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Holy jumped up junk, Sampiro! That is seriously one of the creepiest real stories I’ve ever read. Gah!
The creepiest ever is H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle. Although, actually, the LaLaurie story might beat it.
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Holy jumped up junk, Sampiro! That is seriously one of the creepiest real stories I’ve ever read. Gah!
The creepiest ever is H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle. Although, actually, the LaLaurie story might beat it.
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And here’s the tour. (The house was recently bought by Nicholas Cage, incidentally.)
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In April the city of Philadelphia passed an ordinance that all professional tour guides must be licensed by the city. The licensing requires passing a test to prove that they have a good working knowledge of the city’s history. This was in response to complaints about tour guides giving false information (e.g. that George Washington met the young Abraham Lincoln in Philadelphia [GW was of course dead 10 years when Lincoln was born], that Walt Whitman used to walk over a particular NJ bridge that wasn’t built until long after his death, etc.). The fine for not being licensed and giving tours is $300 for first offense.
Now several tour guides who do not have licensing are suing stating that the new ordinance violates their Freedom of Speech. IMHO, it does not. What about in your humble opinion?
Philadelphia Inquirer
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You know, this doesn’t go far enough.
People who write newspaper columns or blogs on politics should know what they’re talking about, shouldn’t they? I think everyone who writes for any newspaper of magazine in Philadelphia needs to be licensed, to make sure they’re qualified to do so. And any blogger who attempts to state an opinion without passing a test should be fined $300 for every post he makes.
What, you got a problem with that?
This was my thought. I just took a ghost tour of Philadelphia last week, and:
1.) How the hell would you even verify the historicity of many of those stories?
2.) The temptation to “punch up” the ghost stories must be damned near irresistable.
Actually, I like ghost tours. MilliCal and Pepper Mill like ghosts, and my feeling is that, at their best, are history education by stealth. To that extent, their facts are correctable, but I don’t think licensing by the city is the way to go on this.
What I really think they need is a regulation against those damned duck-bill whistles.
I would have thought ghost stories were pre-punched up. 