Brad Steiger

1978 photo


One time Valley resident, Brad Stieger died in hospice in Mason City, Iowa, May 6, 2018, at the age of 82. He was born as Eugene E. Olson on February 19, 1936, at the Fort Dodge (Iowa) Lutheran Hospital during a blizzard. In his long career he penned over 2000 articles on paranormal subjects and authored or co-authored over 175 books, both fiction and non-fiction, which have sold 17 million copies. For a number of years Steiger lived in Scottsdale with his second wife Francene. With his columns, many books and articles and appearances on paranormal radio shows and podcasts, Steiger attracted countless fans, widespread admiration and, of course, some criticism. That comes with the territory when the territory includes Atlantis, giant humans, ancient aliens and numerous other controversial paranormal topics he wrote and talked about. He leaves behind his third wife, Sherry Hansen Steiger, two sons, three daughters, and ten grandchildren.