Posted on October 31, 2007 by finaltaxi
Halloween Horror Stories #6- Download Audio MP3
One of history’s most bizarre, twisted and blood thirsty murderers, Gilles de Rays tortured, raped and killed almost 600 people, mostly children. He was a war hero, an adventurer, an aristocrat and a vampire, drinking the blood of his victims.
His true story ends this years week of true horror [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2007 by finaltaxi
Halloween Horror Stories #5- Download MP3
Listen to the story of the Croglin Grange Vampire.
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Posted on October 29, 2007 by finaltaxi
Halloween Horror Stories #4- Download MP3
Follow the curse of a mysterious gem that came from outer space and killed anyone who came in contact with it. This stone looked like an eye with a green iris.
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Posted on October 27, 2007 by finaltaxi
Halloween Horror Stories #3- Download MP3
The Red Gnome is a creature that haunts Detroit — its appearance is said to presage terrible events for the city. The Gnome appears as a small child-like creature with red or black fur. It is also said to have blazing red eyes and rotten teeth.
** Special note: After recording [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2007 by finaltaxi
Halloween Horror Stories #2- Download MP3
The Count of St. Germain claims to have been around during the time of Jesus. He was active in the 1700’s and was last seen in 1962. This true Halloween story comes for history books.
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Posted on October 26, 2007 by finaltaxi
Halloween Horror Stories #1- Download MP3
Today start the Final Taxi’s 2nd annual daily podcast of Halloween stories. Every day I will podcast a “true tale of horror” that is documented and can be found online or in books.
For today I have chosen a chapter from the historic book “The Phantom World” by Augustine Calmet. (You [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2007 by finaltaxi
My daughter has asked for a cell phone for Christmas. I guess that is not an odd request these days. I have seen the benefits of her borrowing mine when she goes on outings with her friends. When my son had a car accident he was able to call the police and me within minutes.
The [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2007 by finaltaxi
In this day and age of both partners having to work to make ends meet, there are many times when I will have to be the one who comes home and cook the dinner for the night. With children you want to make sure you are giving them something good and balanced, not just something [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2007 by finaltaxi
Back in 1980 a film came out that was suppose to be the next big movie. Robert Stigwood who had done well with Saturday Night Fever and Grease was now doing a movie with punk rock music. The film, called Times Square, flopped and went nowhere but the soundtrack was highly praised for introducing the [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2007 by finaltaxi
Comedian Joey Bishop, the last living member of the original Rat Pack has taken his Final Taxi at 89.
The Rat Packers of this era – Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Bishop – became famous for their appearances at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in shows that combined music and comedy, [...]
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