Scholar of the Strange and Mysterious
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Professor Hex
Scholar of the Strange and Mysterious
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting



This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?


Sunday, August 01, 2004

The Case of the Horrifying Mystery Writer 
This article on strange mystery writer Author Harry Stephen Keeler (1890-1967) is from NPR. I've got to try to find some of it. A sample of one of his plots:

X. Jones of Scotland Yard: A man is found strangled to death in the middle of a lawn, yet there are no footprints other than his own. Police suspect the "Flying Strangler-Baby," a killer midget who disguises himself as a baby and stalks victims by helicopter.

Many of Keeler's books are kept in print by the fine people at Ramblehouse. Some of their non-Keeler titles include A HASHISH HOUSE IN NEW YORK by H.H. Kane, a short description of a visit to a New York hashish house "that seems to have been written around 1910", and THE PRIVATE JOURNAL & DIARY OF JOHN H. SURRATT, The Conspirator.

The Professor says check it out.

Comments: Post a Comment

Select Language: