He not only knows who the ghosts are typically, he’s able to communicate with them, find out what they want, and he’s made it his life’s work it appears to bridge the gulf between this world and theirs. He’s a natural medium, which we of course know because he says so. Then along comes Joe who has his own spirit guide, who tells him things which not only no one else knows, but which also can’t be checked factually. Interviews, research the history of the location. “She has the right idea at least, which is to first start with the eyewitnesses. In fact, this very place here I first became interested in because of her book,” I said, pulling to a stop and slamming the car into park in a cloud of dust, just across the road from the St. Hell, half the places I’ve been to on this road, my element, I became interested in because of her books. It’s certainly the best and most accessible place to start. After all she wrote the first volume of Ghosts of Long Island, which is almost the Bible of ghost stories on Long Island. “Kerriann Flanagan Brosky and the ever present Joe Giaquinto.” “Yes!” I shrieked, then managed to get my voice back under control. “Don’t tell me,” Miss Bronwen began, squinting already in fear of the outburst that was bound to come, “It was …” “What I found particularly irksome about the film,” I said, catching my arms beginning to wave, “was some of the team of experts they had talking about the legends.” Or the quality of the special effects – though when faced with a budget shortage, the accepted technique is to show very little and leave the rest to the imagination. I’m not complaining about the acting, and let’s be honest, some of the performances were real howlers. “They start each segment with experts discussing the history of the legends, so the dramatized parts carry an air of legitimacy. “It’s the format of the thing that bothered me,” I continued. “By all means,” she added, “let’s not get overly technical.” Today’s horror film requires less imagination than horror films of the classical era, and by that I don’t mean Halloween, Friday the 13th and all that rot, which aren’t really horror films anyway but more of the crime/drama genre if you want to get technical.” “Well isn’t it just possible that they simplified it to fit the current crop of movie fans, which particularly in the case of horror films tend to be teenagers, who aren’t always known for their long attention spans?” she answered, sounding entirely too logical. I mean anytime a group of people decide to make a film based on real urban legends, particularly ones based on Long Island it’s a good thing,” I said, resisting the urge this time to wave my arms madly like an Italian, driving while talking on a cellphone, “It’s just that it’s so, so dumb.” “Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a good thing that the filmmakers decided to make it. James, and the topic which had me ticked off is the film Lost Suburbia, a horror film about Long Island urban legends. So I would go to great lengths, literally, to take 25a no matter where I might be going, which today was St. And one can find many interesting sites without straying too far from its winding length. Even more importantly, Blue Oyster Cult got their start along this highway. George Washington, gentleman soldier and our first president, once tooled up and down this road. With a bit of imagination, one can almost feel like they are in New England, which let’s face it is a bit more romantic than most of Long Island. It doesn’t suffer from a multitude of lanes, and feels much more rural than autobahn. When I first moved to Long Island, 25a was my road of choice. The road was Route 25a, which runs along the northern part of Long Island, that I had once referred to as being in my element. I hmmmmphed indignantly and concentrated on the road for a bit. But that’s right, you’re in your element now.” “And look at you, speeding along at almost sixty miles per hour. “You’re certainly in a cantankerous mood today,” Miss Bronwen noticed as she looked out the window of the passing scenery. James, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
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