A Little Less Serious – Page 4

(More) Odds and Ends

While digging through old newspapers looking for material for this site, I occasionally happen across an article that isn’t substantial enough to warrant its own separate entry here. I call these articles my “odd and ends,” and I even included a chapter with that title in Haunted Marion, Ohio. What follows are a couple of […]

“Obscenity of the Worst Kind!” The Exorcist Comes to Marion

Though most of us think of the Palace Theatre as a venue offering up mostly family-friendly entertainment, there was a time when the management was willing to show something a little more daring. It was 1974 and The Exorcist was causing a stir all over the country. The film, based on the bestseller by William […]