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No Dread at Rose Red To
the best of my knowledge Stephen King’s Rose Red was where the
story started. First airing as a TV miniseries in 2002.
Companion to this ABC airing came the Book “The Diary of
Ellen Rimbauer.” Supposedly
edited by Joyce Reardon, a professor at the Beaumont University. I
had heard from various people that the Ellen Rimbauer story was
based on true events. I
find these tales of phenomena very interesting, so when I happened
upon the book in my local used bookstore, I was thrilled.
(Bearing in mind, I was still under the impression that the
story was true). Apparently
I am not the only fool in the world.
What
was so convincing besides the editors’ notes throughout the book
was how it started. Joyce
Reardon began by claiming she found this dusty old diary at an
estate sale in Everett Washington, she claims at the time, she plans
future investigations with a highly psychic team into Rose Red.
The other editor’s notes in the book also claim that you
can view the missing pieces of the diary online at the Beaumont
University website. (The
same school where Joyce Reardon supposedly teaches). You can find this site here.
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The
website just sends you in short circles and leads nowhere.
However, when I was online searching I happened upon historylink.org
where I stumbled upon the real story and the name of the real
author. Guess what? Ellen
did not write it. The
author is actually Ridley Pearson.
The “Rose Red” house is actually Thornewood Castle, in
Lakewood. After
discovering this info online and giving the book closer inspection,
I was appalled to find the tiny type reading “Fiction.”
It stared up at me looking like the teeth of a monster.
I was livid and embarrassed to the point of tears for being
so gullible, and proceeded to throw the book across the room. I
was angry that Stephen King, my favorite writer, was in on this
deceitful series, and had a hand in perpetuating this awful hoax. As
a believer in things unseen and paranormal, I felt betrayed by
Ridley Pearson. It is hard enough to convince people that your
belief in the paranormal doesn’t make you clinically insane.
There are many stigmas attached to psychics, mystics and
occultists, and this type of crap disrespects those who are
considered professionals in the paranormal field of study. All I can say is try to keep believing and don’t step in the bull.
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The Texas Chain
Saw Massacre
This is a
horrifying story outlining the Hewitt family supposedly living near
Austen, Texas. The entire
story can be found on Wikipedia.
The film
was apparently very loosely based on the story of Ed Gein the notorious
serial killer. Gein did not
carry a chainsaw, he acted alone, but he did wear human skin. The opening
of the film led people to believe the story was true is actually a scare
tactic called the “false document technique.”
(A false document is a form of verisimilitude that attempts to
create in the reader (viewer, audience etc) a sense of authenticity beyond
the normal and expected suspension of disbelief. That is, it wants to fool
the audience briefly into thinking that what is being presented is
actually a fact. This is not to be confused with a mockumentary, an
admittedly fictional film done in the manner of a documentary. –
Wikipedia).
The movie was filmed between July 15 ’73 and August 14 ’73. However, the movie would have us believe the events took place on August 18th 1973. This fact alone proves that the story could not have taken place.
There
have been a few different versions of this film.
The original was banned and censored all over the world, and was
not released in certain places. Now,
in this day, most audiences do not find the film as offensive as the
original audiences did, but generations of late still debated the
authenticity of the story.
The
official website is found here.
The site still claims the film was based on true events, but
research on other parts of the web have led me to believe the contrary.
As I said
earlier, the claim that it is true, is loosely based on the serial killer
Ed Gein, who actions also spawned the stories and films of Psycho,
Deranged and Silence of the Lambs. But
that doesn’t mean that these other films are factual.
