Old Time Horror Radio
It’s the evening and you have nothing to do? How about listening to some old time horror radio shows? Sounds like fun to me! Lux Radio Theatre, Mysterious Traveler, Lights Out, Quiet Please, and many more! No Lizzie though. Old Time Horror Radio. And more from The Old Time Radio Fan!.
Watch TV on your computer
Have a high speed Internet connection and don’t know how fill up your bandwidth? Here’s a cool idea! ChannelChooser lets you watch all sorts of TV streamed to you desktop. Channels include Classic Movies, Golf, Cycling, Poker, Baby, Relaxing, Crime, Mystery, Police, BBC News, Bloomberg, Research—gosh the list is HUGE! Check it out (yes it […]
Today’s Front Pages
I found this by using “stumble!” with my Firefox browser. It is a site that lists today’s front pages from newspapers all over the world. It was nice to see the Centre Daily Times again. Ah, memories! Oh, the link to the site: Today’s Front Pages.
Sherlock Holmes on the web
If you want to read again those great Sherlock Holmes books, but are on a budget, why not download the PDF of the story and read it online? 221BakerStreet.org has graciously provided the world with what appears to be the entire Holmes canon. There is also a discussion site, further links, info and just about […]
Bet you didn’t know this about Massachusetts
This type of list is right up my alley. It includes all sorts of factoids about the state of Massachusetts, most of which I never heard before. Makes me want to visit there. Oh, wait, I am going to visit there—on August 9th, at 6:30PM, I will be doing a multi-media presentation on Lizzie Borden […]
Happy Birthday Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden would have been 146 years old today, July 19.
Jack the Ripper Walking Tour
“newsscout” found a fab-u-lous link to The Jack the Ripper Walking Tour. If you are planning a trip to London, or if you just want to pretend you are there now, you must take a look! Includes: a Jack the RIpper Tour Site Map, a Walk Description, Directions, info on Ghost Walks, some Jack the […]
History Mystery
I found a cool blog by author Daniel Elton Harmon of Spartanburg, SC. It is called Mysterious Expeditions, and includes a weekly history mystery quiz. The subtitles of his blog is “For the aficionado of historical mystery literature & the student of real-life mysteries & intrigues.” It doesn’t look like he gives any answers to […]
Northwest by Northwest
I just returned from a 7 day trip to the great Northwest where we visited the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, BC, Victoria, BC, and the glorious region around Vancouver. The weather was lovely and I really believe all that doom and gloom about liquid sunshine is just a way to scare […]
Murder from above
When I made my GoogleEarth movie showing the Lizzie Borden B&B, I thought I was the first person to think of seeing this place from above. Silly me! I found this remarkable website that shows famous murder sites from the air with GoogleMaps and GoogleEarth. It is so very kewl! It is called VirtualGlobeTrotting and […]
Let’s go, but don’t forget your gloves
What a deal.
Come to Rochester, or else
Maybe Fall River could use something like this to advertise their fair city.
Police version of eBay
I am reading this terrific book titled Restless sleep: Inside New York City’s Cold Case Squad, by Stacy Horn, and she mentioned that unclaimed property held by the NYC police department is sold online at Property Room Police Auctions. Thought you might like to check it out.
Titanic’s Passengers All Rescued
It must be true. I read it here. Props to “intrepid reporter.”