the words and worlds of John Robinson
Grab a bowl of popcorn, gather the family around and have a listen to one of the greatest (maybe accidental, maybe not) Halloween pranks ever perpetuated on an unsuspecting public. When it was first broadcast in 1938, a large portion of the six million listeners tuned in too late to hear the beginning notification that …
Continue reading "Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre on the Air: The War of the Worlds (1938)"
I have always loved Halloween. I can remember when I was a kid, before I was even of school age, slipping on a plastic mask and my brother and I walking door to door with our mother to pose the age old question, “Trick or treat?” To this day I wonder if anybody ever chooses …
In Green Town, Illinois, best friends Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade, both thirteen years old, find advertisements posted for Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show. While they are excited to have a carnival come so late into October, a lot of the townsfolk sense something strange in the air, and its not the literal approaching …
Continue reading "Book of the Month, October: Something Wicked This Way Comes"
I love Halloween. I don't know how many times I've said that here, but it's been more than once, and I'll probably say it countless times in the future, along with my unabashed devotion to autumn. For the month of October, I plan to post daily articles in the run up to Halloween. The days …
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