Tom Baker

Joined June 2018

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Author of Haunted Indianapolis, Indiana Ghost Folklore, Midwest Maniacs, Midwest UFOs and Beyond, Scary Urban Legends, 50 Famous Fables and Folk Tales, and Notorious Crimes of the Upper Midwest.: http://tombakerbooks.weebly.com

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Alive It Is
I first saw Frankenstein, the 1931 classic starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, and Edward van Sloan, on a black-and-white tube television in Central America. It was Halloween night, and I had settled in with popcorn and treats. Delivered, I was, from the hot and sticky boredom of my life for a little over an hour, as the opening credits gave me a primitive cinematic experience that first hypnotized with a swirling circle of mysterious eyes. Superimposed over this was a featureless face. And the music was ominous, orchestral, and beautiful, pouring forth from the tiny speaker.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Horror
To the Lord of the Dead
We pay our obeisance, To the Lord of the Dead, On this most unhallowed of days, To twist in the black With the souls gone before,
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Poets
Beef
Now, this story has little to do with cutting beef. But, I, in point of fact, was doing so. Standing upon a wheel,
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Poets
The Butter Witch
Now, Words about Witches: Once, long ago, but, of all places, in Giro INDIANA, a woman was trying desperately to get her damned butter churn to cooperate.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Horror
Rosabelle, Believe
Today is the ninety-second year anniversary of the punch that ended the life of Harry Houdini. Houdini, a legendary historical figure whose name has become the literal byword for illusion, stage magic, and daredevil acts of escape, actually died on HALLOWEEN night of 1926, of peritonitis. He had lingered for eight days after being suckerpunched in the gut by an exuberant fan. Houdini, who was known to be able to withstand massive amounts of bodily damage, had not been prepared for the assault—and it killed him.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Horror
Where, Oh Where Did Oliver Go?
Indiana history is haunted by the tale of young OLIVER LERCH. One fine evening, long, long ago, young Oliver went out to the well after dinner. To getet himself a drink, one supposes.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Horror
Top 13 Scary Urban Legends
I've written two books on horrible urban legends. The first, Scary Urban Legends, was illustrated by John C. Eng, and is, really, quite good, if I do say so myself. It was published by Schiffer publishing, long, long ago.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Horror
Attack of the Jellied Whatsits
Alien encounters are pretty boring these days. Usually, they involve big-headed, black-eyed "Greys" coming into your bedroom, swooping down on your vehicle, or, in some other way, plucking you out of your normal, waking life, to throw your luckless butt into the saucer (or triangle, or indistinct sort-of flying lightship), and giving you a medical exam.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Futurism
The Hopping Hartford City Horrors
There are moments in life when we turn the corner, round the bend, and find ourselves in an old episode of the Twilight Zone.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Futurism
The Noxious Nuptials of Mad Sir John
We want to tell a little tale here. One that, really, we only know the bare bones concerning. (And there is really no humor intended by that first line. But, there is irony.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Horror
The Portrait
Victorian author CHARLES DICKENS, who wrote the ghostly classic, A Christmas Carol, penned a little ghostly story of a woman on a train and a painter, which, decades later, paranormal author FRANK EDWARDS would recount as truth.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Horror
The Hopkinsville Devils
The Fifties were a time when, quite possibly, we were more under invasion by strange little men (and tall blonde ones, too) than at any other period of our damnable history.
By Tom Baker7 years ago in Futurism

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Alive It Is

To the Lord of the Dead

Beef

The Butter Witch

Rosabelle, Believe

Where, Oh Where Did Oliver Go?

Top 13 Scary Urban Legends

Attack of the Jellied Whatsits

The Hopping Hartford City Horrors

The Noxious Nuptials of Mad Sir John

The Portrait

The Hopkinsville Devils

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