Top Ten Evil Clown Stories of 2013

WARNING: NOT FORCOULROPHOBICS#1 ~ Northampton Clown EpidemicThis was the top scary clown story of the year.The sightings of a mystery clown may have been taking place for some time, but reports of them tied his initial appearance to Friday the 13th of September. In the British town of Northampton, the creepy clown was of a man with white face, red hair and sharply arched eyebrows. He appeared in two separate areas of Northampton.These...

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Did The Nazis Steal Christmas?

 In recent years, the topic of Nazis and Christmas has been re-visited a few times. Why?Swastika Christmas tree ornaments, "Germanic" cookies and made-up traditions: A new exhibition highlights how the Nazis tried to take Christ out of Christmas. But their attempts to hijack a festival that began with the birth of a Jewish child weren't entirely successful.Read...here.If the Nazis were sworn enemies of Christianity, why were they so obsessed...

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Santa Terror

Santa baby, just slip a Sable under the tree for me;Been an awful good girl, Santa baby,So hurry down the chimney tonight...~ "Santa Baby" was written by J. Javits, P. Springer, T. Springer.Santa Claus is coming to town.We have grown to expect some dark news associated with Santa in most years. On two of my "evil clown" lists, Santas were part of the story.My 2008 list ended with the ultimate evil twisted clown-like finale to the year of 2008,...

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Elm Guest House: Sex Abuse and the Name Game

"Elm House" or "Elm Guest House" is a British phrase that has become a larger than life scandal in the United Kingdom, during 2013. In terms of completeness, I felt the need to mention it here before the year's end. This seems especially true as the name game is working overtime with this one.Elm HouseIn November, you will recall, I posted "Elm Street: The Mason Road of JFK/King-Kill/33," and that may be consulted for more on the background significance...

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The Curious Incident of the Collapse of the Apollo Ceiling

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which was adapted to the theater from the 2003 mystery novel by British writer Mark Haddon, is about a 15-year-old boy's investigation into the death of a neighborhood dog. The production about a boy mathematician with Asperger syndrome is also among the most popular plays currently running in the West End.That play was being performed when the ceiling of the Apollo Theater fell on the evening...

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A Year After Sandy Hook Shooting, Another Colorado School Shooting

Update: December 21, Colorado high school shooting victim Claire Davis dies in hospital, according to CBS Denver.Updated: The deceased suspect of this incident has been identified as Karl Halverson Pierson, 18, who had recently been removed from the debate team.Pierson was targeting Tracy Murphy, the school's librarian and Speech and Debate coach.Karl, in the German form of Charles / Carl (Old German) means "free man" and Karl, from the...

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Pearl Harbor: A Synchromystical Place?

Americans tend to brutally and concretely remember the "Pearl Harbor Attack." I find great affection for the Japanese today, but my mother (born in 1927) grew up hating them. This generational split about "December 7th" is disappearing, and we can now speak to the fact that the location is mystical. There is another side of Pearl Harbor. I'm not talking about the many myths associated with the actual 1941 military action (see here). It was a...

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The Goblin Universe's Colin Wilson Dies

December 5th is the day on which Nelson Mandela, and, now we learn, Colin Henry Wilson, 82, died. He suffered a stroke in June 2012 and lost his ability to speak. He passed away on Thursday.Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was a prolific English writer who first came to prominence as a philosopher and novelist. Wilson also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism, the paranormal, and other topics.In terms of a fiction writer, Wilson sometimes...

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Van Winkle Dies In Oz: Death in the Kansas City Chiefs Parking Lot

A man is sleeping, wakes up, gets in a fight, and dies. It does not seem remarkable, at first, until you begin to look at the name of the individual, the date of the incident, and the location.The story:A man who owned a Jeep and his son returned to their vehicle in a football stadium's parking lot after Sunday's game. They find a sleeping man "who did not belong" inside the Jeep. This discovery resulted in a fight between the specific owner of the...

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The Gods Will Rage: Spuyten Duyvil, Clutha, and Hercules

What has upset the gods?Thor: The Dark World opened November 8, 2013, but it was on the weekend of November 29th when the gods wished to be heard. We are in the midst of a tension-filled time of transportation-related wrecks, some of which reflect decidedly name game linkages. SPUYTEN DUYVILOn Sunday, December 1, 2013, at 7:20 a.m., a Metro-North commuter train derailed in the Bronx borough of New York City, killing four passengers, and...

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