Dunninger’s Complete Encyclopedia of Magic

Another recent thrift store find was Dunninger’s Complete Encyclopedia Of Magic, a hard cover book published in 1988 featuring illustrations and details of several hundred magic tricks and illusions.

The illustrations struck a chord with me and thumbing through the pages I saw several tricks that could potentially be used in the world of haunting.

The book is still available from Amazon.

Monster Books from Crestwood House

Here is yet another cool find from our Salvation Army Thrift Store in Midland, MI. The cool find is a set of six “movie monster” books from Crestwood House out of Mankato, Minnesota. The books were produced and designed by Baker Street Productions, LTD., and after a quick Google search I discovered at least 15 more titles in the series.

The books I found are The Mole People, Bride of Frankenstein, Tarantula, Ghost of Frankenstein, The Raven and Werewolf of London, all copyrighted 1985 by MCA PUBLISHING, a Division of MCA Inc.

The books originally came from our local library which makes me wonder if kids don’t groove on picture books of black & white films made in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s?

The books are loaded with movie stills and the text is a well written summary of film. Good stuff and a great find for anyone that loves Halloween, horror and cinema.