Tim Burton’s Lost Hansel and Gretel From Edward Scissorhands to Beetlejuice to the Nightmare Before Christmas, the dark and magical world Tim Burton creates is iconic. However, his version of the classic Brothers Grimm tale of Hansel and…

The Rise and Fall of the Futuro Home The three decades 1950's, 1960's and 1970's were remarkable times in history when two nations, the United States and the Soviet Union, were having their race to space. While the world's superpowers were pouring …

The Poughkeepsie Killer (Kendall Francois) The town of Poughkeepsie, NY had a trophy-collecting serial killer by the name of Kendall Francois in it’s midst in the late 90’s: The Poughkeepsie Killer (Kendall Francois). When young w…

MTV’s Pink Houses John Cougar Mellencamp Contest Disaster  John Cougar Mellencamp’s MTV Pink Houses contest included a pink house, pink jeep, and a toxic waste dump. MTV was in full swing in 1984, and along with the music videos…

The Man Who Killed Halloween (Ronald Clark O’Bryan) Halloween night on October 31, 1974, in Deer Park, Texas, was cold and misty. It had been raining that day, but 8-year-old Timothy O’Bryan and his 5-year-old sister Elizabeth we…