Building Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, Pt. 2
The second installment in the story of the Haunted Mansion going from concept to fully-realized theme park attraction covers the reboot the team went through after the World's Fair and the loss of the...
23 Loka 201336min
Building Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, Pt. 1
One of the most iconic Disney park attractions -- the Haunted Mansion -- had a development process that was anything but smooth. Budget and scheduling issues and creative differences dogged the projec...
21 Loka 201327min
Elsa Lanchester: Becoming the Bride Pt. 2
After her unconventional upbringing, Elsa's career as a performer began to take off in the late 1920s, around the same time she met her husband. But the role that would define her image came in 1935. ...
16 Loka 201329min
Elsa Lanchester: Becoming the Bride Pt. 1
You may not know her name, but her image is famous. As the love interest for Dr. Frankenstein's monster in "The Bride of Frankenstein," Elsa Lanchester became a film icon, but her life story is as int...
14 Loka 201327min
Alan L. Hart
Alan L. Hart was a doctor, writer, and prominent figure in the fields of radiology and tuberculosis control. He was also one of the first people in the U.S. to have surgery in an effort to transition ...
9 Loka 201329min
Was there a real Sweeney Todd?
Sweeney Todd is a well-known fictional character, a murderous barber who colludes with a cook to bake his victims into pies. There are many instances of the demon barber story being touted as a tale b...
7 Loka 201331min
Grove Park Inn
Like any grand old hotel, the Grove Park Inn has quite a history, involving real medicine, patent medicine, famous writers and inventors, several wars, and even a ghost story. The luxury spa exists th...
2 Loka 201346min
New England Vampire Panic
Starting in the late 1700s and running for a century, small rural communities in New England were sometimes stricken with a panicked fear that the dead were somehow feeding off the living, and many gr...
30 Syys 201336min
