London After Midnight, (a.k.a., The Hypnotist) is a 1927 silent horror film starring Lon Chaney. The last known copy of the film was destroyed in the MGM vault fire of 1965. This is just a little snippet of music in tribute to it. (For those who care about such things, […]
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Time for the Handshake to Bow Out
I recently interviewed Forneus, the Great Marquis of Hell, who originally developed the handshake as a way of “spreading pestilence and suffering o’r the land. An excerpt follows. Me: So, I understand the handshake wasn’t your first attempt at spreading germs throughout the human race, right? Forneus: That’s right, Ben. […]