A Brief History On September 22, 1692, eight women went on trial in Salem, Massachusetts for witchcraft, an event we used as motivation for our article, “10 More Things History Got Wrong About Women (Part 2).” Today, we will use this historic attack against women to speak highly about the 10 women that lived in the 20th or 21st Century that we personally find to be the most beautiful, most delectable, sexiest, most attractive, prettiest, and most desirable of all. The lack of quality photography prior to the 20th Century is what limits our list to modern times. We are…
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A Brief History On September 19, 1846, two shepherd children in La Salette-Fallavaux, France experienced a vision or an encounter with what has officially been recognized by the Catholic Church as a meeting with the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The event, known as Our Lady of La Salette became an important influence on religious thought, influencing such theologians as Saint John Bosco, Saint John Vianney, and writer JK Huysmans. Digging Deeper The encounter began as the 2 children, Maximin Giraud and Melanie Calvat, were returning from a local mountain where they had been tending to their families’ cows. …
A Brief History On September 8, 2017, Warner Brothers Pictures major motion picture, It, the adaptation of the creepy Stephen King horror novel (1986), will be released to theaters across the US. Last night we were privileged to review the movie at a pre-screening, or should we say, “pre-screaming?” Digging Deeper Stephen King has written books that have sold over 350 million copies, and in 1986 It was the best selling book of the year in the US. Not surprisingly, as have many of Stephen King’s stories, It was adapted for the screen in 1990 as a television mini-series. For…
A Brief History This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in September! Please click on the dates below to learn more information about that date’s paranormal history. Digging Deeper September 2, 2016: Review of Morgan (2016) September 8, 1966: The Original Star Trek Television Series Premiers on NBC September 8, 2017: History and Headlines reviews Stephen King’s It (2017) September 12, 1952: Monster Seen in West Virginia (Flatwoods Monster) September 12, 2014: Farsight Studios Makes Affordable Pinball Available to the Masses! September 14, 326: Holy Sepulchre and True Cross Found in Jerusalem! On September 14, 1975, Elizabeth Ann Seton…
A Brief History On August 8, 2017, we reflect on our screening of the upcoming (August 11, 2017) horror flick, Annabelle: Creation, a prequel to the Annabelle and Conjuring movie franchise. The quick and dirty on the movie is, the audience cheered and clapped at the end! We consider this reaction a sure sign of success. Digging Deeper An active audience participating in the film, laughing, gasping, and commenting, reminds us why we see movies in theaters instead of just on television at home. The attention of the audience was obviously held for the duration of the medium length 109 minute film. The movie builds the background of…