Reposted by MichaelSophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nancy Carroll and Buddy Rogers make faces behind director Victor Fleming’s back during the production of Abie’s Irish Rose (1928). Keep seeing this labeled as a photo of Clara during Wings so maybe if we post it with the correct information enough times the truth will persevere 0102
Reposted by MichaelRyan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives. 253930733
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’ve been a supporter for a while now and I have to say that the bonus episodes are some of the best things Andrew has done. He covers a lot of British bands that American listeners may not know much about and as an extra treat you get to hear about Rod Stewart not getting to join even more groups. 1172
Reposted by MichaelBruce Arthurs @brucearthursaz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Manning Coles (pseud. of Adelaide Frances Oke Manning & Cyril Henry Coles), best known for their Tommy Hambledon spy novels, also wrote a series of comic novels about ghostly cousins Charles and James Latimer. (UK publication as by "Francis Gaite".) My wife Hilde loved them. #SpookySunday 193
Reposted by MichaelNeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 27/09/2026Decades before the term bibliomemoir was coined, Sheila Kaye-Smith invented the genre with All the Books of My Life (1956), in which she told her life through the books that inspired, irritated, and frightened her. neglectedbooks.com/?... 23111
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This scythe wielding skeleton was was created for the phenakisticope, a device that was invented in 1832 that gave the illusion of movement. It was operated by spinning a disc decorated with a series of images and viewing their reflection in a mirror through a series of moving slits. #SpookySunday 13314
Reposted by MichaelCoffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BOOK OF DREAMS & GHOSTS 1897 Andrew Lang, best known for the coloured fairy books, was President of the Society for Psychical Research. The book poses some fundamental questions: Do you believe in ghosts? How do you define a ghost? One of the best looking ghost books. That cover! #SpookySunday 39726
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’m having trouble falling asleep. Maybe reading a good book will help me nod off. 030
Reposted by MichaelDeaf Crocodile @deafcrocodile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026***PRE-ORDER ANNOUNCEMENT*** From Toei Animation! You know him, you love him...you FEAR him! And now he's here: deafcrocodile.com/products/fra... FRANKENSTEIN, LEGEND OF TERROR (KYOFU DENSETSU: KAIKI! FURANKENSHUTAIN) – 1981, Toei Animation, 98 min. 411561
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Drop something ANIMATED!static.klipy.comGood MorningALT: Good Morning 121
Reposted by MichaelCoffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026THE MOWING DEVIL or 'Strange News out of Hartford-shire'. An English woodcut pamphlet from 1678 that narrates a tale of Satan mowing a field in Hertfordshire. The images of reaping & gleaning are reminiscent of #harvest folklore; also cited as an early example of a crop circle #FolkloreThursday 36421
Reposted by MichaelNeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 22/09/2026Doing some research, I stumbled onto a big half-page ad for an act known as the Watson Sisters from a 1944 issue of Variety. "The One and Only Original" it proclaimed. I had to know more about the Watsons. And what a career they had, I learned. Come, let's wander down this rabbit hole! 1/6 2247
Reposted by MichaelCrossroads: Folk Horror in the United States @crossroadsfolk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Pre-orders for Crossroads Issue 2: The Devil Has the Best Tunes are now open! Over the next few days and weeks, we will be sharing more information about our amazing contributors. We are so excited to get this issue in your hands:crossroads-folkhorror.bigcartel.comProductsBrowse all products from Crossroads: Folk Horror in America. 36138
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026@erinalexander.bsky.social This is an amazing collection of scanned movie magazines dating back to the earliest days of cinema. It also has quite a few early phonograph catalogs and scans of a magazine called The Phonogram that began publishing in 1891.mediahist.orgMedia History Digital Library 020
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026@jaxbra.bsky.social How many murders do you think he’s seen? This list of events is like a Detective Show Crime Scene bingo card. All that’s missing is a craft beer festival with a giant keg filled with real ale and a body. 121
Reposted by MichaelAnnie Wu @anniewu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Batman Day isn't fun for everybody. Please check on your superstitious and cowardly loved ones today. 01077308
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026@victorianmasc.bsky.social We had a great conversation about Dracula’s yellow cover some time ago, and I remembered it when I saw this Kickstarter.kickstarter.comComing soon: Bram Stoker’s Dracula: The 1897 First Edition RemadeA faithful reconstruction of the 1897 first edition, presented with Dracula’s Guest in a clothbound clamshell case. 130
Reposted by MichaelNeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 18/09/2026Just think — if you've seen 20 of the movies Joan Blondell appeared in between 1930 and 1935 ... you'd only have 18 more to go. 25310
Reposted by MichaelSophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Happy William Wellman Wednesday slash Lauren Bacall’s birthday 031
Reposted by MichaelTy Burr @tyburr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026BREAKING: The Banana Splits will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran. 2326
Reposted by MichaelJessica Pickens @hollywoodcomet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Thirteen years ago, I had the honor of interviewing Dolores Hart. That conversation became a turning point in my reporting career and led to many film-related interviews that followed. I'll forever be grateful for the opportunity. Full interview here: cometoverhollywood.com/2013/09/14/l... 193
Reposted by MichaelSarah @thebasementtan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Farewell to the great Bob Mackie, a craftsperson of such wildly life-affirming delights. 0145
Reposted by MichaelGaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Images from films starring Nicol Williamson - BOTD in 1936 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) Excalibur (1981) Return to Oz (1985) The Exorcist III (1990) 1213
