Stoner's Monster Mayhem #5 (Winter 1997)
Page 1 (Cover): Boris Karloff as Morgan the butler in THE OLD DARK HOUSE!
Page 2: Subscription ad for the Stoner's Monster Mayhem fanzine and Maniac Monster Club.
Page 3: Credits; Table of Contents; From the Editor...;
Page 4: Maniacal Monster Mumblings (Maniacal Mail) - interesting letters about Ray Ferry, Famous Monsters & Dynacomm.
Page 5: ASK UNCLE FORRY! Find out the circumstances that led to Bela Lugosi visiting the Ackermansion; Read FJA's thoughts about the film THE OLD DARK HOUSE!; Find out about Forry's recent and upcoming projects; Discover what issues of the original FM are FJA's favorites; And what did FJA wish for when he blew out the candles at his 80th birthday party celebration;
Page 6 - 7: Maniacal News - A Closer Look; News about the SMM and Monster Mayhem websites winning the 4e's Faves Award; The United States Postal Service and Universal Studios unveil Monster Stamps for October 1997; A blurb about the showing of METROPOLIS at a local operal house; Screamcraft Magazine: a new zine to debut; Midnight Marquee books that are or have been produced; Universal Monsters of the Silver Screen Trading Cards and Hammer Horror: Series 2 Trading Cards are available through SMM; New prints by Basil Gogos (original FM cover artist); Conventions that SMM will be attending;
Page 8 - 10: Dare you enter... THE OLD DARK HOUSE by Richard Stoner. Article and photos about this 1932 film.
Page 11: Dustin Jablonski: Little House of Horrors (Newspaper excerpt). Newspaper article that appeared in Anderson, Indiana's The Herald Bulletin about Dustin Jablonski (Dr. Monster) and his monster collection.
Page 12 - 13: The Ackermansion with photos contributed by fellow Maniac Nick Leonard of San Francisco, California. See the Ackermansion and some of it's items including FJA's lifemask collection!
Page 14 - 15: Rock and Mayhem by Kenwick Cook. Article about how monsters have influenced differents rock groups and artists.
Page 16 - 19: The First Wolfman on the Moon by Terry L. Doubleday. Comic created by the mind of Doubleday about a criminal's punishment for being a werewolf.
Page 20 - 21: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: The Movie and the Mini-Con by Richard Stoner. Article about the film and the convention that SMM attended in October, 1996.
Page 22: Richard Olson: He's Got that Halloween Spirit (Newspaper excerpt). Newspaper article that appeared in Mankato, Minnesota's The Mankato Freepress about fellow Maniac Richard Olson's monstrous monster collection.
Page 23: Maniacal Birthdays - Ray Milland, George Zucco, Ernest Thesiger, John Agar, John Carradine, Lon Chaney, Jr., Oliver Reed, Onslow Stevens, Lionel Atwill.
Page 24: Maniac Jim's Movie Trivia by Jim Easterling. Ten questions about THE OLD DARK HOUSE. The first Maniac to send in the correct answers wins a $10.00 Maniac Coupon to be used towards a Mayhem purchase.
Page 25: Maniac Monster Club Members; Next Issue!; Photo of a man who had some sort of Maniacal involvement with the horror genre almost 9 decades ago. Can you guess who it is?
Page 26: SMM Back-Issues!; A Therapeutic Top 10 List - The top ten reasons why Stoner has had a tough six months. Hmmmm!
Page 27: Maniacal Ads! Read Monsterscene magazine!; Universal Monsters of the Silver Screen (Kitchen Sink) & Hammer Horror: Series 2 (Cornerstone Communications) Trading Card Sets available through SMM!
Page 28: (Back Cover): A Maniacal Word From...Ernest Thesiger!
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