DROPPING A BOOK RIGHT AFTER YOU CHECK OUT MY STORE—JUST CLICK ON THE WORD—STORE—DUH—ABOVE AND I THANK YOU.
Today’s book is by Heather Graham (http://www.eheathergraham.com/) , a Florida resident that writes a lot about Key West, entitled
THE CURSED (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18528417-the-cursed)
it’s a good summer read…a mystery loaded with assorted ghosts, murder and mayham and what better place than in Key Weird. Try it (both the book and Key West) you will more than likely like them.
Let’s do an weird- island day:
Yes dear even the dead in Key West are a bit… ah…weird… Take the centrally located and highest point on the island cemetery: Florida’s first millionaire, William Curry is at rest beneath a tall, elaborately decorated marble shaft. … On Fourth Avenue in the graveyard is the statue of Earl Saunders Johnson, the shoes are really his shoes encased in plaster. On down the rows of graves there is the one of a … Thomas Romer with the inscription “Good citizen for 65 of his 108 years.” There is a (toy) airplane on top of one crypt, which over the years has been painted different colors. The most talked about inscriptions in the cemetery is one that says, “Devoted Fan of Julio Iglesias” and the marble tablet for Pearl Roberts, which says, “I told you I was sick.” (she was a waitress and local hypochondriac) http://weirdus.com/states/florida/cemetery_safari/key_west_graves/index.php
Robert the Doll that was once owned by Key West painter and author Robert Eugene Otto. The doll is said to be possessed by evil spirits, and has a terrifying reputation. Neighbors claimed to have seen the doll moving from window to window when the family was out. Sometimes the doll would emit a terrifying giggle..” It is now at the Mortello Museum near the Airport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Doll
and are there any Island items on Google?
1950’s Impko 3 Key West Luggage Stickers Sealed $15
Fantasy Fest 96 T-shirt Call Of The Wild Key West $20
1950’s Red Felt Key West Pennant Large $24
Key West Lighthouse -Art Deco Poster-by Aurelio Grisanty $35
Key West Florida License Plate Topper Southern Most City $100
Nautical Cabinet Key West Shelves Cupboard $124
The worst?: Carl Tanzle… German-born technologist who developed a morbid obsession for a young Cuban… tuberculosis patient, Elena Milagro … In 1933, almost two years after her death, Tanzler removed Hoyos’s body from its tomb, and lived with the corpse at his home for seven years until its discovery by Hoyos’s relatives… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler
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