I saw this as a child and was intrigued. I had not started to school yet. My mom was a time life fan and ended up with some of these books. This is during the same time she started to get serious ablut her church life. I would look through them whenever I saw them laying around. She told me not to bother them, she got rid of them and I learned they were "demonic". AAAHHHHhh. The simple-minded church life. Gotta miss it, right?
Chicago: A man is about to get on a routine flight. Suddenly, he pauses. He doesn't know why, but he's got to walk away. An hour later, the plane goes down in flames.
Has anyone ever mentioned who that man was. I think the man was Lindsay Wagner, an actress known for her role as The Bionic Woman. She was about to board the ill-fated American Airlines flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles on May 25, 1979, but felt uneasy and decided to walk away.
I've enjoyed and found this series of books extremely interesting for years. So glad I bought the series. And have used them when teaching my ESP and Tarot classes.
My Grandma gave my family this set when I was a kid....always loved the "Read the book" commercials back then. The set of books were actually really high quality, with lots of pictures on heavy, glossy paper. I still have them somewhere...
@SalaMirandus yeah. Somehow I can't find it yet... Was something about home improvement things, the guy was talking to his wife, she kept asking questions about what topics it covered, and he kept chiming "read the book" until she started replying with him, which actually was a way the company could just add more books if a topic was not covered and add it to the series. Genious mind-game consumer techniques.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who is STILL freaked out by this commercial. I used to have to change the channel if it ever came on because it scared me.
Why would somebody bring a wire antenna with them on their trip to Stonehenge? Visiting an ancient monument without an antenna is kind of like going on a fishing trip without your battleaxe. And why would they start bending it into egyptian symbols and pointing it at the stones? How many shapes did this visitor have to go through to find one that worked?
I just made a reference to this commercial in a conversation with someone too young to remember it. Thank you for posting this blast from the past! It simultaneously made me laugh and shiver at the same time.
I remember this commercial when I was in my Junior high school years. It is very spooky when I saw it for the first time back then, and still today it still gives me the creep. Whoever posted this commercial, thank you very much.
Totally remember this commercial during the whole 'supernatural' resurgence in the late 80s. Creepy commercial at the time, but the ordering announcer's cheezy voice totally kills the mood at the end.
They are externalizing certain "mysterys" because they think we have entered the age of light or A.L.
These New aged publishers are trying to indoctrinate many into this paranormal: I am infinite consciousness god-complex type persona. Be aware of lucifers work but not of it. Be wise as a serpent but gentle as a lamb.
Thank you so much for posting this! This was unbelievably scary and interesting the first time I saw it when I was about 10. My parents got me the series, and I'm actually typing this on a netbook with "Mysterious Creatures" placed underneath it.
1:10 alien lifeform maybe? scene at 1:03 is also on the their 1988 commercial How can you explain it before the bloody hands scene. I use snapshots of this video for windows walpaper.
i was looking for the time life books mystic places commercial that started off with some old woman stealing tomatoes in a grocery store. and it also had two puppets at the end who were supposed to be a married couple laying in bed....that used to creep me the HELL out when i was kid.
When did that plane cash actually happen? There was one that occured here in chicago a long time ago. That woman 21 fraked me out. As for stonehendge, Well are there any former Def Leppard groupies here? They're from england and were touring at the time. Someone could've asked one of those guys if they've ever tried that thing at stonehendge. Or to try it when they got back to england.
These commercials (and the Horror book series) always creeped me out when I was kid. Even while I was watching this clip, I was thinking "isn't this the commercial where that guy pointed the divining rod at stonehenge and got zapped?" I also remember the airplane crash-dream part, and the part when the woman gets the pain in her hand, while her daughter touches the stove. Memory lane! Thanks for posting.
