by mike | Feb 4, 2021 | Life, Mysteries, Non-Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
This post, about a bizarre incident that occurred nearly a century ago in the Grand Canyon, has been viewed countless times since it first ran in 2017. Did the newlywed couple drown in the river and get washed out to sea? Were they murdered? Or did aliens abduct them...
by mike | Oct 22, 2020 | Books, Films About Writers, Movies, Non-Fiction, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
The famous White Whale of literature is grounded in fact. This post first ran in 2017. Okay, calling this 2015 historical adventure a film about a writer may be a reach. Then again, one of the primary characters is Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, so it may not...
by mike | Aug 6, 2020 | Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Non-Fiction, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Mass hysteria may have accounted for these bizarre incidents back in the day. This post first ran in 2016. This is one weird story…and I do mean weird. It occurred a long time ago, and to this day the “explanations” are no more than guesswork and speculation. Some...
by mike | Feb 24, 2020 | Horror Movies, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
In the 1956 classic sci-fi/horror movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a young boy insists that his mother is not his mother. This is followed by a woman who swears that her Uncle Ira is not her Uncle Ira. It soon escalates to an epidemic. In the excellent 1978...
by mike | Jan 30, 2020 | Films About Writers, Movies, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Issues with our government have prevailed from the time we first HAD a government. This post first ran in 2016. Some critics—predictably—knocked the 2015 biographical drama, Trumbo, for its “historical inaccuracies.” Still, this excellent film, starring Bryan Cranston...
by mike | Aug 5, 2019 | Books, Death, Holocaust, Non-Fiction, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’ve chosen this time to re-run a post from a few years back. Why? Given the horrors of the past few days, I think that’s obvious. EVIL is running rampant, and if anything it is getting worse. This morning my bride picked up the main section of our local newspaper and...