Month: March 2024

Elvis Ghost Sightings

According to The Ghosts of Famous Musicians by Ashley Watson of Notebook of Ghosts, the ghost of Elvis is said to haunt various locations, including:

Old RCA Recording Studios (Tennessee). People have reported weird noises coming out of sound equipment, lights blowing out, objects being moved, and the apparition of The King himself.

Room 1016 of the Knickerbocker Hotel (Hollywood). Elvis stayed here when he filmed movies. Visitors and staff attribute the eerily cold temperature of the room to his spirit.

Graceland (Memphis). There’s a couple photos circulating online that supposedly capture Elvis looking out the window.

Las Vegas Hilton. People have seen his spirit in the penthouse, the basement where he hung out with his band, and the elevator he used to avoid screaming fans.

The Ryman Auditorium (Nashville). Lisa Marie Presley claims she heard her father, Elvis, while there. After a performance at the theatre she went to her dressing room, but the door was stuck and she could not get it open. Suddenly, she heard the distinct laugh of her father and the door opened.

Horror Cinema: Exte – Hair Extensions

Exte: Hair Extensions is a campy Japanese horror movie. It did a great job of never taking itself too seriously while offering gross-out body horror. The most unforgettable image was when a character’s tongue would grow thick with hair. Something about the idea of hair coming out of your tongue was too disgusting for me 🫣.

Sono, Sion. Exte: Hair Extensions, Toei Company, 2007.

Horror Cinema: Don’t Knock Twice

What impressed me most about Don’t Knock Twice was its storytelling. I found the story’s premise to be a tad weak, but how it was told was thoughtful, and the characters were interesting. I wouldn’t recommend you stop everything to watch it, but I would recommend the film if you were looking for a spooky horror movie to watch on a free evening.

James, Caradog W. Don’t Knock Twice, Seymour Films and Red & Black Films, 2016 (UK release) / 2017 (US release)

Slides from the Peoples Temple Publication Department

I am fascinated by cults and by what attracts people to them. I am particularly intrigued by the Peoples Temple, which had the seeds of being a meaningful agent of good social change if it had not been led to such a destructive ending by a troubled leader. The California Historical Society has published a digital library of photos from the Peoples Temple Publication Department. The catalogue of over 2,000 images portrays insights into the group, its activism and its final home in Guyana.

March in Los Angeles for Farr
Summer trip: in church
Cabins
Bedroom