Haunted locations in the United States
1. US Route 66, traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles was one of the first US highways. Along the route are many areas of haunting. One of these are in Albuquerque New Mexico at the Albuquerque Press Club. Staff and visitors often hear sounds of hi-heeled shoes. At times [...]
Horror Films of the Silent Era
6) Frankenstein (1910). Perhaps the first Horror film. The 16 minute film was made at Edison Studios directed by J. Searle Dawley with Charles Ogle as the Monster.
5) Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923). The Victor Hugo classic starred Lon Chaney as Quasimodo with Wallace Worsley as Director.
4) Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920). [...]
Halloween
1) Halloween, or as it’s called in Ireland the Hallow E’en, means All Hallows Eve. It’s the night before the ‘All Hallows’. This day is also called ‘All Hallowmas’, or ‘All Saints’, or ‘All Souls’ Day and is observed on November 1. The word ‘Hallow’ means ‘sanctify’ in Old English. All Hallows Day was observed [...]
About the Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox began as one of the American League’s charter franchise in 1901. One of the leaders of the team was Cy Young, who would win 33 games that first season. They would win the first American League pennant as well as winning the first World Series against the National League in [...]
About the Colorado Rockies – Major League Baseball Team
The Colorado Rockies was one of two expansion teams that started play in 1993. Their first game was played at New York against the Mets, losing the game 3-0. Four days later they open in Denver to a record setting 80,227 fans.
Two years after playing their first game they had a season that placed [...]
Company Names – What Does That Mean? R-W
1. RSA Security – Are the first letters of the family names of its founders Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir and Len Adleman.
2. Sprint – From the parent company, Southern Pacific Railroad INTernal Communications. At the time, pipelines and railroad tracks were the cheapest place to lay communications lines, as the [...]
Company Names – What Does That Mean? L-Q
1. LG – From the combination of two Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar.
2. MGM – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Film studio formed with the merger of three companies: Metro Picture Corporation, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. Ironically Goldwyn Picture Corporation was named after the last names of Samuel Goldfish, and Edgar and Archibald [...]
Silent Film Stars that Made it in Talkies
Gilbert Roland
Roland began his silent film career in 1925 and worked with such stars as Clara Bow and Norma Talmadge. He had no problems changing over to sound pictures. His voice was strong and clear even though he did have an accent. He acted in movies until 1982.
Fay Wray
Wray began working in short silent [...]
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus is thought to have been born between August and October 1451 in Genoa, Italy. Little is known about his youth, although it is thought that he had a brother, Bartolomeo who may have worked in a cartography workshop in Lisbon. He did claim that he began his life at sea [...]
Company Names – What Does That Mean? F-K
1. Fiat – An acronym of Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Factory of Cars of Turin)
2. Genentech – From Genetic Engineering Technology.
3. Hasbro – The company was founded by Henry and Helal Hassenfeld, the Hassenfeld Brothers.
4. IKEA – The name is a composite of the first letters [...]
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