#sir john sloane

[hooliganists]

Museum Highlight- Sir John Sloane’s Museum

If your Instagram is anything like mine, it has been flooded with people visiting Sir John Sloane’s Museum in London. The rave reviews caught my attention so I made sure to visit instagram’s latest darling on my next visit to London. The museum’s sudden online popularity has resulted in long lines outside the building- it’s not equipped to fit waiting crowds in its foyer so make sure to bring…

[stillnotyourmusebitch]

John Price/Barry Sloane owns my entire ass!!! Like sir please!!!

[lizajane2]

Netflix dropping a teaser for season 2 introducing the other Endless siblings and Dream looking fine as fuck. That man got me in a fucking chokehold, by my very soul and I'm freaking out over a little skin being shown like a virgin being touched for the very first time. Cause god damn he is so fine and for what?!

And then walks in Barry "John fucking Price" Sloane portraying as Destruction. Excuse me, Sir I did not have that on my bingo card for 2024. The attraction I have for that man is insane.

[brokehorrorfan]

The Universal Classic Monsters Collection will be released on 4K Ultra HD (with Digital) in digibook packaging on October 3 via Universal. Designed by Tristan Eaton, the eight-disc set is limited to 5,500.

It includes 1931's Dracula, 1931’s Frankenstein, 1932’s The Mummy, 1933’s The Invisible Man, 1935’s The Bride of Frankenstein, 1941’s The Wolf Man, 1943’s Phantom of the Opera, and 1954’s Creature from the Black Lagoon.

All eight films are presented in 4K with HDR10. The Spanish version of Dracula is also included. Special features are listed below, where you can also see more of the packaging.

Dracula is directed by Tod Browning (Freaks) and written by Garrett Fort (Frankenstein), based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan star.

Dracula special features:

Alternate score version by Philip Glass

Dracula (1931) Spanish version directed by George Melford

The Road to Dracula

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

Dracula: The Restoration

Dracula Archives

Monster Tracks

Trailer gallery

Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.

Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (The Indivisible Man) and written by Garrett Fort (Dracula) and Francis Edward Faragoh (Little Caesar), based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, and Boris Karloff star.

Frankenstein special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer

Audio commentary by historian Sir Christopher Frayling

The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made A Monster

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

Universal Horror

Frankenstein Archives

Boo!: A Short Film

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

Monster Tracks

Trailer gallery

Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts.

The Mummy is directed by Karl Freund (Dracula) and written by John L. Balderston (Dracula). Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, and Arthur Byron star.

The Mummy special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Paul M. Jensen

Audio commentary by Rick Baker, Scott Essman, Steve Haberman, Bob Burns, and Brent Armstrong

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

Unraveling the Legacy of The Mummy

The Mummy Archives

100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era

Trailer gallery

An Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes is his long-lost princess.

The Invisible Man is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by R.C. Sherriff (Goodbye, Mr. Chips), based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novel. Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, William Harrigan, Dudley Digges, and Una O'Connor star.

The Invisible Man special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer

Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters

Trailer gallery

A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.

The Bride of Frankenstein is directed by James Whale (Frankenstein) and written by William Hurlbut. Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, and Elsa Lanchester star.

The Bride of Frankenstein special features: 

Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen

She’s Alive! Creating The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride Of Frankenstein Archive

100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics

Trailer gallery

Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.

The Wolf Man is directed by George Waggner (Operation Pacific) and written by Curt Siodmak (I Walked with a Zombie). Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney Jr. star.

The Wolf Man special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver

Monster by Moonlight

The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth

Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr.

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

The Wolf Man Archives

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Trailer gallery

Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.

Phantom of the Opera is directed by Arthur Lubin and written by Eric Taylor (The Ghost of Frankenstein) and Samuel Hoffenstein (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Claude Rains, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, and Edgar Barrier star.

Phantom of the Opera special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Scott MacQueen

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Theatrical trailer

An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy’s career.

Creature from the Black Lagoon is directed by Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man) and written by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross. Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell star.

Creature from the Black Lagoon special features:

Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver

Back to the Black Lagoon

Production Photographs

100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Trailer gallery

A group of scientists try to capture a prehistoric creature luring in the depths of the Amazonian jungle and bring it back to civilization for study.

Pre-order Universal Classic Monsters Collection.

[smuttyfanficwriter]

Vibrations

Warnings: Smut 18+, breeding/daddy kink

Guys this is filthy, I’m so glad I’m not the only one that’s going absolute feral over Price/Barry Sloane

Captain Price was one of the guys that would intimate you but yet you loved it. The feel of his eyes on you as you talk to Ghost and Soap. You could practically feel him undressing you with his eyes. It doesn’t help that he has the remote the vibrator, you twitch as you feel the frequency hit your clit perfectly. 

“Are you okay?” Ghost asked, him and Soap had their eyebrows raised at you as you squirmed under their gaze. “Yeah I’m fine, excuse me for a sec.” You walked past them, exiting the brief room, heading towards Price’s office. You heard the thud of footsteps behind you, heart skipping a beat, pussy throbbing at the thought of your captain destroying your pussy with the massive cock he has hidden under those camo pants. You round the corner and push open the door. The vibrations went up and you can’t hold in the moans any longer. You heard the door slam shut and the clinking of the belt coming off, clothes coming off. Moaning at the feel of the vibrator on your clit, he comes up behind and grunts at your response. 

His bulge brushing against your ass, he’s grinding his hips at you. “S-sir, please.” Begging to be fucked by your captain, he only chuckled at how pathetic you looked. The sound sends heat pulling to your core. You pushed your ass towards him, trying to get as much friction as you can, only for him to pull away from you. Squeezing your thighs together and putting more pressure on your clit. “Love, look at me. Do you want daddy to fuck you? Feel you with daddy’s cum? Hmm?” You moaned at the questions, looking up at him. “Answer me love or you won’t get a good fucking from daddy.” 

“Y-yes daddy. Fuck me hard please, cum deep inside me.” With the sound of that, he gripped your hips towards him, pushed his very visible bulge into your sensitive cunt. The vibrator still on your clit, his clothed cock putting pressure on the vibrator, making your pussy throb and drip with need. Wanting and needing your captain fuck you into the next world. His lips crashed on your lips, his tongue swiping along your bottom lip before plunging his tongue in your mouth. Tongues fighting for dominance before John’s tongue dominating your mouth. His hands went to your shift, nearly ripping it open to reach your tits. Your chest heaving makes them rise and fall, you looked at how he wanted to ravish your breasts. He wrapped his arms around to take your bra off, your breasts springing out of the bra. One of his hands went to one nipple while his mouth worked on the other.

You throw your head back from pure ecstasy, pushing your breasts even more into his face. He pinches your nipple in between his fingers while his mouth pulls on your nipple. Fuck you could practically cum from this alone. He switches sides giving each nipple the attention they deserve. Your hands are in his hair, pulling him closer to your chest. He grunts at the movement, the vibration from the sound on your tits sends a tingly sensation to your throbbing pussy. He pulls off from you, you whine at the loss, only to replace it with a groan as you feel the tip at your entrance. You both sigh as he pushes his entire length inside you, causing you to push your hips up to him.

He starts off with a slow tantalizing pace, bucking your hips at him to urge him to go faster, harder. One hand is on your hip, the other is on your breast, squeezing and pulling at your nipple. He places his hands under your knees for you to wrap your legs around him as he leads you both to the desk. Without missing a beat, he thrusts even harder and faster. “Fuck baby, you feel so fucking good on daddy’s cock. Want me to fill you up? Have my seed planted in you, my perfect breedable baby.” You could only whine and moan at the words coming from him. He’s always been possessive, but him having a breeding kink is new, you loved at the thought of him filling you up with his cum and carry his baby, fucking you until you do carry. Hell he’ll probably still fill you up when you are pregnant. 

You felt a tight coil in your lower stomach ready to snap, John could tell. His thrusts were getting more sloppy, he’s getting close as well. Both of his hands went to your hips, pulling you closer to him as abuses your sopping cunt. “Baby I-I’m going to cu-” If it was possible, he fucked into you harder and faster, reaching both of your orgasms faster. The tight coil snapped, your vision blurred. John is still fucking into you, his cum shooting into your walls, the warmth of it making you have a small orgasm. His movements stopped, he slowly pulled out, you whined at the loss. He growled at the sight of you: legs spread open, his cum spilling out of you. He took his finger and scooped his cum and pushed his finger back into you, keeping it inside you. You could cum a third time if you could at the sight and feel. He pulled his finger and leaned down to kiss you. The kiss was sweet, passionate. He helped you up, your legs shaky. 