I remember these commercials too as a kid, and the minute they came on I had to switch the channel. Wow, they seem very mild now in nature. What a difference 20 years makes. HEHEHE
That's so true. Those times were so innocent! Nowadays there's more graphic-type material on tv. Do you remember the opening for the original "Ripley's believe it or not," from the early 80's? That one and some of the segments from "That's incredible," used to creep me out too. LOL! Oh well, we always had the great cartoons to help us forget. XD
I have the collection hte same way I got them. All in new condition. But, I believe i may be missing one book. Where can I get the whole list of this collection?
I'm also lookig for that book, "Alien Encounters." That one, and the other two UFO related books: "JIMI HENDRIX: Starchild" and "ALIEN ROCK: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection" are on my list.
I remember finally getting this set when I was in 5th grade, after begging my parents for a year. It was pretty awsome, though I actually don't buy into much of this stuff. It is amusing that I was so excited about getting these books back when I was 11.
Why did they say it's "dismissed as coincidence?" That's a perfectly sound explanation for all these things, especially when you think of all the countless times these same people were WRONG!
magicianspirit: I agree with you for the most part. It's funny how often ordinary people say strange events "can't be coincidence" but then, isn't that the definition of coincidence? I mean, coincidences are supposed to be unusual and strange, so how can they all be purposeful or meaningful? Some have to be coincidences.
Which Time-Life book series was it that had the commercial that said:
"If you traveled around the earth at light speed for one year, when you returned to earth you would be the same age, but your child would be an old man."
THANK YOU SO MUCH~!!!! stonehenge with the TV antenna. This is the one!!!!! Thank you so much! Where did you get this one? O man this is the FIRST ONE before the one I did. Commercial debut was August/September of 1987, then the all time scariest in 1988, and final one Read the Book Guy in 1990.
I saw this as a child and was intrigued. I had not started to school yet. My mom was a time life fan and ended up with some of these books. This is during the same time she started to get serious ablut her church life. I would look through them whenever I saw them laying around. She told me not to bother them, she got rid of them and I learned they were "demonic". AAAHHHHhh. The simple-minded church life. Gotta miss it, right?
trinasmi 1 week ago
Chicago: A man is about to get on a routine flight. Suddenly, he pauses. He doesn't know why, but he's got to walk away. An hour later, the plane goes down in flames.
Has anyone ever mentioned who that man was. I think the man was Lindsay Wagner, an actress known for her role as The Bionic Woman. She was about to board the ill-fated American Airlines flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles on May 25, 1979, but felt uneasy and decided to walk away.
bearpaw72 2 months ago
I have to check my underwear
sz42781 4 months ago
This commercial fucked me up as a child
sz42781 4 months ago
I've enjoyed and found this series of books extremely interesting for years. So glad I bought the series. And have used them when teaching my ESP and Tarot classes.
catholicpagan 7 months ago
My Grandma gave my family this set when I was a kid....always loved the "Read the book" commercials back then. The set of books were actually really high quality, with lots of pictures on heavy, glossy paper. I still have them somewhere...
SuperAmanda420 11 months ago
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jackman00110101 1 year ago
remember the commercial that the people kept saying, "read the book."??? Anyone remember that?
SalaMirandus 1 year ago 2
@SalaMirandus yeah. Somehow I can't find it yet... Was something about home improvement things, the guy was talking to his wife, she kept asking questions about what topics it covered, and he kept chiming "read the book" until she started replying with him, which actually was a way the company could just add more books if a topic was not covered and add it to the series. Genious mind-game consumer techniques.
usadragonroar 1 year ago
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who is STILL freaked out by this commercial. I used to have to change the channel if it ever came on because it scared me.
MdnightWnd 1 year ago
@MdnightWnd ME TOO! I was 8 when this commercial came out. I was freaked out about the coal slag one.
madamewoselle 1 year ago
Why would somebody bring a wire antenna with them on their trip to Stonehenge? Visiting an ancient monument without an antenna is kind of like going on a fishing trip without your battleaxe. And why would they start bending it into egyptian symbols and pointing it at the stones? How many shapes did this visitor have to go through to find one that worked?
