Monthly Archive for May, 2009

Pin-up of the Week: Ghost Stories April 1930

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UNCANNY, SPOOKY, CREEPY TALES

Beginning -
THE HOUSE OF SINISTER SHADOWS
By SAMRI FRIKELL

Between Two Worlds

The Room Behind Walls

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Published on May 29, 2009 in Pin-up of the Week. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Happy Birthday Vincent Price

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Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993)

Published on May 27, 2009 in Happy Birthday. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Monster Alphabet: M is for Mermaid

I don’t want to go on a rant like I did about good fairies recently so I’m just going to say that the last time I ran into a mermaid, it tried to murder me.

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Their eyes only gaze inward.

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…

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And this is the kind that has eyes that follow you around the room.

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More Monster Alphabet.

Published on May 26, 2009 in Monster Alphabet. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

Pinup of the Week: Dime Mystery January 1939

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DETECTIVE NOVELETTES OF WEIRD MYSTERY

THE RAG DOLL KILLER
by EDITH & EJLER JACOBSON

THE CASE OF THE FROZEN CORPSE
by RAY CUMMINGS

THE CHIMES OF DEATH
by RUSSELL GRAY

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Published on May 22, 2009 in Pin-up of the Week. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

Barnabas Collins Won’t Die

For those of you who read my review of Barnabas Collins, here is some more of that action. Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins. You have to love this.

…and this:

It’s just beautiful.

Published on May 20, 2009 in Art and Stuff. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .