A Brief History On October 7, 1925, baseball great and Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson died of tuberculosis brought on by a weakening of his respiratory system due to accidental exposure to poison gas during World War I. Digging Deeper Born in 1880 in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, Mathewson grew up playing baseball, becoming a semi-pro player at only 14 years old. He went on to college at Bucknell University, where he was class president as well as playing on the football and baseball teams. At the age of 19, Mathewson won 21 games and lost only 2 in minor league…
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A Brief History On October 6, 2017, we await another weekend of NFL football while President Trump and the country wait with bated breath, waiting to see what kind of protest the NFL players will or will not participate in prior to or during the National Anthem. Digging Deeper Originally meant to protest police brutality and the wanton murder of Black men by the Police across the USA, somehow that message has gotten lost in malarkey about free speech and Constitutional Rights. POLICE ARE NOT MURDERING BLACK MEN ACROSS THE USA! People that fear the police are generally ones that…
A Brief History This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in October! Please click on the dates below to learn more information about that date’s paranormal history. Digging Deeper October 2, 1959: 10 Greatest Sci-Fi and Horror Television Shows October 3, 2014: History vs. Hollywood: Annabelle the Haunted Doll! October 4, 2017: Worrisome Wednesday: From NoEnd House to Channel Zero! October 5 and 7, 2017: Dracula and other Monsters throughout History & Literature October 6, 1945: The Curse of the Billy Goat Curses the Chicago Cubs October 9, 1992: UFO Crushes Chevy Malibu (The Peekskill Meteorite) October 9,…
A Brief History On October 5, 1607 (the same year Jamestown, Virginia was founded), Pope Paul V (yes, the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church seen in the sculptural bust above) sent assassins to kill Paolo Sarpi, a Venetian lawyer, historian, and statesman. Fortunately for Sarpi, he survived the 15 stab wounds from stilettos (the knives, not the shoes), and his attempted assassins were given refuge in Rome. Many important people have been assassinated over History, but many other attempts have failed. On April 30th we have an article, “10 Failed Assassinations”, and today we list another 10 notable failed…
A Brief History On October 4, 2017, the third episode of season two of American horror anthology television series Channel Zero will air on SyFy. Storylines for the series are based on popular creepypastas. The second announced installment is based on author Brian Russell’s NoEnd House (2011). What follows is the original short story as it appeared on the Creepypasta Wiki on October 4, 2017. This content is available per the Creative Commons License. Digging Deeper: NoEnd House by Brian Russell Let me start by saying that Peter Terry was addicted to heroin. We were friends in college and continued to be after I graduated. Notice that I…