The Curious Publisher:
Marc Hartzman
Marc Hartzman is the founder and publisher of Curious Publications and WeirdHistorian.com, and the author of ten published books. ABC News has called him "one of America's leading connoisseurs of the bizarre," while George Noory of Coast to Coast AM described him as "as bizarre as Robert Ripley." Hartzman considers both compliments, having been fascinated by the unusual since discovering Ripley's Believe It or Not! and the annual Guinness World Records books as a kid.
Over the years, he's written about everything from sideshow performers and ghosts to secret government projects, UFOs, Mars, Oliver Cromwell's embalmed head, oddities found on eBay, and unorthodox messages from God. His work has appeared in Mental Floss, HuffPost, AllThatsInteresting.com, Bizarre magazine, and other publications, and he's been featured on CNN, MSNBC, the History Channel, the Travel Channel, and dozens of podcasts.
Through Curious Publications, Hartzman is committed to publishing books that surprise, entertain, uncover, and revive the overlooked corners of history.
Books by Marc Hartzman
Exploding Cigars and Psychic Spies
A Curious History of the Government’s Strangest and Most Secretive Projects
To the Hilt
A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing (co-authored by Dan Meyer)
We Are Not Alone
The Extraordinary History of UFOs and Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears, and Fantasies
Chasing Ghosts
A Tour of Our Fascination with Spirits and the Supernatural
The Big Book of Mars
From Ancient Egypt to The Martian, A Deep-Space Dive into Our Obsession with the Red Planet
The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir
The Anti-Social Network Journal
God Made Me Do It
True Stories of the Worst Advice the Lord has Ever Given His Followers
American Sideshow
An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers
Found on eBay
101 Genuinely Bizarre Items from the World’s Online Yard Sale