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Post by dem bones on May 25, 2015 19:50:58 GMT
Not the least kinky, but the attached might just put the willies up you. Here's the legendary M. P. Dare coming over all Talbot Rothwell as he investigates the chilling case of .... Attachments:THE HAUNTED DRAWERS.pdf (74.41 KB)
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Post by dem bones on Jul 21, 2019 12:03:10 GMT
Perve-watch update. "But in addition to being quite dull - as everyone knew, Nathanial Evergood was also a thoroughly evil and obscene old man, as no one knew." W. E. Terry Richard Magruder - And All The Girls Were Nude: ( Imagination, Dec 1954). Pretty girls and pretty clothes go together - but not with Nathanial's camera ... By day he's an old, really boring office worker, but in his spare time Mr. Evergood is a fanatical connoisseur of the female nude whose bedroom walls are plastered in girlie pin-ups. Mr. Evergood is also an accomplished inventor. His life's work, a craftily modified prismatic lens, allows him to see and photograph through clothing. "For the next day or so Nathanial was busy and as a bee attending every beauty contest and fashion show in town, and even found time for a quick run out to the girl's school." Nathaniel next incorporates the lens into a pair of x-ray specs, but alas, his days of "leering ecstasy" are soon to meet with to an abrupt end ....
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Post by helrunar on Jul 21, 2019 14:25:41 GMT
Fabulous drawing.
Seems a little odd to describe a sad old lech who invents a see-through camera lens as the ultimate in human depravity, particularly in the present enlightened era of sexting and such.
H.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 21, 2019 15:11:30 GMT
Fabulous drawing. Seems a little odd to describe a sad old lech who invents a see-through camera lens as the ultimate in human depravity, particularly in the present enlightened era of sexting and such. H. I'm inclined to believe the author would agree with you: " ... they threw the book at the old boy. But not until a thorough investigation was made, and not until several hundred outraged members of every morals, anti-delinquency and anti-vice committee in town had carefully checked and gasped over all the collected evidence.... And, to this very day, there rests in the files of the local constabulary, the voluminous collection of Nathanial Evergood, occupying fourteen huge, well-worn cabinets, and always on display for the indignant and affronted eyes of any anti-sin committeeman who wishes to examine it."The x-ray specs are now in the care of a responsible member of the public. They have worked wonders for the Police chief's defective eyesight.
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Post by helrunar on Jul 21, 2019 18:14:11 GMT
Brilliant. Now that's one story that is quite true to life--at least in the denouement!
As a child growing up in Maryland, I frequently saw references in the newspapers to one Miss Mary Avara, the head of the Maryland Board of Film Censors. I guess you could call her Maryland's answer to the infamous Mary Whitehouse. Miss Mary (everyone always called her Miss Mary, though reportedly she was married with four children) was a devout Catholic and waged a lifelong crusade against "sickies making movies," as she herself stated. She lived to age 90. Her most celebrated television appearances involved various clashes with John Waters. Somebody was going to make a documentary about her but do not know if it was ever finished.
It's amazing the lengths to which these self-appointed professional prudes will go to "shield" the rest of us from the "depravity" of any form of entertainment not deemed "family friendly."
H.
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Post by Swampirella on Jan 30, 2020 15:38:28 GMT
I guess this story fits in here; one of the creepiest I've ever read. Glad I persevered rather than stopping after the first page as I was about to do:
Athenaeum Strip-Tease - Donald O. J. Messenger (London Mystery Magazine #26 Sept. 1955)
Malcolm MacDonald, "Halifax (Nova Scotia) shipping man", is visiting Boston with his son, 14-yd old Angus. In an effort to give his son a right of passage and having fond memories from his own youth while at Harvard, MacDonald, despite his strict Presbyterian background, agrees to bring Angus to "The Howard Athenaeum" " the most notorious Boston shrine of burlesque" since they apparently have a long wait for their train home. They travel through the foggy streets to the Athenaeum where a wrinkled old man with a sly smile lets them in. Somehow, even the inside is foggy. But they're still able to see an attractive young woman perform her strip-tease. "Then, just as the G-string was loosened, the lights were blacked out to preserve the ultimate illusion of mystery". Suddenly he notices Angus is missing; before he can even try to search for him, the show continues in a very unpleasant way.
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Post by helrunar on Jan 30, 2020 17:59:24 GMT
This one sounds intriguing. Sounds like something that would have happened in Scollay Square. It was razed in the early 70s.
I will look for it!
cheers, Hel
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Post by dem bones on Jan 31, 2020 11:13:54 GMT
I guess this story fits in here; one of the creepiest I've ever read. Glad I persevered rather than stopping after the first page as I was about to do: Athenaeum Strip-Tease - Donald O. J. Messenger (London Mystery Magazine #26 Sept. 1955) Malcolm MacDonald, "Halifax (Nova Scotia) shipping man", is visiting Boston with his son, 14-yd old Angus. In an effort to give his son a right of passage and having fond memories from his own youth while at Harvard, MacDonald, despite his strict Presbyterian background, agrees to bring Angus to "The Howard Athenaeum" " the most notorious Boston shrine of burlesque" since they apparently have a long wait for their train home. They travel through the foggy streets to the Athenaeum where a wrinkled old man with a sly smile lets them in. Somehow, even the inside is foggy. But they're still able to see an attractive young woman perform her strip-tease. "Then, just as the G-string was loosened, the lights were blacked out to preserve the ultimate illusion of mystery". Suddenly he notices Angus is missing; before he can even try to search for him, the show continues in a very unpleasant way.
That was terrific! Thanks for sharing, Swampi. I believe this particular dancer was last seen cavorting to Night's The Stripper at the Monster Club. Artwork has nice, sleazy appeal, too.
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Post by Swampirella on Jan 31, 2020 11:50:09 GMT
Thanks for adding those memorable illustrations, Dem!
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Post by dem bones on Jan 31, 2020 15:48:55 GMT
Thanks for adding those memorable illustrations, Dem! Missed one. I really love that creepy old guy at the ticket office!
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Post by Dr Strange on Jan 31, 2020 18:40:37 GMT
This one sounds intriguing. Sounds like something that would have happened in Scollay Square. It was razed in the early 70s. I will look for it! cheers, Hel Get the London Mystery mags here - www.luminist.org/archives/PU/
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Post by Swampirella on Jan 31, 2020 18:57:45 GMT
This one sounds intriguing. Sounds like something that would have happened in Scollay Square. It was razed in the early 70s. I will look for it! cheers, Hel Get the London Mystery mags here - www.luminist.org/archives/PU/I hesitated to give the link, which I posted elsewhere not too long ago, in case the site has viruses, etc. But as I replied to Steve in another thread, I've been ok after downloading these and a few other items.
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Post by helrunar on Feb 1, 2020 4:01:34 GMT
Thanks for the link, Dr Strange. I did read one of the stories Swampirella reviewed. On another one, I got a message stating the file was too big to preview, so I might have to actually download that one.
cheers, Helrunar
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