The Crazy Real-Life Story Of The Woman Who Created Vampira United Archives/Getty Images
By William J. Wright/Jan. 25, 2021 1:25 pm EDT
In May 1954, insomniacs, TV junkies, and horror movie fans in Southern California would see something unlike anything else on the tube. At the stroke of midnight, viewers tuning into Los Angeles KABC-TV were greeted with the image of a ghostly figure slinking through a fog-shrouded hallway. Stepping into a tight closeup, a beautiful but vaguely sinister woman with impossibly arched eyebrows, coal-black hair, and deathly pale skin looked directly into the camera and emitted a blood-curdling scream, ushering in a new chapter in horror entertainment. This was Vampira, and television would never be the same.
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I ve just been poring over the news accounts of the demonstrations in Washington, D.C. The demonstrations held on July 4, 1970 I mean. Because I was there. I was of course inspired by accounts of the current demonstrations. I was … Continue reading →
I ve just been poring over the news accounts of the demonstrations in Washington, D.C.
The demonstrations held on July 4, 1970 I mean. Because I was there.
I was of course inspired by accounts of the current demonstrations. I was trying to find details after hearing there had been fatalities when it struck me that I d been there before.
The best cigars and Red Skelton at the Colony
By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com
Editor’s note We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from back in the day.
This week in 1886, the Hillsborough Gazette reported that J.M. Jones had a small tobacco shop at 28 S. High St. in Hillsboro, and advertised he had “the best two-for-a-nickel cigars in town.” Next door at Quinn’s Drug Store, coal could be had for $2 per wagon load.
Jose Gabriel Martinez, who died of the coronavirus in April, was at the heart of his family’s New Year’s Eve celebrations every year. “I’m going to seal 2020 for life,” his son said. “I don’t want to come back to it.”