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Pursuing the Lady in White: Part One 24 Oct 2010 | 02:33 am
For this Halloween season I decided to visit destinations tied with the production of the movie Lady in White (1988) and the legend which inspired the movie. Despite having lived in the Rochester, New...
Fright Rags: We Belong Alive 12 Oct 2010 | 02:20 am
It is little off from our usual topics, but I wanted to call attention to the wonderful work being done by the Fright Rags horror T-shirt company. They recently released this limited edition breast ca...
The Black Dog of Lake Erie 14 May 2010 | 01:37 am
A week from tomorrow will be 119 years since the sinking of the Thomas Hume. The schooner was returning to its home port in Muskegon, Michigan when it vanished on May 21, 1891. Many rumors were caused...
Odd Tales of the Lincoln Assassination 12 Apr 2010 | 02:42 am
This Wednesday will be the 145th anniversary of the assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was shot in the head by actor John Wilkes Booth as the President and his w...
Happy Birthday, Frozen Dead Guy! 1 Mar 2010 | 11:20 am
Today would have been the 110th birthday of Bredo Morstoel. “Grandpa Bredo”, as he is now known to locals in Nederland, Colorado, passed away on November 6, 1989 at the age of 89, but his story didn't...
Honoring the Man in Black 26 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am
Tomorrow marks 78 years since the birth of Johnny Cash. His final album, American VI: Ain't No Grave, came out this past Tuesday, more than six years after the iconic musician passed away. Johnny Cash...
The Haunting of the Hotel del Cornado 16 Feb 2010 | 04:54 am
This coming Friday will mark 122 years since the Hotel del Coronado opened for business. The hotel was possibly an inspiration for description of the Emerald City in some of author Frank L. Baum's Lan...
Own Bill Murray's Mansion! 9 Feb 2010 | 07:15 am
Okay, it's not really Bill Murray's mansion; it's the house in Georgia that was used as the fictional home of Bill Murray in the film Zombieland (2009). I should also mention that you will need at lea...
Elastic Park 8 Feb 2010 | 06:23 am
Larry Moss, the artist behind the Balloon Manor Halloween attraction (see Balloon Manor), is at it again. His newest project is called Elastic Park; it is an interactive dinosaur-themed exhibit featur...
Top 20 Dark Destinations for Month of January 2010 1 Feb 2010 | 05:09 am
Typically when we blog one of our top 20, 25 or 50 lists, Casey or I will post the top locations on the site based on the hits each article has gotten since its creation. We thought we'd do something ...
