Fred Lee Crisman was a fighter pilot and later educator from Tacoma, Washington known for claims of paranormal events and ties to 20th century conspiracies.
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Richard Sharpe Shaver was an American writer and artist who achieved notoriety in the years following World War II as the author of controversial stories that were printed in science fiction magazines. In Shaver's story, he claimed that he had had personal experience of a sinister ancient civilization that harbored fantastic technology in caverns under the earth. The controversy stemmed from the claim by Shaver, and his editor and publisher Ray Palmer, that Shaver's writings, while presented in the guise of fiction, were fundamentally true. Shaver's stories were promoted by Ray Palmer as "The Shaver Mystery".
Shaver's first published work, the novella "I Remember Lemuria", was the cover story in the March 1945 Amazing Stories
Shaver's first published work, the novella "I Remember Lemuria", was the cover story in the March 1945 Amazing Stories
Shaver's novella "Thought Records of Lemuria", his second published story, took the cover of the June 1945 Amazing Stories
Shaver's run of Amazing cover stories continued in September 1945 with "Cave City of Hel"