Hi Reddit - I’m Colin Dickey, a cultural historian and the author of several books, including Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places and The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained.

My newest book, Land of Delusion, is now available exclusively on Scribd in ebook and audiobook formats. Land of Delusion explores how fringe beliefs infiltrate the mainstream and what it means for our future. I introduce readers to two particularly bizarre theories gaining traction in the United States and Russia. The first is Tartaria, a great empire that spread across the globe from Russia, only to be destroyed by evil schemers who erased it from the history books. The second theory I highlight is The New Chronologists, a group who claims that history began only eight hundred years ago and that the world was originally dominated by blond, blue-eyed Slavs.

As with other AMAs, I’ll answer the questions that get the most upvotes from the community. Once they’re selected, I will answer as many of them as I can.

And feel free to check out my piece Land of Delusion on Scribd in the meantime: https://bit.ly/ReadLandofDelusion 

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