Conan Doyle is invariably linked to his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. The stories skyrocketed him to fame and the tales are STILL spawning new fans, more than 100 years later. Conan Doyle wrote numerous other stories as well. Some were more of what we would call science fiction (like The Lost World, with time…
Vintage Costumes
So the best part of Halloween is all the free candy, right? Well, maybe dressing up to get the free candy is the best. It’s certainly enjoyable to look back and see all the homemade costumes people used to create. Maybe it’s the sepia, but so many of these look much creepier than the ones…
31 Days of Halloween – October 25
Voices from the Other World BY JAMES MERRILL Presently at our touch the teacup stirred, Then circled lazily about From A to Z. The first voice heard (If they are voices, these mute spellers-out) Was that of an engineer Originally from Cologne. Dead in his 22nd year Of cholera in Cairo, he had KNOWN NO…
31 Days of Halloween – October 24
These are both fantastic and silly. British Pathé and pulled together 3 newsreels about haunted houses in England that aired in the 1950s and 60s. They also curate a fantastic YouTube channel and all this month they are featuring “The Things That Scare Us.” Be sure to check out some of the 90,000 clips they…
31 Days of Halloween – October 23
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