America's answer to Agatha Christie, who penned many Gothic novels and the play The Bat (1920), which was later adapted as a 1926 film, titled The Bat. It is believed that this film inspired Bob Kane to create the character known to many as Batman

A brilliant online talk with B. Rae Grosz on Marie Roberts Rinehart and special thanks to @romgothsam.bsky.social

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Former house of Britain's first prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, and his son Horace Walpole, the author of The Castle of Otranto.

The address is 5 Arlington Street, London, SW1A 1RA

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Happy Halloween, my Nightlings 🖤
May your path glow with candlelight and mischief.
Be safe in your hunt for sweets — and may the tricks be merciful. 🎃
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I came across this blue plaque on Tuesday.

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Spotted this last Tuesday.

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The bust of Henry James at Chelesa Library.

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Happy birthday Edgar Allan Poe. The master of the macabre.

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