Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Conspiracy Theory and the Paranormal in the Late Twentieth Century
Chapter 2: Paranoid and Paranormal Precursors from the 1960s to the 1990s
Chapter 3: The X-Files: The Intersection of Real and Manufactured Mythology
Chapter 4: “History as We Know It Is a Lie”: Dark Skies, Roswell, and Paranoid History in 1990s Television
Chapter 5: Sinister Forces: The Conspiratorial Mood in 1990s Science Fiction Television
Chapter 6: Our Dark Future: The Intersection of Conspiracy and Technology
Epilogue: Changing Times and Changing Fears
Videography
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the Author

Aaron John Gulyas is associate professor of history at Mott Community College, Flint, Michigan, and also serves as a Faculty Technology Consultant for the college’s Center for Teaching and Learning. He is the author of Extraterrestrials and the American Zeitgeist: Alien Contact Tales since the 1950s (2013).

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