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Ranker: 15 Bizarre Facts About the Tragic Life of Edgar Allan Poe
the burial site of Edgar Allan Poe, 519 West Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Westminster Hall and Burying Ground
Death of Edgar Allan Poe:
The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe’s Death: 19 Theories on What Caused the Poet’s Demise
“The Bells“, Edgar Allan Poe, courtesy of Bartleby.com
There Might Be Cupcakes’ Goodreads bookshelf
This book is not for everyone. The authors are very honest about what Kermit Gosnell, and what Gosnell did went far beyond abortion. He murdered and decimated. If you are uncomfortable with Ed Gein’s story, do not read this book, for Gosnell was the same type of hoarder.
This book was finely investigated, so I only deduct one star for these reasons:
* the unnecessary, in my opinion, long chapter lecturing the reader on proper journalistic practices. It’s near the end of the book, so by the time it is reached, I as the reader have the full picture of the bizarre news dodge of this story. I don’t need a mini journalism class to drive it home.
* the occasional use of “pro-abortion” in place of “pro-choice” in general (the only person I have run across who is truly pro-abortion is Dr. Gosnell, for pro- implies enthusiasm, gusto); and, in companion with this, the introduction written by a member of the Duck Dynasty family. This case is so vile, it didn’t need to be politicized at all, in any way. Just tell the reader what Gosnell, his wife, and his staff did. You’ll probably change a lot of minds on abortion. I think these leans of bias make the annoyance of the lesson of the unbiased Fourth Estate stronger. To truly make this point, the book should have carried absolutely no agenda—including no biased language (a no-no in basic journalism) and no biased celebrity endorsement.
I can’t say this enough: this is an important case, and, despite its above flaws, an important book. But I am going to type a phrase below that was in the crime scene report about Ed Gein, and please let it be your litmus test for whether or not you should read this book.
That phrase is: cup of noses
Original post:
carla.booklikes.com/post/1610101/gosnell
The King’s Eclipse: two works originally intended to be one, Gerald’s Game
A huge thank you to Bev Vincent
…
Sun Moon Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses From Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets
Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses 1986-2035
Shakespeare: King Lear
Paradise Lost
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses
A Treatise of Eclipses of the Sun and Moon 1715-1744 by Charles Leadbetter
All of the episode’s books have been added to the podcast’s Goodreads bookshelf.
Audible recommendation for your free book to keep, for trying one month of membership free (and supporting my podcast, thank you so very much!): click through audibletrial.com/mightbecupcakes, and choose either Dolores Claiborne, narrated by the wonderful character actor Frances Sternhagen, or Gerald’s Game, narrated by the equally strong Lindsay Crouse
trailer for the film version of Dolores Claiborne
trailer for the film version of Gerald’s Game, now on Netflix:
“The Yellow-Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, one of the finest short stories written in the English language…hopefully done some justice as read by me.
Wild Unrest: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Making of “The Yellow Wall-Paper”
by Anais Nin
by Toni Morrison
by Soren Kierkegaard
I escape, one way or another. No more walls.
—Anais Nin
All of the epsiode’s books have been added to the podcast’s Goodreads bookshelf.
“Le Petit Chaperon Rouge” by Charles Perrault: The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
“Little Red-Cap” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (related to them by Jeannette and Marie Hassenpflug): The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
“The True History of Little Golden Hood” by M. Charles Marelles, collected in Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book
“The Company of Wolves” in The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter (75th anniversary edition)
The Angel’s Game
Transformations by Anne Sexton (The Complete Poems)
The Wishing Spell
my favorite: Hard Candy
The Company of Wolves
Red Riding Hood (2011)
Trick R Treat
Freeway (1996), with Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, and Amanda Plummer
The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm (Norton Critical Editions) by Jack Zipes
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim
The Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Critical Editions) by Marie Tatar
All books added to the podcast’s Goodreads bookshelf.
Lovelies, I am sorry, but I am not going to be recording and publishing until tomorrow. I almost had a syncope (POTS fainting) episode today–luckily thwarted by last week’s ER doc’s medical advice, but even “almost” tears my body up.
But it’s going to be a good one, and since I am late, I will go ahead and spill:
It’s all about the eclipse, folklore about eclipses, and all tied into The Eclipse: The King Eclipse that empowered and psychically connected Jessie Burlingame (Gerald’s Game) and Dolores Clairborne.
To get you excited and tide you over, here’s the trailer for the amazing adaption of Dolores Claiborne, starring my friend in my head Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Enjoy, and I will see you tomorrow.
The Scottish Brownie, from Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, by George Douglas, 1901
The Scottish Brownie formed a class of beings distinct in habit and disposition from the freakish and mischievous elves. He was meagre, shaggy, and wild in his appearance.
In the daytime he lurked in remote recesses of the old houses which he delighted to haunt; and in the night sedulously employed himself in discharging any laborious task which he thought might be acceptable to the family to whose service he had devoted himself. But the Brownie does not drudge from the hope of recompense. On the contrary, so delicate is his attachment that the offer of reward, but particularly of food, infallibly occasions his disappearance for ever.
