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Category: 1990's

Head Out on the Highway

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Yesterday we spoke of cursed movies that affected cast and crew alone. Today, we'll look at movies that emit curses--in the form of copycat incidents.

Can it possibly be that the 1993 movie titled THE PROGRAM is still exerting its malign influence, causing dumb-ass teens to lie down on the center stripe of highways, as described in this fifteen-year-old article from The New York Times?

What makes me think so? An identical fresh incident from my own home state, as recounted in this article.



Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (10)
Category: Cars, Death, Fads, Hollywood, Movies, Travel, 1990's

Ho, Ho, Ho, Hangman!

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Who knew that Serbia boasted so many high-placed fans of Rankin-Bass animation?
Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: Celebrities, Crime, Stupid Criminals, Eccentrics, History, Historical Figure, Military, Movies, Cartoons, Prisons, Torture, 1990's
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