophecies and "visions." In the classic Our Haunted Planet, John A. Keel brings into chilling focus strange truths about the Earth and its mysterious inhabitants. Could an unseen, prehuman race have taken careful measures to remain hidden from surface dwellers? Are they still watching us from their secret hiding places, manipulating and misleading us, using us for their own entertainment, and controlling our actions?

Our Haunted Planet is an entertaining survey of anomalous "Fortean" events such as UFOs, enigmatic stone monuments, Men in Black, missing ships and aircraft, phantom radio broadcasts, teleportation, missing time, black magick, tulpas, angels, demigods, tricksters, and much more.

Unlike most ufologists, who settle on a literal interpretation of such phenomena, Keel is broad-minded and courageous enough to include all possibilities - including the impact of occultists and spies on the fields of ufology, conspiracy, and cryptozoology. Modern "spooks" appear alongside the gods of the ancients, creating a mind-expanding pastiche that may either heal your soul, send you to the loony bin, or just keep you up all night as you ponder the meaning of its forbidden secrets.

©2014 Andrew B. Colvin (P)2015 Andrew B. Colvin

Interesting but questionable

The book itself is well written. Sentence structure is good and the flow is just right. There were two main problems for me with this book, however. First was the subject matter: because the author covers such a breadth of material, there is little time to go far enough in depth with any particular one. As a result, the subjects covered feel paraphrased and under represented. My second complaint is that the reader has injected sarcasm in places that feel out of place and make some of the comments made by the author feel insulting when I don’t feel that was the author’s intention. Overall, it was worth listening to. There is good information in the book but it was a struggle to listen to at times and I had to take brakes from it often.

very thought provoking

This book definitely gets you to reconsider your stance on a lot of the weird stuff that is happening (and has happened) on our planet.
The weird gets weirder.

2ND TIME LISTENING AND IT'S BETTER

LOVED IT MORE THE SECOND TIME AROUND!!

JOHN KEEL IS A MASTER DETECTIVE HIS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good

I had the paper back edition before. It was good then. But even better when narrated to you. There were just like a chapter or two that i found a bit dragging, so had to skip them. But overall it's very interesting. Especially for the open minded. The narrator was good.

Interesting analysis of planet Earth

Great book on the high strangeness it's taking place on planet Earth. An interesting book.