“I didn’t know you had a breeding kink. I will admit that it was pretty hot.” He chuckled, heat pooling to your core again. Fuck this man can do anything innocently and you still find it super attractive. He’ll be the death of you.

Let me know if you want to be in the taglist, I will be writing more fics.

[sporadiceagleheart]

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[kreizler-pupil]

Laszlo Kreizler playlist

This isn't exactly a Laszlo playlist, but more of a set of songs that I associate with the feelings and thoughts I have for him (wheter it's because of the lyrics or the vibes of the song). I also believe some lyrics match with The Alienist world or Laszlo as a character.

It doesn't have a particular order, and some of the songs have to do with the story fanfic I make in my head with him.

What being in love with Laszlo Kreizler feels like

"The heart is simply a muscle." "Then why does mine beat faster whenever I see you?"

🪻Show Me Your Mind - Sunken

🪻Animal - Sir Chloe

🪻Stargirl Interlude - The Weeknd, Lana del Rey

🪻Paris, Texas - SYML, Lana del Rey

🪻La leçon particulière - Francis Lai, Christian Gaubert

🪻Playing Dangerous - Lana del Rey (unreleased)

🪻Teacher's Pet - Melanie Martinez

🪻Bloom For Me - Pearly Drops

🪻Sour Switchblade - Elita

🪻Je te laisserai des mots - Patrick Watson

🪻Sex with a Ghost - Teddy Hyde

🪻Dancing With Your Ghost - Sasha Alex Sloan

🪻Sad Girl - Lana del Rey

🪻(🇦🇷) In a Bar in Buenos Aires - Franz Gordon

🪻Glory Box - Portishead

🪻Pretty When You Cry - Lana del Rey

🪻Dark Beach - Pastel Ghost

🪻We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn

🪻Put me In A Movie - Lana del Rey

🪻Starstruck (Single Version) - Sorry

🪻The World We Knew (Over And Over) - Frank Sinatra

🪻All I Wanted - Paramore

🪻Damn Those Eyes - Ashley Sienna

🪻Million Dollar Man - Lana Del Rey

🪻New York City - Among Savages

🪻Smooth Operator (Single Version) - Sade

🪻Infinite - Findlay

🪻Dark Side - Ramsey

🪻Way down We Go - KALEO

🪻See You Bleed - Ramsey

🪻Salvatore - Lana Del Rey

🪻Real Boy - Lola Blanc

🪻Distractions - Fabrizio Paterlini

🪻Idea 22 - Gibran Alcocer

🪻Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton-John

🪻We'll Meet Again - Frank Sinatra

🪻older - Isabel LaRosa

🪻Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce

🪻I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire - The Ink Spots

🪻Desire - MEG MYERS

🪻Terrible Thing- AG

🪻I Bet on Losing Dogs - Mitski

🪻You Are There - Frank Sinatra

🪻Once Upon a Dream - Lana del Rey

[misstergrayson]

DC Character Birthdays

The dates in parentheses are for when the character has multiple canon birthdays. I’ll keep editing as it’s not done.

January

3: Jim Corrigan

5: Jim Gordon

7: Sandra Knight

8: Queen Hippolyte

16: Wally West (November 11)

17: Kent Nelson

26: Kate Kane (March 21), Cassandra Cain

27: Al Pratt

29: Arthur Curry

31: Mera Curry

February

5: Tasmia Malor

8: Tenzil Kem

9: Rex Mason

10: Greg Sanders

11: Rokk Krinn

18: Eobard Thawne

19: Bruce Wayne (March 30, April 7, April 25, May 27, October 7)

20: Hal Jordan

21: Jo Nah

24: Dirk Morgna

26: Atlanna

29: Clark Kent, Billy Batson (December 23)

March

6: Garth of Shayeris, Dick Grayson (March 20, March 21, October 24, November 11, December 1)

