Scare fare in radio era reveals top horror shows
Wanda Orton recalls the Mystery Age of Radio highlighting Suspense as the era’s premier fright program. Alfred Hitchcock directed its early episodes with Bernard Herrmann providing music, while stars like Cary Grant and Orson Welles performed. Other shows featured included Inner Sanctum and I Love a Mystery, famed for 1940s thrills and 15 minute mysteries with eerie themes.
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Alfred Hitchcock
England
Bernard Hermann
Hitch
Agnes Moorehead
Moorehead
Barbara Stanwyck
Cary Grant
Joseph Cotton
Rosalind Russell
Orson Welles
Henry Fonda
Humphrey Bogart
Mike
Valse Triste
Jean Sibelius
Tony Randall
Mercedes McCambridge
Randall
McCambridge
Yikes
Baytown plans new street signs for Historic District
Baytown will install 106 signs at 53 locations in the Historic District bordered by Sterling Avenue and Gulf Street to mark entrances and guide visitors. Signs feature the city logo, the Texas star, and the Texas Avenue oak tree, with two entrances signaling landmarks.
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Baytown
City of
Star of Texas
Texas Avenue
Sterling Avenue
Gulf Street
First Street
Decker Drive
Market Street
Texas
North Main
District 2
Scott Sheley
Danial Taqui
City Planning Department
Bob Leiper
Sheley
Taqui
Houston Galveston Area
Texas Department of Transportation
Midtown Engineers, LLC
Houston
Leiper
Halloween History Highlights From 1517 to 2007
This Oct 31 history recalls Luther posting the 95 Theses in 1517 and Houdini’s 1926 Detroit death. It also notes the 1941 Reuben James sinking, 1968 Johnson bombing halt, Gandhi's 1984 assassination, the 1994 Indiana plane crash, the 2000s sniper arrests, and 2007 Iraqi checkpoint lifting in Baghdad.
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Martin Luther
Wittenberg Palace
Germany
Harry Houdini
Detroit
Reuben James
Iceland
United States
Johnson
U.S
North Vietnam
Indira Gandhi
Indiana
Washington
Louisiana
Alabama
Nouri al-Maliki
Sadr City
Baghdad
Associated Press
Baytown News Snippets Across Decades From Building Rules To Abductions
A survey of local items notes 1950 council building code changes to aid fire access, 1975 Goose Creek buses join the fleet, 1990 a fatal I-10 chain reaction involving Frank Whalen and his wife, 2003 a Baytown girl resists abduction on the way to school, 2006 persistent Billie haunted theater rumors after rebuild, plus quotes and a photo submission note from The Sun.
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Goose Creek
Frank Whalen
Exxon
Margaret
Baytown
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Barrett Goldsmith
City of Baytown
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
Memorial Drive
Highlands Community Center
East Harris County
J.D. Walker Community Center
Wade Road
TOPS
Market St
Sterling Municipal Library
Baytown Rotary Club
ExxonMobil
Baytown Toastmasters Club
Ralph Matthews
Highlands Woods Drive
St. John’s United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Ward Road
N. Main
Calvary Temple
Breda
Highland Woods Drive
East
Harris County
the Promise Center
Kentucky
Max East
Market St. Baytown
Grandmothers Club
Red Lobster
I-10 East
L.I.F.T
Golden Corral
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Community Duplicate Bridge Club
Bee Hive Florist
W. Baker Rd
Barrett Station
Riley Chambers Community Center
Diane
Sherita
Make Over In Christ Inc
SUN History
God
the Sun
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Bloom
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