Ghastly Gaslight Shadows – The Lemp Brewery
An Ancient Historian, Lacey Rhinehardt, describes the area around Lemp Brewery as a region ripe with “layers of history.” Continue reading Ghastly Gaslight Shadows – The Lemp Brewery
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“Winchester” Movie Review
To the Cinema! A Review of the Movie “Winchester” Winchester opens with a scene of a fictional Dr. Eric Price (played by Jason Clarke) taking medications to deal with his troubled past. He’s just been hired by the Winchester Rifle Company to determine the sanity of Sara Winchester, and her ability to head the Winchester Rifle empire. But one immediately wonders if a man so haunted by the death of a spouse is fit to judge the mental capacity of a wealthy heiress? What’s Winchester About? A Widow’s Wild World Dr. Price arrives at the bustling Winchester Mystery House with construction workers swarming all over the … Continue reading “Winchester” Movie Review
Ghastly by Gaslight: The Winchester “Mystery House”
With the release of the new movie Winchester, there’s been quite a bit of renewed interest in the Winchester Mystery House. (See trailer below) This immense puzzle of a Queen Anne Victorian style mansion can be found at 525 S. … Continue reading Ghastly by Gaslight: The Winchester “Mystery House”
Sleepy Hollow (1999) Punks an American Revolution Myth
The History of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The story first appeared in print in 1820 as a short story. Since then, it’s gone on to be one of the most enduring American ghost stories of all time. In Washington Irving’s original tale, a hapless schoolteacher in New York state is pursued by a ghost in 1790. I remember watching a short Disney adaptation at Halloween every year in elementary school. Compared to its adaptation by director Tim Burton in 1999, that was definitely child’s play. The Movie Punks the Original In the film, the character of Ichabod Crane has been fundamentally altered. (Except, perhaps, for … Continue reading Sleepy Hollow (1999) Punks an American Revolution Myth
