As much time as I spend on this site talking about eating local food and supporting local businesses, and lambasting those who don’t, it strikes me as somewhat hypocritical that all of my favorite ghosts are in New England and the American South… Anyway, seeing as how it’s Halloween, this struck me as a good […]
Tag Archives: paranormal
Are there any good local ghosts?
Posted in Ann Arbor, Other, Ypsilanti Also tagged drownings, ghosts, Halloween, holidays, Huron River, It's Halloween, Philosophy of the World, The Shaggs 13 Comments
Harry Houdini: The Man from Beyond
Continuing our exploration of silent films, a few days ago, Clementine and I went to the library and checked out Harry Houdini’s 1922 film The Man From Beyond. As someone who has always been fascinated by Houdini’s preoccupation with the after-world, I found it particularly interesting. In the film, which Houdini is credited with having […]
Posted in Art and Culture Also tagged drummers with US history fetishes, Felice, Harry Houdini, Houdini Picture Corporation, Howard Hillary, life after death, Niagra Falls, Phil Collins, reincarnation, returning from the dead, silent films, the after world, the afterworld, the Alamo, The Man from Beyond 16 Comments