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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.
