As I’ve never met the folks behind this project, and have no clue as to how good it will be, I probably shouldn’t be promoting it, but, as a huge fan of both H.G. Wells and Orson Welles, and a life-long lover of radio drama, I didn’t feel as though I had a choice. When […]
Tag Archives: Orson Welles
Jazz Planet promises to bring War of the Worlds to Ypsilanti on Halloween night
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1938, community theater, David Fienup, Denene Pollock, extraterrestrials, foley, George Pal, H.G. Wells, Halloween, Jeff Priskorn, Judson Fountain, Mark Bernstein, old time radio, PTD Productions, radio drama, Sara Shouhayib, Season of the Witch, sound effects, Soundopolis, subliminal messaging, Ted Woods, War of the Worlds, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti water tower 5 Comments
The unsolved mystery of Jack Brown’s 1984 murder in Ypsilanti
Every once in a while, my OCD gets the best of me, and I find myself going off on a tangent, obsessed by some little thing that, if I were anyone else, I’d probably just disregard. Recently, as you might recall, I got a little fixated, for whatever reason, by a large bell that figured […]
Posted in Mark's Life, OCD, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1984, Brenda Stumbo, conspiracy theories, contract killing, Cynthia Wilbanks, Eagle Brief, Ed Hall, Ehman and Greenstreet Real Estate, Gary Hawks, getting away with murder, historic reenactment, hit man, In Search Of, Jack Brown, Kirk Profit, Mike Hawks, murder, murder for hire, murder mystery, real estate, Roy Wilbanks, scandals, sitcom ideas, The Hearts of Age, Unsolved Mysteries, Ypsilanti police department 35 Comments
Orson Welles and his dinner with Hitler
I consider myself to be a pretty big Orson Welles fan, but, up until this evening, I never knew that he’d dined with Hitler. I suppose I still don’t know it for certain, as it’s possible that Welles is lying in this interview with Dick Cavett, but, nonetheless, I find it fascinating that he may […]
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Mark's Life Also tagged Civil War, compulsive liars, Dick Cavett, Germany, Gideon Welles, hating myself, Hitler, motivation, people I would like to interview, people whom I respect 8 Comments