Patrick Rapa
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Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Touring Eastern State Penitentiary: Watchful eyes, hidden messages, mystery murals
Besides Al Capone, Fairmount's looming prison-turned-museum once housed an inmate who led a 12-man prison escape. He left his mark on Eastern State in more ways than one. → Read More
Washington Square, Bartram’s Garden, West Fairmount Park: Philly’s best park benches
When choosing the right park bench, you must use your butt instinct. → Read More
Come for the colon, stay for the skulls: Touring the Mutter Museum’s overlooked oddities
A jar of skin flakes, a wall of eyes. Horrors everywhere. → Read More
Listen up, Philly’s storytellers have a lot to say
One speaker, one microphone, an attentive audience, and five or 10 uninterrupted minutes on stage. → Read More
Fat Jack’s Comicrypt struggling amid rising operational costs, increased online competition
As a comic shop owner for the last 40 years, Mike Ferraro has seen it all: the reboots, the crossovers, the movie tie-ins, the glow-in-the-dark poly-bagged hologrammed variant-cover number ones. Lots of highs. Only a few lows.But these are dark times for our hero. → Read More
Philly forensic artist creates portraits to honor fallen cops from around the country
No matter who he's drawing, Castro starts with the eyes. → Read More
Mary Radzinski, the first woman to host at Helium, is releasing her debut (dark) comedy album
She's got this line about how she responds when people ask if she's got any kids: "Like five years ago or so, I would have confidently answered, 'Not yet.' ... Now, I'm just like, 'Not anymore.'" - Patrick Rapa, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News → Read More
Quiz: Do you know how to come correct on Fourth of July in Philly?
It is during these times of revelry on which our best behavior must most be! → Read More
Autocrat etiquette: How to entertain when a strong man comes to town
Don't: Hand him a MAGA hat full of fries and a promise to "throw in Melania" in exchange for a real estate deal. - Patrick Rapa, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News → Read More
Quiz: How should you behave at the Eagles Parade?
Keep it together, Philadelphia. We believe in you. → Read More
Bomb cyclone, flurricane and more: A glossary of future winter weather terms
Winter has come. - Patrick Rapa, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News → Read More
WATCH: New video by Queen of Jeans
Favorite Philly band Queen of Jeans just released a video for "Moody," a track off the self-titled EP they dropped in May (h/t Brooklyn Vegan). It gives me those lazy, spooky summer shore house blues. → Read More
Rescue Us: Tink and Zoey
Here's a dynamic duo: Tink and Zoey are a couple of 12-year-olds who were surrendered to the shelter by their family when they had a human baby. → Read More
Book Review: ‘Ghostland’ explores a thoroughly haunted America
The United States is lousy with ghost stories. History, legend and an unspoken need to believe have inspired us to populate seemingly every battlefield and withering mansion with one spirit or another. → Read More
A Philly horror icon passes away at age 98
In the strange, slapdash world of TV horror-hosting, Philly-born John Zacherle was a pioneer and a legend. Known as both “Roland” and “Zacherley” to kids in the ’50s and ’60s, he helped pave the way for Svengoolie, Elvira and other campy TV hosts who became as much a reason to tune in as the spooky movies they’re introducing. → Read More
WATCH: The trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's new movie looks insane
So, M. Night Shyamalan is scary again. Last year we got "The Visit" which everybody says was creepy. The just-released second trailer for his new movie — "Split," due out Jan. 20 — looks nuts. It's "The Room" meets "10 Cloverfield Lane" and then runs into "Primal Fear" at the gym and "Sybil" is playing on the little TV on top of the elliptical, which is weird because there's usually nothing good… → Read More
Book Review: Jon Ronson investigates Donald Trump’s connection to a conspiracy kingpin
In his fun and fascinating new 48-page e-book, British journalist/author Jon Ronson looks at Donald Trump through the lens of one of his most out-there supporters: conspiracy mogul Alex Jones. → Read More
LISTEN: A podcast uncovers the twisting mystery of the local “Boy in the Photo”
A self-described “show about the Internet,” Gimlet Media podcast Reply All likes to follow stories to their winding, unpredictable ends. Some episodes are wild goose chases, some go from fun to creepy and back and some solve mysteries of varying degrees of importance → Read More
Breaking News: Real actual ghost shows itself at PAFA maybe
You may recall an article that appeared in PhillyVoice in August about an artist named Fernando Orellana ; he makes machines for ghosts to use to communicate with the living. Well, what he really wants is for a ghost to show up and draw something. → Read More
The top five episodes of the best true crime podcast out there
Criminal is the best true crime podcast you don’t listen to. → Read More