THE CORONER’S REPORT

COMPILED BY JAY CLARKE

WEIRD STATS & MORBID FACTS ISSUE #220 The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling tested parachutes as a part-time job, once earning $1000 to test an ejection seat that had killed its previous three test subjects. Burger King’s Halloween Whopper, with its black-dyed bun, was pulled from circulation after several customers reported green stool. The Vincent Price spoken-word portion of the Michael Jackson hit “Thriller” was written the day of the recording. An animated Halloween Grinch movie exists, called Halloween is Grinch Night. It aired on ABC in October 1977 and won an Emmy. Navarrofobia is described as the fear of cornfields. The given name of Halloween’s iconic killer, “Michael” was among the most popular male names in the United States between 1954 and 1998, dropping out of the top five in 2011 for the first time since…

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RUE MORGUE (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 220 Sep/Oct Halloween 2024

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