BigTex1992 1 year ago
I just made a reference to this commercial in a conversation with someone too young to remember it. Thank you for posting this blast from the past! It simultaneously made me laugh and shiver at the same time.
sandyha22 1 year ago
I remember this commercial when I was in my Junior high school years. It is very spooky when I saw it for the first time back then, and still today it still gives me the creep. Whoever posted this commercial, thank you very much.
baguinaldo1972 1 year ago
I used to have these books.Then a garage sale or two happened and im a crazy book gone or 2.
damnittwice 1 year ago
These Books where referenced in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000
QuantumStranger 1 year ago
i heard that time life did disks for the philips cdi on photography as well as astrology
tinkerthecat 2 years ago
Totally remember this commercial during the whole 'supernatural' resurgence in the late 80s. Creepy commercial at the time, but the ordering announcer's cheezy voice totally kills the mood at the end.
2bin 2 years ago
@2bin I used to get relieved when the cheezy guy came on because I knew I was safe. LOL
madamewoselle 1 year ago
These books were hugely popular and were stolen from the local library on a regular basis.
They only have one or two left out of the entire set. If Time-Life were to do a reissue or a remake, they'd probably make out like bandits.
Warlocke000 2 years ago
I remember I used to stay up until 3:00 in the morning and saw this commercial and it scared the shit out of me.....(sigh) to be young again !
202shawnb 2 years ago 14
@202shawnb You too?!
carchavtube 2 months ago
I love this time life commercial! I ordered the entire book series and i enjoyed reading them! Exciting to read!
yourvillaormine 2 years ago 4
::*::*:: Great memories.
Omega7adam 2 years ago 2
They are externalizing certain "mysterys" because they think we have entered the age of light or A.L.
These New aged publishers are trying to indoctrinate many into this paranormal: I am infinite consciousness god-complex type persona. Be aware of lucifers work but not of it. Be wise as a serpent but gentle as a lamb.
wetwarez 2 years ago
Time-Life Books is a 'New Age' publisher? Please.
djhutchison 2 years ago
This commercial still creeps me out.
dirtybutter 2 years ago 13
Me too!!
kaatiya 2 years ago 4
@dirtybutter
me too!
mmangum4444 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting this! This was unbelievably scary and interesting the first time I saw it when I was about 10. My parents got me the series, and I'm actually typing this on a netbook with "Mysterious Creatures" placed underneath it.
rhodey11 2 years ago 5
Anyone know what that image that appears at 1:10 is of?
OneMillionSuns 2 years ago 3
1:10 alien lifeform maybe? scene at 1:03 is also on the their 1988 commercial How can you explain it before the bloody hands scene. I use snapshots of this video for windows walpaper.
willdav713 2 years ago 4
Sorry I didn't word my question right, but I meant to ask what is the art exactly...from the Nazca lines or what?
OneMillionSuns 2 years ago 4
i was looking for the time life books mystic places commercial that started off with some old woman stealing tomatoes in a grocery store. and it also had two puppets at the end who were supposed to be a married couple laying in bed....that used to creep me the HELL out when i was kid.
Sallied 3 years ago 3
When did that plane cash actually happen? There was one that occured here in chicago a long time ago. That woman 21 fraked me out. As for stonehendge, Well are there any former Def Leppard groupies here? They're from england and were touring at the time. Someone could've asked one of those guys if they've ever tried that thing at stonehendge. Or to try it when they got back to england.
horizon327 3 years ago 2
i was creeped out by that commercial as a child. where the f*** can i find those books?
78thedayafter 3 years ago
i work at a public library and this series has been donated in its entirity at least 5 times in my two years working there haha.
horrormike 3 years ago
I remember this! This is a classic! Thanks for posting! Great Job!
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prlad85 3 years ago
Man, it really sucks for all the people who didn't get a "feeling" and got on that plane.
