23 days ago by tychy

[“The Room in the Dragon Volant” is one of the most accomplished works of suspense ever written, and one should therefore well heed the warning that the following contains plot spoilers. Ed] The best story in Sheridan Le Fanu’s In A Glass Darkly (1872) – “The Room in the Dragon Volant” – is the only ...

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33 days ago by Aaron Polson

Not mine. A student asked about the term "graveyard shift" this morning which led to a bit of interweb TM investigation. Yes, "accidental burial" signaling devices were once in vogue. For a fascinating starting place to research the topic of premature burial, I recommend this article from Snopes.com ...

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61 days ago by mrparallel

Lowell Citizen and Daily News, July 28, 1858. Dunno who this Magee character was but will attempt to find out. I wouldn’t bet the rent on the truth value of this anecdote, but it’s a fine story.

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72 days ago by mrparallel

Washington Post, April 9, 1907. Okay, it seems like I was maybe jumping to conclusions about the sinister vampiric agenda of Dr. Icard. Detection of suspended animation and prevention of premature burial seem to have been sincere and lifelong obsessions chez lui. One wonders why, if this test worked ...

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76 days ago by Tolga Demirtaş

Pit and the Pendulum; Roger Corman‘ın yönetmenliğini yaptığı, 1842 yılında Edgar Allan Poe tarafından yazılan aynı isimli kısa hikayeden uyarlanmış bir korku filmi. Başrollerinde Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr ve Luana Anders’in oynadığı film 16.yy İspanyası’nda geçmekte. Hikaye kısaca şöy ...

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87 days ago by mrparallel

The New York Times, September 14, 1914. Lemme get this straight: Upon the injection of this Lovecraftian substance into a freshly dead person, his or her eyes turn into “superb emeralds, set like jewels in their sockets,” and then it turns out no funeral is necessary after all. Could this “Icard” (t ...

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108 days ago by mrparallel

Chicago Tribune, April 23, 1899. For a while there I was considering having my earthly remains hung up to season in a smokehouse, but now I’m think I’m leaning toward this anti-cryogenic scheme proposed by the ingenious Mr. George R. Seamans. I’m not 100% how it improves upon cremation as a means of ...

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147 days ago by Baxter

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152 days ago by OHG Staff Writer

Staff Writer: Grave Digger Reading through articles and synopses, I discovered a Poe biopic. I was excited. The casting was good, but the character names were odd. Watch out: Poe's been animated. According to the IMDB plot guide: "This is an animated biography of Edgar Allan Poe which includes four ...

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