tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1307809977382654084..comments2024-03-29T03:36:27.656-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Urban Legend has itOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-3121954238244467102010-11-13T05:18:50.260-05:002010-11-13T05:18:50.260-05:00We had an experience a bit like your curry one wit...We had an experience a bit like your curry one with A Carrion Death. We thought we'd invented a neat scam to circumvent the Kimberly Process for authenticating diamonds and we handed it to our characters to get on with it. After the book came out, a group at a mine were accused of pulling exactly that scam. Someone always thinks of it first!<br />Michael.Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-34499575033800812322010-11-12T19:11:21.560-05:002010-11-12T19:11:21.560-05:00The next thing you'll be telling us is that th...The next thing you'll be telling us is that there is no Santa Claus.<br /><br />JeffJeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-82066130579827052752010-11-12T12:56:54.528-05:002010-11-12T12:56:54.528-05:00Dan--
In 1993 I wrote a spec script that opened w...Dan--<br /><br />In 1993 I wrote a spec script that opened with an Arab terrorist going in for plastic surgery and getting snatched off the operating table by a CIA black ops team; when the guy wakes up he's on a plane headed for the US.<br /><br />The script didn't sell. But a year later Carlos The Jackal was grabbed during plastic surgery.<br /><br />Convinced the CIA had someone in Hollywood reading every screenplay that mentioned them, I tried to get my agent to send a bill to Langley. Wouldn't do it.<br /><br />Another fun post. Thanks, Dan.<br /><br />--LennyLenny Kleinfeldhttp://www.lennykleinfeld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75217276932035679612010-11-12T12:34:40.739-05:002010-11-12T12:34:40.739-05:00Ah; urban legends are great. But sometimes real li...Ah; urban legends are great. But sometimes real life is just as good. <br /><br />In the remote part of Jutland where I live, there was a youngish (none-too-bright) man who lost his old father a few years ago. He wanted his father to say goodbuy to the area in style so he put the body on the backseat of his motorbike and drove around to the father´s favourite spots - until the police who had been alerted by the residential home spoiled their fun. <br /><br />Absolutely true. And afterwards it was made into a film.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-31466392284159412832010-11-12T10:32:56.278-05:002010-11-12T10:32:56.278-05:00Giles, it wasn't the legendary Frank H - it wa...Giles, it wasn't the legendary Frank H - it was Merlin sports (next to where the video shopo used to be...now a, actually not sure what it is now, will check at xmas)<br /><br />Beth, I actually read about that during my urban legend trawl! A fascinating tale for sure. There's a similar story in 19th century England of people drowning in beer from a brewery flood. What a way to go!Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-62761425497559034622010-11-12T10:24:12.683-05:002010-11-12T10:24:12.683-05:00Boston has its own urban legend but it is like a f...Boston has its own urban legend but it is like a fairy tale compared to your story, Dan.<br /><br />In January, 1919, in a warehouse in Boston, there was a vat of molasses being prepared for the purpose of making rum.<br /><br />The rum part is believable because Boston was one of the stops on the Triangular Trade route before American independence. Goods like cloth went from England to Africa, goods were off loaded and slaves were loaded on, then the ship went to the colonies where it dropped off the slaves, and picked up molasses, rum, and timber for England.<br /><br />Anyway, in January, generally the coldest month of the year in New England, the vat containing all the molasses exploded and the stuff ran through the streets of the North End at 35 miles per hour, according to eye witnesses who were likely scared witless and not clocking the speed.<br /><br />Twenty-one people died and 150 were injured. There were also many horses that died in the mess, too.<br /><br />There are two parts to the legend. One is that molasses can be smelled in the area on a hot day in summer. Hot days in summer can reach into the 90F degree zone so maybe some people can stretch their imaginations to include the smell of molasses. The other part says that molasses can be smelled on the anniversary of the flood. That one is a little harder to believe in that mid-January offers Bostonians the opportunity to be so swaddled in clothes and scarves that they wouldn't smell molasses if it was waved under their noses.<br /><br />So, our legend is pretty tame. <br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-78081797205182753212010-11-12T10:19:25.514-05:002010-11-12T10:19:25.514-05:00"...I do remember walking to a sports shop in..."...I do remember walking to a sports shop in my home town when I was a kid humming Pinball Wizard by The Who, only to arrive at the shop and hear it playing on the radio. Spooky."<br /><br />Dan, I think this is an urban legend... Frank Harrison's would never play music !GilesIGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498420020510765711noreply@blogger.com