After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.(IMDb.com)
Month: October 2019
A Mummy Comes to Life, 1914
Page from a Majestic Theater program, Chicago, May, 11, 1914
Dime Mystery, Sept, 1939
Halloween Postcards, 1900s
Halloween postcards from the early 1900s
Clue, 1949
Clue (Cluedo, outside of the US) is a murder mystery game that was first published in Leeds, England in 1949. The game was devised by Anthony E. Pratt.
From Hell
Letter from Jack the Ripper, delivered in a box with half of a kidney. It was sent to George Lusk the Chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee
From Hell
Mr Lusk
Sor
I send you half the kidne I took from one women preserved it for you the other piece I fried and ate it was very nice. I may send you the bloody knif that took it out if only you wate a little longer.
Signed
Catch me when you can Mishter Lusk
Global Warming, 1922
Apparently global warming is nothing new…
America’s WWII Shopping List, 1963
Before the letters to the editors started being published, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby included some historical information towards the back of the Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos comic. Issue #3 was a shopping list for WW2
TV Channels, March 19-25, 1967
Cover to the TV Channels weekly newspaper television guide, featuring Batman and the Green Hornet.
Ghoul Proof, 1909
A steel-reinforced cement, ghoul proof, coffin, The “ghouls” in this case are grave robbers… or are they?
