This is my original artwork.. it’s my nostalgic Christmas postcard to you. The scene I drew in this picture, several years ago actually, is gone now. It is of the former St. Ignatius Church in Centralia, PA, a place I attended Christmas midnight mass for several years when my life began. The road signs are … Read moreTHE NOSTALGIC IMAGE OF CHRISTMASES LONG LONG AGO
The title of this post is a line from a famous Christmas song that you undoubtedly have heard *(maybe too much?*) yet again this year.. Andy Williams’ classic IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR has a series of nostalgic verses about the season our calenders currently inhabit.. The most wonderful time of year, … Read moreThere’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago
Officials squabble as underground fire burns near radioactive waste dump in St. Louis area: And you thought CENTRALIA was a big story!? That town only had a little around 2,000 people when the government forced all to move because of an underground mine fire–mine included. And with the personal history I can pen about a … Read moreOfficials squabble as underground fire burns near radioactive waste dump in St. Louis area
[wp_ad_camp_1] Born in 1980 at the then Ashland Regional Medical Center in Ashland Pennsylvania, Horror Reporter Bryan Smolock grew up for several years in the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. The mine fire which engulfed the underground mine system forced residents from the town. Bryan attended grade school at Holy Spirit School in Mount Carmel, PA, … Read moreABOUT
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy90EmDIpPM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=http://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] An amazing drone video of Centralia PA.. the town that was.And now the immense graffiti highway that is. By the way, the PA state police have warned that drawing male genitalia and other TUMBLR-ish comments on a former highway is still illegal. Warnings obviously haven’t stopped the visitors from adding their art, evidence … Read more
This is a movie poster blast from the past.. it was called THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN, and a was loosely based on the ‘Phanton Killer’ or the ‘Texarkana Moonlight Murders‘ that took place ni 1946.. The other evening, I got the chance to watch the 2014 remake of this 1976 classic.. The redo was … Read moreDreading the poster of the TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN
When I was 3 and a half, I was featured in a book. There was a full-spread page with a photo of me leaning up against a borehole in the town of Centralia, smoke was billowing from the background and a group of teenagers were running from the camera–one may have been my brother. The … Read moreFather and son photographic reunion..
The title of this post is a line from a famous Christmas song that you undoubtedly have heard *(maybe too much*) yet again this year.. Andy Williams’ classic IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR has a series of nostalgic verses about the season our calenders currently inhabit.. The most wonderful time of year, he … Read moreThere’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago
Last night, the HORROR REPORT published an old photo.. it was of my Uncle Andy at his home in Centralia, Pa. Before his death. Before my family moving.. before the town being decimated by government buyouts and an underground mine fire. I labeled the post ‘peace’ because the image from the past reminded me of … Read morePeace #2
This is a scene of peace.. My uncle Andy at his homestead somewhere around the time of 1984 in the doomed town of Centralia PA.. He didn’t live much longer after this photo was taken.. I stumbled across this picture. A family member of mine posted it in a Centralia Facebook group.. Initially when I … Read morePeace ..