Haunted North America

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I’m on a roll with these documentaries on Tubi. When I googled this one to find out more about it, I found several sites that claim the film was made in 2016. That doesn’t seem accurate to me. It plays like a late 90s or early 2000s made-for-television documentary. It’s mostly about ghosts. The stories told are interesting and remind me of Unsolved Mysteries. Oddly, even though the title suggests the tales are from all over North America, I think every single one was Canadian. Anyway, it was a pretty good show. Watch it on Tubi.

Hollywood in the Atomic Age (2021)

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Another fun documentary. I love those old movies from the 50s where nuclear fallout has caused any number of insane things to happen. This offers an inside look at all those flicks about monsters and aliens, as told by folks that were actually there. The only thing I didn’t like was that the interviewees were filmed in black and white. Why? Most of the film clips shown are already black and white. It seems odd to have the interviews look the same. Should have been in color! Anyway, other than that minor flaw, it’s great! Watch it on Tubi.

Boggy Creek Monster: The Truth Behind the Legend (2016)

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This was a fun and interesting watch. When it comes to the unknown–UFOs, ghosts, cryptids, and the like–Bigfoot type creatures are the ones I’m most skeptical about. It seems to me something so large should have been discovered and catalogued among known species by now. But this documentary does a good job of telling the history of Fouke, Arkansas, its legendary monster, and the classic horror movie that made it famous. And, I must admit, some of the tales told by local residents are pretty convincing. Plus, Boggy Creek Monster was produced and narrated by Lyle Blackburn from one of my favorite bands–Ghoultown!

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The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels

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Aside from The Corpse Grinders, Ted V. Mikels didn’t put out many great flicks. Okay, that’s probably not fair of me to say, seeing as I’ve only seen a handful of his movies. But I’ve seen enough to know that cult and exploitation directors like Roger Corman, Al Adamson, and Lloyd Kaufman were far better. And John Waters, who, oddly enough, narrates this short documentary. Despite being indifferent, if slightly disdainful, to his films, I rather enjoyed this. And I was quite impressed to discover he frequently lived with seven women at a time in a castle in Hollywood. #goals

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Missing 411: The Hunted

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One of my go-to ways to waste time is to watch videos about missing people. The more perplexing the disappearance, the better. The Missing 411 documentaries are well made, captivating, and some of them are seriously bizarre. Some of the missing person cases in Missing 411: The Hunted will keep you lying awake at night trying to figure it all out.

Watch it on Tubi!

The Universal Frankenstein Franchise Retrospective

This is a brief but informative and entertaining glimpse at the Frankenstein films that would help define the monster movies of the 1930s and 40s. From instant to classic to B movie to satirizing itself. Despite the sad decline of “the monster,” its status as an icon of horror cannot be denied. The same can be said for the legendary Boris Karloff.

History of Halloween

Interesting stuff. In fact, this Fire of Learning channel is full of interesting historical videos, including a recent one about mythical creatures of North America. But for now, learn you some Halloween!