A Brief History This article presents a calendar of historical paranormal events that allegedly occurred in August! Please click on the dates below to learn more information about that date’s paranormal history. Digging Deeper August 2, 1343: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman (Pirate) Scorned! (Or her Ghost!) August 2, 2017: Your Chance to Preview The Dark Tower August 3, 2017: Dark Tower Review, Stephen King Brought to the Big Screen August 7, 2017: Your Chance to Preview Annabelle: Creation On August 13, 2019, we went and saw the latest horror movie from Hollywood, the movie version of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories…
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A Brief History On August 4, 1821, little Louis Vuitton was born in Anchay (Jura region), France, to a family of tradesmen and farmers. Yet, he would grow up to be the esteemed trunk designer of Empress Eugenie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. Digging Deeper Vuitton left home at the age of 13 (his parents had died prior to this move) and took the nearly 300 mile hike to Paris. Homeless, Louis sought work in the industrial revolution he found in Paris, and got a job in a box making factory. Box making then was not the automated assembly…
A Brief History On August 3, 2017, we are happy to report on our screening (last night) of the new major motion picture, The Dark Tower, a film adaptation of the book series (8 novels from 1982 to 2012) by Horror Maven Stephen King. As fans of Stephen King’s books and movies, this film was a must see, and we recommend it for all Stephen King fans and even those unfamiliar with the Dark Tower series. Digging Deeper King is perhaps the best known horror writer in the world today, and the reason for that is because his stories are…
A Brief History On August 3, 1960, the Esch family welcomed baby Eric into the world, little realizing this tiny baby would grow up to be a 425 pound behemoth of boxer, kickboxer, Toughman, MMA fighter, and of course, reality television star. Digging Deeper Born in Georgia and brought up in Michigan, (Esch picked up the nickname “Butterbean” due his large size, overweight even as a child, when he was forced to go on a diet to get under the 400 pound weight limit for Toughman), Esch got strong from hard physical work in construction, Eric was dared to enter…
A Brief History Horror fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland to see the Warner Bros. film Annabelle: Creation, the prequel to 2014’s Annabelle, before it opens in theaters on Friday, August 11. Digging Deeper She’s back! From New Line Cinema’s highly successful horror universe that always keeps audiences on the edge-of-their-seats comes the next chilling installment of the possessed doll, Annabelle, who we first met in The Conjuring. In ANNABELLE: CREATION, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and some girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home several years after the death of their little girl,…