Reposted by MichaelBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 13/09/2026And not forgetting: Happy Mae Questel's birthday! 4352
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Ghosts and Goblins was an obscure pulp magazine that was published in England around 1938. As far as anyone can tell, only one issued was published. Happily, you can read it on Archive.org and learn the secret of The Psychic Typewriter and other mysteries. archive.org/details/Ghos... #SpookySunday 3185
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026@thebasementtan.bsky.social I thought you might like to know that you can get a Whitman’s Sampler with about 70 different pieces of chocolate. 130
Reposted by MichaelNeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 09/09/2026From this date in 2021: a look at 15 books considered some of the best of 1976. A reminder of how evanescent critical acclaim can be. neglectedbooks.com/?... 2243
Reposted by MichaelPaul Robichaud 🪨🐐 @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Odin Stone at Stennis in Orkney was where ‘two persons, generally lovers, desirous to take the promise of Odin,’ would clasp hands through the stone, according to Sir Walter Scott in 1814. When a farmer later destroyed the stone, locals set his house on fire. #WyrdWednesday 🎨 Lady Stafford 37524
Reposted by MichaelJRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt. 6861112007
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Come for the well told tale of one of rock’s most enigmatic figures, stay for another example of why Shortnin' Bread is secretly the most influential song in American music. 0153
Reposted by MichaelCoffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE A vampiric #ghost returns from the grave to prey on her lover, dressed in her shroud. Draws on Keats & Poe & also Le Fanu & Arthur Machen. The story is from F. Marion Crawford, author of Wandering Ghosts, 1911. Image: Mihály Zichy, The Ghost Hour, 1880 #SpookySunday 1337
Reposted by MichaelFolk Horror Revival 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 06/09/2026#SpookySunday 'The drowned man's ghost tries to claim a new victim for the sea' by Danish artist Thorvald Niss (1842-1905) 18724
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor was a comic book from the early 1970s. Each issue featured Dr. Spektor investigating a different occult occurrence which was sometimes a ghostly event but it usually involved something like a mummy, werewolf or another corporeal creature he could punch. #SpookySunday 2317
Reposted by MichaelCoffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026EARLY WEREWOLF NOVEL The Mysteries of William Wolf Macmillan, 1938. Taking his cue from the various aristocrats that succumb to vampirism in fiction, Lord Ruthven, Count Dracula, etc. Sir William believes he is turning into a werewolf! The term 'Lycanthrope' appears on the cover #BookWormSaturday 0307
Reposted by MichaelThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Get your party shrouds on again tomorrow for #SpookySunday, the feed that celebrates all things ghostly. Any posts on ghosts in #folklore, fiction, poetry, art, haunted locations, popular culture etc will be most welcome. All (relevant) reposts will be found here: @spookysunday.bsky.social #ghosts 04813
Reposted by Michaelpmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026by artist Ginny Robbins 5067151205
Reposted by MichaelRikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026IDK who needs to know this but Oriental Trading is selling one gross of Harryhausen skeletons for $25 www.orientaltrading.com/bulk-mini-ha...orientaltrading.comBulk Mini Halloween Skeleton Warrior Toy Soldiers – 144 pc | Oriental TradingMarch spooky fun into Halloween celebrations with these mini skeleton warrior toy soldiers. Featuring detailed skeletal battle poses and classic army men ... 19392150
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My combination ice cream shop/gym, Crime & Punishment, is doing well. 010
Reposted by MichaelGregory Maupin @gjmaupin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Those who know me know that my Polynesian Irish pub, Lovely Houlihan's, has thrived for years, and may she ever. 231
Reposted by MichaelSophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Remember to pour one out for Russ Columbo today guys 021
Reposted by MichaelThe B-Movie Vault @thebmovievault.bsky.social · 01/09/2026KING KONG, from most accurate scale to least. 47221
Reposted by MichaelSophia D’Aurelio Adair @vitaphonezone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I was lucky enough to receive a fabulous tour of Jean Harlow’s 1932 custom-built mansion on South Beverly Glen Boulevard, now listed for the first time in decades. Read about the history of this well-preserved, idiosyncratic property and take a walkthrough: vitaphonezone.substack.com/p/inside-jea...vitaphonezone.substack.comInside Jean Harlow’s “Platinum Palace”A peek at what was better known as “The Whitest House in the World,” a 1.3 acre achromatic wonderland built for Hollywood’s crowning “Platinum Blonde” in the early 1930s. You can buy it for $16.8M 13911
Reposted by MichaelMarc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My latest piece for the The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music: First spread of the pair that comprise my lengthy interview with longtime San Franciscan Pamela Z (for the magazine's Invisible Jukebox series — issue 512, October 2026, the one with Mike Watt on the cover). 2142
Reposted by MichaelNina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#FairyTaleTuesday St. Trinian's greets the latest member of staff, illustration by the inimitable Ronald Searle (1920-2011) 28021
Reposted by MichaelGef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 30/08/2026dressage is stupid why are we letting horses dance we should teach them to do accounting and paperwork so we can be dancing 17571109
Reposted by MichaelThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026@warksfolklore.bsky.social has been highlighting phantom coaches, so I thought I might mention a couple from elsewhere. At Hatfield House, #Hertfordshire, a ghostly coach was said to not only charge up the drive but then barge into the house itself, where it would rattle up the stairs! #SpookySunday 14512
Michael @selmerguy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Prominent American Ghosts by Susie Smith was published in 1967 and she tells the stories of 20 spectres. Smith was a fine writer and her chapters devoted to topics like Hawaiian Haunts, The Bell Witch, The Ghost of the Follies and Ocean Born Mary were well told and quite spooky. #SpookySunday 0164