8: Zatara

11: Lee Travis

12: Perry White

13: Mick Rory

14: Selina Kyle, Barry Allen (March 19, May 13)

19: Barry Allen (March 14, May 13)

20: Dick Grayson (March 6, March 21, October 24, November 11, December 1)

21: Kate Kane (January 26), Dick Grayson (March 6, March 20, October 24, November 11, December 1)

22: Diana Prince

23: James Jesse

24: Lydda Jath

27: Lar Gand

28: Happy Terrill

30: Katar Hol, Bruce Wayne (February 19, April 7, April 25, May 27, October 7)

31: Arthur Curry jr., Alfred Pennyworth (April 8, August 16)

April

3: Jay Garrick

4: Darell Dane

5: Chuck Taine

6: Brainiac

7: Bruce Wayne (January 19, March 30, April 25, May 27, October 7)

8: Alfred Pennyworth (March 31, August 16)

9: Sargon

10: Dinah Lance

11: Linda Danvers

19: Samuel Scudder

21: Tanya Wazzo

25: Bruce Wayne (January 19, March 30, April 7, May 27, October 7)

26: Donna Troy

28: Uncle Dudley

May

3: Maxwell Jensen

5: Condo Arlik

7: Freddy Freeman

8: Jack Ryder

13: Barry Allen (March 14, March 19)

18: Charles Mcnider

19: Digger Harkness

20: Zatanna Zatara

21: Beautia Savana

25: other Diana Prince

26: Ralph Dibny

27: Bruce Wayne (January 19, March 30, April 7, April 25, October 7)

June

1:Carter Hall

3: Salu Digby

4: Mark Mardon

19: Shayera

22: Thomas Peterson

27: Terry McGinnis (August 10, August 18)

July

2: Tawky Tawny

7: Johnny Thunder

9: Ray Palmer

10: Drake Burroughs

17: Lana Lang

19: Tim Drake

20: Al Desmond

21: Staq Maylen

25: Lucy Lane

26: Oswald Cobblepot

August

1: Joker

6: Kid Eternity

7: Morgan Edge

9: Damian Wayne

10: Terry McGinnis (June 27, August 18)

13: Duke Thomas

15: Ral Benem

16: Ira West, Alfred Pennyworth (March 31, April 8), Jason Todd

17: Lois Lane

18: Wing, Terry McGinnis (June 27, August 10)

20: Jan Arrah

21: Shiera Sanders

September

1: Pa Kent

10: Reep Daggle

11: Roy Raymond

12: Ted Grant, Jefferson Pierce

13: Thaddeus Savana Jr

18: Val Armorr

22: Kara Zor-El

23: Barbara Gordon

26: Sandy Hawkins

27: Iris West

28: Lex Luthor

October

2: Alan Scott (October 13)

5: Luornu Durgo

7: Bruce Wayne (February 19, March 30, April 7, April 25, May 27)

13: Alan Scott (October 2)

17: John Stewart

19: Magnificus Sivana

20: Terry Sloane

22: Thom Kallor

24: Dick Grayson (March 6, March 20, March 21, November 11, December 1)

26: Lois Barnett

28: Blackhawk

30: Dexter Miles

November

1: Roy Harper

3: Wesley Dodds

5: Rex Tyler

6: Boston Brand

7: Martha Kent

10: Garth Ranzz, Ayla Ranzz

11: Dick Grayson (March 6, March 20, March 21, October 24, December 1), Wally West (January 16)

15: Richard Grey jr

16: Johnathan Crane

19: Lyle Norg

21: Kamandi

22: Abra Kadabra

23: Imra Ardeen

29: Jimmy Olsen

30: Dag Wentim

December

1: Dick Grayson (March 6, March 20, March 21, October 24, November 11)

3: Adam Strange

5: Dr. Mind

7: Harvey Dent

8: Nura Nal

9: Oliver Queen

11: Len Snart

13: Sylvester Pemberton

14: Ulu Vakk

16: Leena Thorul

18: Ted Knight

19: Princess Projectra

22: Brek Bannin

23: Mary Batson, Billy Batson (February 29)

27: Sir Justin

29: Georgia Sivana

30: Qeurl Dox

[goalhofer]

Famous 1965 deaths.

T.S. Eliot (American-British poet & writer), 76

Frederick Fleet (British sailor), 77

Lorraine Hansberry (American playwright & writer), 34

Sir Winston Churchill (61st & 63rd British prime minister)(pictured), 90

Irving Bacon (American actor), 71

Nat Cole (American singer & pianist), 45

E. Forrest Taylor (American actor), 81

Tom Wilson (American actor), 84

Stan Laurel (British-American actor & writer)(pictured), 74

Margaret Dumont Moller (American actress), 82

Vittorio Jano (Italian car designer), 73

Amos Stagg (American football player & coach), 102

Linda Darnell (American actress), 41

Agustina Otero aka La Belle Otero (Spanish-French actress & dancer), 96

Leonard Mudie (British-American actor), 82

Guillermo González (Mexican inventor), 48

George Adamski (Polish-American writer), 74

Capt. Sir Geoffrey De Havilland (British pilot & businessman), 82

Lt. John Blue (American businessman & politician), 59

Earl Lambeau (American football player & coach), 67

Steve Cochran (American actor), 48

Ray Collins (American actor), 75

Adlai Stevenson II (American politician), 65

Constance Bennett Coulter (American actress & movie producer), 60

Everett Sloane (American actor), 55

Paul Waner (American baseball player), 62

Dorothy Dandrige (American actress & singer), 42

Gen. Lucian Truscott; Jr. (American army general), 70

Fred Quimby (American animator & tv producer), 79

Clara Bow Bell (American actress)(pictured), 60

Zachary Scott (American actor), 51

Travers Heagerty aka Henry Travers (British-American actor), 91

Rita Johnson (American actress), 52

Wesley Rickey (American baseball player & executive), 83

Rev. William M. Branham (American evangelist & faith healer), 56

[joostjongepier]

Wat?   John Soane en John Soane Junior en George Soane door William Owen, huis en kunstcollectie van John Soane

Waar?   Sir John Soane’s Museum, Londen

Wanneer?   6 augustus 2023

Vanochtend bezocht ik het vroegere woonhuis van architect John Soane (1753-1873). Soane was zoon van een metselaar, maar ontwikkelde zich tot een veelgevraagd architect. De Royal Academy onderkende het talent van de jonge Soan en kende hem een reisbeurs toe, waardoor hij een Grand  Tour door europa kon maken. Terug in Engeland begon hij een enorme collectie kunstvoorwerpen aan te schaffen. De voorwerpen variëren van schilderijen tot beeldhouwwerken, van architectuurtekeningen tot modellen en van Griekse vazen tot een Egyptische sarcofaag.Toen ik in januari van dit jaar Sambourne House bezocht, dacht ik dat een huis niet meer kunstvoorwerpen kon bevatten dan dat. Soane’s House wint het op alle fronten!  Zijn huis is nagelaten aan de staat met de clausule dat het in de staat moest blijven waarin het was bij Soan’s dood. Het resultaat is dit bijzondere museum.

In plaats van gewoon een bezoek aan het museum te brengen, heb ik een rondleiding geboekt. Dat heeft het voordeel dat ik ook een kijkje mag nemen in de kleine privévertrekken en de Picture Room. Het huis is door Soan zorgvuldig ontworpen met het oog op zijn collectie. Overal zijn lichtkoepels aangebracht, in de zogenaamde Breakfast Room, waar hij potentiële gasten ontving is er naast zo’n koepel in het dak ook geel glas aangebracht, dat zorgt voor een zuidelijk aandoend licht. Talloze spiegels zorgen bij bepaalde lichtinval voor een spectaculair effect.

De kunstvoorwerpen staan van de kelder tot verdieping, maar het meest intrigerende vertrek is de Picture Room. Gebouwd om de schilderijencollectie van Soane te herbergen. Het is een niet zo heel grote vierkante ruimte. Centraal hangt een schilderij van Venetië door Canaletto. Ook is er een serie van vier werken van Hogarth: The Election. Maar de echte verrassing moet nog komen. Aan beide zijden van de kamer bestaan de wanden uit twee beweegbare panelen. Zodra deze worden geopend komen er meer werken tevoorschijn, waaronder de serie A Rake’s Progress door William Hogarth. Achter de rechterpanelen bevinden zich nogmaals twee beweegbare panelen, waarachter zich nog meer kunstwerken bevinden.

