Most of us are familiar with the idea of a werewolf - that someone can change, either deliberately or unwillingly, into a ravenous creature - but is there some justification for such a belief?
From the shadowy coffin of Dracula to the high school hero Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the love story of Edward and Bella of Twilight fame, vampires have fascinated humans for centuries.
When our ancestors gazed upon the skies thousands of years ago they looked up into the centre of Creation and saw a mighty Dragon, a great celestial serpent with wings circling ceaselessly above them, night after night, century after century.
Forty strange-but-true historical happenings-from a thirty-eight-minute war to the time when a top-hat caused a riot-from the author of Lies You Learned in School.
Behind every myth, fairy tale and legend-hidden within the art, song and structures of ancient times-is an encoded layer of wisdom, science and truth passed down throughout history.