Tag Archives: Matthew Hopkins

the sinister and dreadful “yes”

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Vincent Price (1911-1993)! Erudite and eloquent, possessing a singular elocution that could make a three letter word like “yes” seem sinister and dreadful, or drip with lofty sarcasm. Yet with … Continue reading →

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BEDEVILED OF COMMON SENSE

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Dave

Torture and mythology, the pincers and the book, these were the essential machinery of the European witch craze. Out of hallucination and suggestion was created a terrible empire of darkness which then acquired a life and momentum of its own, … Continue reading →