And it also sort of sucks for the woman whose only psychic power seems to be "feeling pain at a distance."
SultanOfSurreal 3 years ago 3
These commercials (and the Horror book series) always creeped me out when I was kid. Even while I was watching this clip, I was thinking "isn't this the commercial where that guy pointed the divining rod at stonehenge and got zapped?" I also remember the airplane crash-dream part, and the part when the woman gets the pain in her hand, while her daughter touches the stove. Memory lane! Thanks for posting.
soundsfromnothing 3 years ago 4
I remember these commercials too as a kid, and the minute they came on I had to switch the channel. Wow, they seem very mild now in nature. What a difference 20 years makes. HEHEHE
DRubyD 3 years ago 3
That's so true. Those times were so innocent! Nowadays there's more graphic-type material on tv. Do you remember the opening for the original "Ripley's believe it or not," from the early 80's? That one and some of the segments from "That's incredible," used to creep me out too. LOL! Oh well, we always had the great cartoons to help us forget. XD
soundsfromnothing 3 years ago
I have the collection hte same way I got them. All in new condition. But, I believe i may be missing one book. Where can I get the whole list of this collection?
BoricuaByDesign 3 years ago
Thank you for posting this!!!! I love this commercial. I only need one more book (_Alien Encounters_) in this series to complete my set!
GhostHostAnth 3 years ago
Your welcome. Good luck on your search.
elithecat 3 years ago
Thanks! :)
GhostHostAnth 3 years ago
I'm also lookig for that book, "Alien Encounters." That one, and the other two UFO related books: "JIMI HENDRIX: Starchild" and "ALIEN ROCK: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection" are on my list.
Stratman78 3 years ago
@GhostHostAnth Thats the best one!
jackman00110101 1 year ago
This commercial alone is scarier than 99% of the "horror" movies they produce nowadays.
As a kid it always scared the shit out of me, especially the airplane part, and watching it now 20 years later it still gave me actual goosebumps.
A550RGY 3 years ago 5
awesome late 80s eeriness
mudderfocker 3 years ago 2
I remember finally getting this set when I was in 5th grade, after begging my parents for a year. It was pretty awsome, though I actually don't buy into much of this stuff. It is amusing that I was so excited about getting these books back when I was 11.
mentholisgreat 3 years ago
I haven't seen this ad Time Life's Mysteries of the Unknown for 21 years. In fact I got the 22 set last Christmas! Thank you so much!
bevamartin 3 years ago 4
Why did they say it's "dismissed as coincidence?" That's a perfectly sound explanation for all these things, especially when you think of all the countless times these same people were WRONG!
magicianspirit 3 years ago
magicianspirit: I agree with you for the most part. It's funny how often ordinary people say strange events "can't be coincidence" but then, isn't that the definition of coincidence? I mean, coincidences are supposed to be unusual and strange, so how can they all be purposeful or meaningful? Some have to be coincidences.
A550RGY 3 years ago
Which Time-Life book series was it that had the commercial that said:
"If you traveled around the earth at light speed for one year, when you returned to earth you would be the same age, but your child would be an old man."
??
PunchinTheMunchkin 3 years ago
These were the freakiest commercials! I used to get scared watching them as a kid.
AnnainCA 3 years ago 4
Especially at night. I remember this one very well. Even the music at that time was very eerie.
Stratman78 3 years ago 3
haha me too especially the series about witches with the lady at the end
NIKON777 3 years ago
THANK YOU SO MUCH~!!!! stonehenge with the TV antenna. This is the one!!!!! Thank you so much! Where did you get this one? O man this is the FIRST ONE before the one I did. Commercial debut was August/September of 1987, then the all time scariest in 1988, and final one Read the Book Guy in 1990.
willdav713 3 years ago
The original Time Life Mystic Places Book Series commercial
SpecialTVOffer 4 years ago