Includes bibliographical references. (pages 147-156).

Chapter 1 : Mysterious monsters. The "white thang" of Alabama -- The Downey booger -- The wolf woman of mobile -- Mobile's leprechaun sighting -- Alabama's Hogzilla -- real or fake? -- The Coosa River monster -- Alabama's fossilized sea serpent -- Alabama's Wampus cat -- The bell witch in Alabama -- Two-toed Tom: Alabama's monster alligator -- Huggin' Molly -- Chapter 2 : Underwater mysteries. Catzilla: just another fish story? -- Lake Martin's drowned towns -- Does a World War II-era airplane lie under Lake Martin? -- Alabama's underwater forest -- Chapter 3 : Buried secrets. Hidden civil war gold -- Fort Morgan's mystery ship -- "There's a dinosaur in my front yard!" -- Alabama's buried giants -- Alabama's ancient cave coffins -- Alabama's lost silver mine -- The lsot cannons of Fort Toulouse -- Birmingham's underground river -- Alabama's lsot pirate treasure. Chapter 4 : mysteries from the skies. The odyssey of Eastern Airlines flight 576 -- The Falkville alien -- The fyffe, Alabama sighting -- Fortean evidence from Alabama -- "It came out of the sky -- in Sunter County, Alabama" -- Ann Hodges: Alabama's only meteorite victim -- Chapter 5 : prophets and seers. Rena Teel: the seer of Millerville -- Reverend Constantine Sanders: the sleeping preacher of Mooresville, Alabama -- Edgar Cayce: Selma's sleeping prophet -- Chapter 6 : Native American legends. The Legend of Prince Madoc -- Tecumseh and the New Madrid Earthquake -- The legend of Chewacla Creek -- The little people of the Cherokee -- The legend of Noccalula Falls -- Chief Tuskaloosa and the Black Warrior River -- Chapter 7 : legendary deaths. Spartana Morisette: the lost southern belle -- Harper Lee and the voodoo preacher of Alexander City -- Daniel Webster Sanderson's lonely death -- Hazel Farris: the Bessemer mummy -- Chapter 8 : mysterious disappearances. The strange case of Orion Williamson -- Austin Mize and the ghost ship Cyclops -- The disappearance of Harris Rufus Loggins -- The Brasher-Dye mystery -- The case of the missing Sunday school teacher -- Chapter 9 : legendary places -- Bear Creek Swamp -- The face in the window of the Pickens County courthouse -- Birmingham's ram-headed storyteller fountain -- The Ave Maria grotto -- Enterprises's monument to the Boll Weevil -- The crying pecan tree of Needham, Alabama -- WHat is underneath Birmingham's botanical gardens? -- Mount Nebo cemetary -- Hal's kingdom -- Oak Mountain tunnel -- Blakely's legendary oaks -- Chapter 10 : university legends. The lady who saved the president's mansion at the University of Alabama -- The legends of Athens State University's founders hall -- The covered bridge at the University of West Alabama -- The strange history of Auburn University's war eagle -- Chapter 11 : legendary characters -- Mobile's runaway princess -- Here comes the goat man! -- Lou Wooster: the madam who saved Birmingham -- Maria Fearing: the slave-turned-missionary -- Railroad Bill: Alabama's shape-shifting outlaw.