Translation: leave the damn bowl of milk, honey, or porridge for your resident helpful household deity. Thank your brownie. Or…
It is told of a Brownie, who haunted a Border family now extinct, that the lady having fallen unexpectedly in labour, and the servant, who was ordered to ride to Jedburgh for the sage-femme, showing no great alertness in setting out, the familiar spirit slipt on the great-coat of the lingering domestic, rode to the town on the laird’s best horse, and returned with the midwife en croupe. During the short space of his absence, the Tweed, which they must necessarily ford, rose to a dangerous height. Brownie, who transported his charge with all rapidity, was not to be stopped by this obstacle. He plunged in with the terrified old lady, and landed her in safety where her services were wanted. Having put the horse into the stable (where it was afterwards found in a woful plight), he proceeded to the room of the servant whose duty he had discharged, and, finding him just in the act of drawing on his boots, administered to him a most merciless drubbing with his own horsewhip. Such an important service excited the gratitude of the laird, who, understanding that Brownie had been heard to express a wish to have a green coat, ordered a vestment of that colour to be made and left in his haunts. Brownie took away the green coat, but was never seen more. We may suppose that, tired of his domestic drudgery, he went in his new livery to join the fairies. (source)
He will beat your ass and leave, even if you say you’re sorry and make him a wee coat.
A sweeter sort, who won’t drub you with your own whip, look like cupcakes, and have veggie power to boot:
Sweet Potato Avocado Brownie Bites
24 mini muffins, gluten-free: Serving size: 1 mini-muffin Calories: 71 Fat: 4g Carbohydrates: 9g Sugar: 7g Sodium: 115mgFiber: 1g Protein: 1g
Hit the link for the full recipe. And make me some.
And, yes, in case you were wondering, the House Elves in the Harry Potter universe
For those who were kids at the same time as I: there were two brownies in the movie Willow
The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth Grierson
The Lore of Scotland: A Guide to Scottish Legends by Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales by Theresa Breslin
all added to the podcast’s bookshelf on Goodreads
Hecate: O! Well done! I commend your pains,
and ever one shall share i’ the gains…
Sec. Witch: By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks,
Whoever knocks!
—Macbeth
, Willam Shakespeare
, based upon the young adult novel Marianne Dreams
, by Catherine Storr
, with the amazing George C. Scott
, with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pffiefer
, the first Stephen King on the list–original story from the collection Everything’s Eventual
, and there’s the second Stephen King (screenplay
)
, directed by Ringu
and Ringu 2
director Hideo Nakata
, and the American remake (2005)
with Jennifer Connolly; based upon the short story Floating Water (浮遊する水; Fuyū Suru Mizu from the collection From the Depths of Dark Water
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (Kanji: 仄暗い水の底から) by Koji Suzuki
, based upon Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House
, sometimes also known as Stranger in Our House (1978), based upon the young adult novel by Lois Duncan
—warning for one dead goat carcass shown
, based upon the second, third and fourth books in the Oz series: The Marvelous Land of Oz
, Ozma of Oz
, and Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz
, based upon the novel by Ira Levin
plus the short Curse of the Blair Witch
(1999)
, based upon the novel by Ray Bradbury
, script written by novelist Ian McEwan, famous for Atonement
—this is a remake of the 2011 original by the same filmmakers, I have not seen the original. This is one of those movies that you will finish watching and swear it was gory. I promise you—no gore. None.
, based upon the novel by Susan Hill
bonus movie that I apparently inserted off the cuff during production: The Witch (2016)
If you would like to purchase it in print, and still support me, you may do so by buying it through Amazon in either Kindle, hardcover, or paperback format, and thank you! I highly recommend it–it is my favorite book on the history of horror, what’s good about it (and what should be avoided)…and it reads like you’re having a beer and conversation with a good friend.
From the list:
not without goo:
book: The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life At Rose Red
the books:
series order:
the book tangents:
Koji Suzuki is also the author of the Ring novels:
The novel has a sequel: Son of Rosemary
Part 1: the movie briefcasePatton Oswalt‘s book: Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life From an Addiction to Film
The Godfather (1972) …also from a novel, naturally
Movies from my childhood in episode:
Star Wars (1977)
The Rescuers (1977) …also from a novel
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Superman II (1980)
Herbie marathon: The Love Bug (1968), Herbie Rides Again (1974), Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
My books to movie list from this episode, in order:
Tie for 1. The Exorcist, The Silence of the Lambs, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4. The Dead Zone
5. Harriet the Spy
6. Frankenstein
7. Little Women
8. Hamlet
9. Interview with the Vampire
10. Dracula
special mention. Bridge to Terabithia
…and their best adaption to film, in my opinion (if given a choice):
…and don’t forget Scream (your girl’s been making it rain popcorn since 1996) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984 original) (bound in a nutshell and made a king of infinite space)
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