1. Brad Steiger was an American writer of fiction and non-fiction works on the paranormal, spirituality, UFOs, true crime and biographies.
14 Facts About Brad Steiger
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Brad Steiger's books sold well to the public but were widely criticized by academics and skeptics for making far-fetched claims without scientific evidence.
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Brad Steiger identified as Lutheran until the age of eleven, when a near-death experience changed his religious beliefs.
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Brad Steiger graduated from Luther College in 1957 and the University of Iowa in 1963.
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Brad Steiger taught high school English before teaching Literature and Creative Writing at his former college from 1963 to 1967.
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Brad Steiger wrote biographies on Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, and Rudolph Valentino, the latter of which was adapted as a film in 1977.
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Brad Steiger appeared as a radio guest on Coast to Coast AM and the Jeff Rense Program.
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Brad Steiger wrote that he believed Atlantis was a real place.
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Brad Steiger declared his book Worlds Before Our Own, that the tracks at Paluxy River to be evidence for an ancient civilization of giant humans.
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Brad Steiger was a proponent of the ancient astronauts idea.
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Brad Steiger was married to Sherry Hansen Brad Steiger, an author and minister, from 1987 to his death in 2018.
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Brad Steiger died on May 6,2018, at the age of 82.
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Brad Steiger noted that Steiger failed to cite scholarly sources, gave faulty documentation and his reporting of mythology was inaccurate.
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Brad Steiger's books have drawn criticism from Jason Colavito who has stated they are filled with pseudoscientific claims.