Dat John Soane een geobsedeerd man was, lijdt geen twijfel. Iemand die zo gedreven verzamelt en zijn hele huis op die verzameling bouwt en inricht, durf ik wel fanatiek te noemen. Of het een erg aangenaam mens was, waag ik te betwijfelen. Hij dwong zijn twee zoons om architectuur te gaan studeren. Zijn oudste zoon George, die liever schrijver wilde worden, lag dwars. George’s levenswandel was verre van voorbeeldig. Hij kwam gevangen te zitten omdat hij schulden niet kon afbetalen. Toen hij uiteindelijk vrij kwam schreef hij in een krant artikelen vol kritiek op Sloane Seniors werk en persoon. Het leidde tot een onherstelbare breuk. Soane onterfde zijn zoon en liet zijn huis na aan de staat. Jammer voor George, maar een geluk voor alle bezoekers die tot op de dag van vandaag dit bijzondere huis in originele staat kunnen bewonderen.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"FLY-PAPER TRAPS A HUMAN VICTIM," Toronto Star. January 23, 1913. Page 1. ---- Joseph Shanahan, Scheuer Diamond Robber, Gets Five Years. ---- SERVED TIME BEFORE ---- Record in United States - Magistrate Denison Found Him Too Clever. ---- Fly-paper has entangled the feet of Joseph Shanahan to the extent of committing him to the Kingston Penitentiary for five years. He was this morning convicted as the man who, on New Year's Eve, entered the Edward Scheuer jewelry store at 90 Yonge street, and got away with nearly $3,000 worth of diamonds. To avoid burglar alarms, the man cut his way through the ceiling from an office above, and the detectives found in the morning that the burglar, to deaden the noise of breaking glass, had pasted fly-paper over the showcase

John H. Sloan, druggist, at 528 Yonge street, came to the Police Court and identified Shanahan as the man to whom he made a sale of flypaper a few hours before the burglary. "He said he was an engineer and wanted to catch cockroaches, so I took a good look at him," said Mr. Sloan. Shanahan was arrested in Louis Goodman's store for second-hand goods, on Queen west, the proprietor stating that Shanahan sold him seventy-five of the Scheuer rings.

Where He Sold the Spoils. "I gave him $75," stated Goodman, "and told him to come back for another $25."

But in the meantime, before Shanahan returned, Goodman had arranged a signal with the police. When a certain little book was placed in the window, among the jewelry, it told the detectives waiting across the road that the man had fallen for the bait of an extra $25.

Shanahan in court denied the sale of the rings. He believed it was a patched-up case on the part of the police.

He gave his home as a small village near Lindsay, and his counsel, T. Robinette, suggested, "You are in some way descended from Sir Isaac Brock?"

"That may be right." Shanahan returned, "but I don't care to go into that here."

Served Time Before. A little cornering on the part of Crown Attorney Hughes brought out the fact that, under the alias of Frank Adams, the man was given a three-year term in Joliet Penitentiary, and upon another occasion was mixed up in a questionable manner with a New York divorce case.

"He is too clever a man to let out easily," the Crown Attorney continued, "he is building up a record in the United States, we don't want the example followed here."

"He is remarkably clever," the magistrate agreed, "but dangerous. Like all criminals he overlooked one small thing. Think, if he had only taken the fly-paper away with him, he might have been free yet. He will serve five years in Kingston Penitentiary."

[AL: Shanahan was 37, born in the Windsor area, listed his trade as a news reporter, and had served three previous terms in the Joliet Penitentiary. He was convict #F-541 at Kingston Penitentiary, and worked in some hard labour gangs like stone cutting and the stone pile. He was admonished by the warden in May 1914 for contraband, and in 1915, was reported in August for talking, losing 3 days remission, and for fighting in October. For the latter he was transferred to the Prison of Isolation for a year. He was released in 1917.]

[bluebellravenbooks]

During one of my recent trips to London, I got to visit what is probably the most insane museum I've seen yet - Sir John Soane's. In its "mad Victorian's attic" aesthetic it outshines even the Pitt Rivers in Oxford (although strictly speaking it's a mad Regency attic: Sir John Soane was a famous Regency-era architect, who accumulated a big collection and upon his death arranged it to be preserved in the same way he kept it, and open to the public for free).

