Robert Damon Schneck
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.
He is also the author of Mrs. Wakeman vs. The Antichrist, a collection of unusual tales from American history.
Books
- The President's Vampire: Strange-but-True Tales of the United States of America, Anomalist Books, paperback, 2005.
- Mrs. Wakeman vs. the Antichrist: And Other Strange-but-True Tales from American History, Tarcher Penguin, paperback, 2014.
Articles
- "Death Had a Sagittal Crest", Fate 52 #587, 1999.
- "You Don't Know Squatch", Fate 52 #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.