Headline of the Year: Author of ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ arrested for allegedly killing her husband 

Posted: September 12, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

Life has apparently imitated art for one romance writer.

Storm Gifford reports: In a twist of irony so devious it would have turned Agatha Christie green with envy, Oregon chef Daniel Brophy was found shot to death nearly seven years after his wife of 27 years penned an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband.”

Nancy Crampton-Brophy, the writer of sensuous mysteries such as “Hell on the Heart” and “The Wrong Husband,” was arrested for murder on Sept. 5 — more than three months after the death of her spouse.

“Dan was one of the very few people I’ve known that knew exactly what he wanted in life and loved doing it,” she said at a candlelight vigil two days after Daniel’s demise.

Oregon cops were mum on arrest details such as why Crampton-Brophy, 68, was taken into custody only last week for the June 2 shooting.

“Detectives believe Nancy L. Crampton-Brophy is the suspect in Daniel C. Brophy’s murder,” said Portland police, who refused to discuss motive or evidence. Read the rest of this entry »

Sci-fi Cover: ‘A Planet of Your Own’, by John Brunner, Cover art by Jack Gaughan, 1966

Posted: February 2, 2017 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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‘World Without Men’: Ace D-274 Paperback Original, 1958, Cover Art by Ed Emsh

Posted: January 30, 2017 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ace D-274 Paperback Original (1958). Cover Art by Ed Emsh

[VIDEO] ‘Elf’ Recut as a Thriller

Posted: December 26, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Thought your holiday family dinner was a nightmare? Wait until you see your favorite elf in this creepy version of the holiday comedy. At least now you’ll definitely be up all night to wait for Santa Claus.

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‘Rockets to Nowhere’, by Philip St. John

Posted: December 4, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Fantastic Science Fiction: ‘The Girl in Tube 14’

Posted: December 1, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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[PHOTO] EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump Capturing and Torturing a Human Child

Posted: October 14, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, The Butcher's Notebook | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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Movie Poster: ‘Le Retour de L’Homme’

Posted: September 1, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Hitchcock Poster: ‘The Next Showing of Psycho Begins at…’

Posted: August 26, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Captain Future: Man of Tomorrow

Posted: August 21, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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vintagegeekculturer – vintarsscifipulps

‘The Last Planet’ (Star Rangers) Special Edition

Posted: August 21, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Case of the Winking Buddha, 1950

Posted: August 19, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment
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gentlemanlosergentlemanjunkie – SeattleMysteryBooks

 

‘Give Me Liberty Or I Give You Death!’ Revealing Detective, June 1949 Issue

Posted: August 18, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Seattle Mystery Bookshop

Poster: ‘Rebeca’ Un Film De Hitchcock

Posted: August 12, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘The Avenger’, September 1939 Issue, Cover Art by H.W. Scott

Posted: August 11, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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September 1939 issue

Cover art by H.W. Scott

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

Super Science and Fantastic Stories: ‘Lord of Death: The Last Secret of a Dead Planet’

Posted: August 7, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Cover: ‘Castaway from Space’

Posted: August 5, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Title Cards: ‘Suspicion’, Alfred Hitchcock, 1941

Posted: April 13, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Movie title and typography from ‘Suspicion’ (1941), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce

Source: Suspicion (1941) Alfred Hitchcock

Pulp Fiction: ‘Nothing More Than Murder’

Posted: April 12, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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1949 Harper hardcover

1991 Black Lizard paperback reissue

cover art by Kirwan

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

Pulp Fiction: Murder by Latitude by Rufus King, Cover Art by Rudolph Belarski, 1950

Posted: March 31, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Rufus King, Murder by Latitude, 1950; cover art by Rudolph Belarski.

1930 Doubleday hardcover

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Seattle Mystery Bookshop

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WEIRD TALES: ‘The Spirit Fakers of Hermannstadt’, by Harry Houdini, 1924

Posted: March 4, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, History | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Spirit Fakers of Hermannstadt

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Triangle of Sin’

Posted: February 28, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Italian Poster for Hitchcock’s ‘The Wrong Man’, by Luigi Martinati

Posted: February 23, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘I’ll Kill You Next!’ 1954

Posted: February 12, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction Cover: ‘Die by Night’

Posted: January 16, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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‘A Creature of Uncontrollable Compulsions’

Posted: January 12, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment
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Master Detective: ‘Death Keeps an Assignation: The Blonde Playgirl’s Rendezvous’

Posted: December 29, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Master Detective: ‘Undercover Man’

Posted: December 29, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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‘The Mechanical Monkey Murder’

Posted: December 29, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Mechanical Monkey Murder

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‘The Brain from Planet Arous’, 1957

Posted: December 20, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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arcane images – profgrewbeard

 

Pulp Fiction: ‘Hot Dames on Cold Slabs’

Posted: December 20, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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‘Bedtime Stories’ 25¢

Posted: December 12, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Cover: LINE-UP Detective Crime ‘Where Does Dope Come From?’

Posted: November 27, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Crime & Corruption, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Where Does Dope Come From?

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Pulp Cover: ‘Sailor’s Weekend’

Posted: November 12, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Amazing Stories: ‘Beyond The Rings Of Saturn’

Posted: November 12, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Beyond The Rings Of Saturn  – pulpcovers

 

Vintage Book Cover: James Bond

Posted: November 7, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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‘Amazing Detective Cases’, June 1942 Issue, Cover Art by Peter Driben

Posted: November 7, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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June 1942 issue. Cover art by Peter Driben

Seattle Mystery Bookshop

Charles Burns sketchbook, 1987

Posted: November 1, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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thebrikstolboard – johnnytwentythree

Movie Poster: ‘The Shining’, 1980

Posted: November 1, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘The Other One’

Posted: November 1, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere, Reading Room | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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The Other One  Cover Art Bob Hilbert

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