I'm struggling to give this place a review. It was... something, to be sure. The rooms and passages were comically tiny, and the bottom line I think is that it should be enjoyed on a gloomy winter day, with as few tourists as possible, or else it's difficult to take all this madness in. Still, a curious place, that is impossible to deny.

[docdm]

Sir John Soane’s house, now a museum, in London.

[antonia-starrvinova]

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ANTONY STARR CHARACTER UNIVERSE | Antonia's | ASCU | 

Note: Includes characters I know and have watched. Also includes Antony. Homelander is not on this blog but click on his name for the masterlist for him. More characters added once I've been able to watch Antony's other projects.

LIST OF ASCU CHARACTERS I CURRENTLY WRITE FOR:

Antony Starr | Lucas Hood | Matt Sloane | John AU | Homelander  (@theboysfanfic​)

So if you request eg: Lucas x Reader, he doesn't only have to be Soft! or Damaged!

LIST OF x!ASCU CHARACTERS

Key: x!ASCU Character (Character variation)!(ASCU character)

Pristine Sir, Why?!Antony

Jealous!Antony

Soft!Lucas

Damaged!Lucas

Sassy!Matt

PenTester!Matt

Sexy Director!John AU

NEW - Hotcute™️ Lucas Matt (send me an ask if you wanna know what I mean!)

NEW - Guybrush!Antony (I'm casting Antony as Guybrush Threepwood, MI.)

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Organisation using these tags. Some more practical, some more fun!

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(For fun to show how *CAN'T* all of Antony's pics/GIFS are! Cause they are so RIGHT hence starboard uhuhuhu!)

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Photo Credit: Image used in 'Sexy Director!John AU' is from this post by vought.art on instagram. Image of roses and ribcage from X. Dividers x by @firefly-graphics

[sporadiceagleheart]

Here's a tribute to June 10th 2012 birthday and rest in peace Angels Sophie Hélène Béatrix de France, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France,Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun,Marie Antoinette with a Rose,Marie Antoinette,Louis XVI,Marie-Thérèse Charlotte,Louis Antoine of France, Duke of AngoulêmeLouis Joseph Xavier François,Louis XVII,Louis XVIII,Charles X,Maria Theresa of Savoy,Sophie d'Artois,Louis, Dauphin of France, Aubreigh Paige Wyatt, Ava Jordan Wood, Leiliana Wright, Star Hobson, Saffie-Rose Brenda Roussos, Lily Peters, Olivia Pratt Korbel, Elizabeth Shelley, Sara Sharif, Charlotte Figi, Jersey Dianne Bridgeman, Macie Hill, Sloan Mattingly, Audrii Cunningham, Athena Strand, Athena Brownfield, Leocadia Zorrilla, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Josefa Bayeu, Francisco Javier Goya Bayeu,Charlotte Eckerman, Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, La Belle Italienne, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Lady Elizabeth Finch-Hatton, Queen Elizabeth II, Barbara Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lady Elizabeth Pilfold Shelley, Anne Neville, John Winthrop, Mary Forth Winthrop, Margaret Tyndall Winthrop, Thomasine Winthrop, Elisabeth of Denmark, Anna von Brandenburg, Elisabeth von Brandenburg, Sir John Talbot, Elizabeth Wrottesley Talbot, Richard III, Edward of Middleham, Margaret Plantagenet, Anne Plantagenet Saint Leger, Elizabeth of York Plantagenet de la Pole Duchess of Suffolk, Edmund Plantagenet, Richard of York 3rd Duke of York, Lady Cecily de Neville Plantagenet, Katharine of Aragon, Henry Tudor, Elizabeth I, Isabella de Aragon, Juan de Aragón, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Asturias, Jacklyn Jaylen “Jackie” Cazares, Chief Thunder Cloud, Chief Yellow Thunder, Ernest White Thunder, Wa-Kin-Yan-Waste “Andrew” Good Thunder, Maggie Snana Brass, Catherine Violet Hubbard,

[klina12]

Wish I had an office that looked as lovely as this...

Hannibal Lecter’s office /  Sir John Soane’s Museum