Top Ten Most Prolific Authors in Weird Tales
The most prolific authors in Weird Tales are names you know. You don’t appear a hundred times and not get noticed. Still, the question remains, Read More
Category: Ghostbreakers
The Masters of Fantasy by Neil Austin
“The Masters of Fantasy” by Neil Austin was a biography feature that ran in Famous Fantastic Mysteries from August 1947 to April 1950. In all, Read More
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine -The Halloween Issue
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, October 1981 did something special for Halloween. An issue devoted to monsters– well, criminals who appeared to be monsters anyway–in a Read More
Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters III
If you missed the last one… Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters III takes us from 1976 to 1982. These won’t be the last of Read More
The Beast of Gevaudan
The Beast of Gevaudan Of all the werewolves in history, the Beast of Gevaudan is perhaps the most intriguing. We can assume from the accounts Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Werewolf Mysteries
The early 1970s saw two films that offered werewolf mysteries. One was a TV movie and the other a theatrical release. Both hid the werewolf’s Read More
The Ghostbreakers: The Gargoyles
I recently re-watched The Gargoyles (1972) on Tubi. They have a free version that isn’t hard to watch visually. So many television movies are taken Read More
Blithe Spirits
I recently watched Blithe Spirit (2020) and was struck by how much of the Ghost Story genre is actually in this comedy. The film version Read More
The First Ghostbreaker: Athenodorus
In an earlier post I dealt with the ancient ghost stories of the Greeks and Romans. One of these in particular is interesting because it Read More
Why Ghosts Must be Scary
Ghosts, as a monster of interest to horror fans, have fallen on hard times. Films, cartoons and comic books like Casper the Friendly Ghost and Read More