Comedian Jackie Gleason (1916-1987) was a television pioneer, spiritual searcher and insomniac who spent his nights reading esoteric books. Ranging from scholarly to crackpot, his 3,000 volume library spans the fringes of speculative thinking and reveals a man as concerned with the mysteries of the universe as with getting a laugh. Jackie Gleason: Library of the Paranormal pairs selections from Gleason's library with vintage newspaper coverage of "The Great One" riffing on psychic phenomena, life after death and other cherished subjects.