Robert Damon Schneck is an American writer specializing in anomalous phenomena and historical oddities.

A resident of New Jersey, Schneck is the author of The President's Vampire and regular contributor to Fortean Times and Fate. He is director of the White Crow Society, a group that aims to educate and help those who have witnessed or experienced paranormal or other strange phenomena.

A chapter from The President's Vampire was adapted into the screenplay for the horror film The Bye Bye Man, released in January 2017 by Dimension Films/STX.[1]

He is also the author of Mrs. Wakeman vs. The Antichrist, a collection of unusual tales from American history.[2]

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Books

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  • The President's Vampire: Strange-but-True Tales of the United States of America, Anomalist Books, paperback, 2005. ISBN 1-933665-00-9
  • Mrs. Wakeman vs. the Antichrist: And Other Strange-but-True Tales from American History, Tarcher Penguin, paperback, 2014. ISBN 9781585429448

Articles

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  • "Death Had a Sagittal Crest", Fate 52 (2) #587, 1999.
  • "You Don't Know Squatch", Fate 52 (4) #589, 1999.
  • "The God Machine", Fortean Times #158, 2002, about John Murray Spear
  • "The President's Vampire", Fortean Times #189, 2004.
  • "Holy Geist!," Fortean Times #228, 2007.
  • "America's Psychic: Jeane Dixon," Fortean Times #243, 2008.
  • "The Headless Evangelist," Fortean Times #334, 2015.

References

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  1. ^ "The Bye Bye Man". 13 January 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via www.imdb.com.
  2. ^ "Mrs. Wakeman vs. the Antichrist by Robert Damon Schneck - PenguinRandomHouse.com". Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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