Manly Wade Wellman Part 5 (1960-1979)
If you missed Part 4 and the other sections, check them out. They have been expanded with new letters, links and information. Manly Wade Wellman Read More
Category: Occult Detectives
One-Shot Occult Detectives
One-shot occult detectives are more common than you know. The early comics all had to have one. After Siegel & Shuster created Dr. Occult, they Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Part 4 (1950-1959)
If you missed Part3 (Late 1940s) Manly Wade Wellman’s career continued on in the Pulps, but slowly over the years he transitioned into the historical Read More
The Werewolf Hunter
“The Werewolf Hunter” was an occult detective strip that ran in Rangers Comics #8-41 (December 1942-June 1948). The thirty-four episodes were given a house name Read More
The Monster Story
This pot begins: Originally I was going to start this with “The Monster Story begins with Frankenstein” but with a little more thought I realized Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Ghost River
“Ghost River” (Northwest Romances, Winter 1950-1951) by Tom O’Neill is a classic creepy Northern. O’Neill was a prolific Pulpster, who also wrote as E. L. Read More
Impossible Crimes: The Horror-Stained Mystery
Impossible Crimes are Mystery stories that appear to be supernatural but turn out to be explainable. These stories have a way of shoving people off Read More
Link: Do You Believe in Ghosts?
“Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I’m afraid of them.” Thus is the modern attitude toward all things ghostly, as stated by the Marquise Read More
A Night in the Lonesome October: A Game
A Night in the Lonesome October is a 1993 novel by Roger Zelazny. Some Octobers I like to play a game with it. The book Read More
The Missing Miss Bartendale
The Missing Miss Bartendale of the 1942 film version of The Undying Monster: A Tale of the Fifth Dimension (1922) is typical of the changing Read More