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The Most Iconic Summer Horror Blockbusters
It’s uncomfortably hot outside. Which can only mean it's the high season for summer horror blockbusters. Blockbusters are big budget...
Abby Brenker
Jul 25, 20253 min read


The History of Betty Boop, Popeye and The Power of Nostalgia
I’ll give it to him. Alan was on to something in episode 158 of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast when he compared Popeye to a superhero....
Abby Brenker
Jul 17, 20253 min read


The History of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Three years before Frankenstein was published, Mary Shelley traveled through Europe. While in Germany, she passed near Frankenstein Castle, which may have influenced her novel. The castle was home to Johann Conrad Dippel, an alchemist who created a tar-like substance called Dippel’s Oil. Folklore about Dippel’s experiments possibly inspired Shelley, though she never mentioned this in her journals.
Abby Brenker
Jun 26, 20253 min read
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