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A movie based on Gibsontonâs carnie history will be shot locally
Titled âThe Beast Comes at Midnight,â it was inspired by the sideshow attraction known as Wolf Boy.
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The movie poster for The Beast Comes at Midnight, which is tentatively scheduled to begin filming throughout the Tampa area in July. [ Courtesy of Briefcase Pictures ]
Updated May 11
RIVERVIEW â An old banner hanging inside the Showmenâs Museum has inspired an independent movie, and possibly a series of movies, based on the areaâs history as a retirement community for carnival and sideshow workers.
The banner promotes âWolf Boy,â called such because he was covered in hair from head to toe.
Tate Farms matriarch, Jeanette Tate, dies Jeanette and Homer Tate (Source: Tate Farms) By WAFF 48 Digital Staff | December 28, 2020 at 10:55 PM CST - Updated December 28 at 11:02 PM
MERDIANVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Every year families and friends in north Alabama flock to the popular pumpkin farm, Tate Farms, during the fall.
On Dec. 27 it was announced the matriarch of the Tate family, Jeanette Tate, died.
Officials with Tate Farms, the family owned business, said she lived a life of service and was loved by many. Her and her husband, Homer Tate, together raised four children, 11 grandchildren and 23 grandchildren.
In the early years of the pumpkin patch, she worked as a tour guide and was often seen on the farm.