THE PASSION OF THE MUMMY
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
Four 1940s movies popularized Kharis’
legend, but cover only a small part on his
3,000 year existence. Kharis’ incredible life
continued, and rekindled hopes in the Cult
of Karnak-Arkham that it might learn
Kharis’ final secret: the chant from the
Scroll of Thoth that bestows eternal life and
youth. Priests of the Cult hoped to join the
uncanny world populated by immortals who
walk among us.
I SAW WHAT I SAW WHEN I SAW IT
Growing Up in the 1950s & 1960s
With Television Reruns & Old Movies
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
Post WWII Baby Boomers and Television
arrived together in America.
Growing up in front of a TV meant, Superman,
The Little Rascals, and Abbott & Costello.
Also, Sputnik & The Space Race, The Cold War &
Cuban Missiles, and The Eichmann Trial.
And monsters, mad doctors, twilights zones,
and outer limits.
Baby Boomers watched in their living rooms
as their world changed.
A WEREWOLF REMEMBERS
The Testament of Lawrence Stewart Talbot
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
In February 1948, Lawrence Talbot–the 20th
Century’s most famous werewolf–
disappeared in La Mirada, Florida.
In March 1948, the steamer trunk that he had
shipped from London arrived. In it were
journals telling of his fantastic life, his
endless search for peace, and his heroic
struggle against eternal evil.
CARL DENHAM’S GIANT MONSTERS
by Frank J. Dello Stritto
In 1933, adventurer Carl Denham brought a
monstrous ape to exhibit New York. It escaped
and ravaged Manhattan until shot down atop
the Empire State Building. Denham, buried in
lawsuits & indictments, fled and was never
seen in the civilized world again. Forty 40
years later, exiled Denham told his own story
to two travelers who stumbled on his island refuge.