Rasma Raisters

Lots of people have been held rooted to their seats by the action packed movies which were all about a spy named James Bond. . The unforgettable character of James Bond 007 was created by writer Ian Fleming. Ian Fleming was an English author, journalist, and naval intelligence officer. He is best remembered for his James Bond series of novels. His first Bond novel was “Casino Royal” in 1952. This was followed by eleven more Bond novels and a two short-story collections. All of the novels were about James Bond, who was an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service that was known as M16. Bond was also known by his code number 007.

I love movies that are suspenseful and scary but not those that have only blood and gore. I can handle Michael, Jason and Freddy but not for all time. I need nail biting terror that slowly builds. This is the same when it comes to reading novels which are a bit more psychological than actually frightening. For this reason I came across an article that tells about some of the great women authors who have written suspenseful novels and some of them have even been made into movies .

Ingrid Bergman is one of the many Old Hollywood actresses that I love and whose movies I could watch again and again. The interesting thing about Bergman is that she was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 29, 1915, and died of cancer in London, England, on August 29, 1982, which was her 67th birthday. Yes, you read that right, her birth and death dates are the same. I don't think I have previously known or heard of anybody who died on their birthday, but I know there must be some people at least. This legendary actress is best known for her incredible role as Ilsa Lund in the classic movie "Casablanca." The actress created quite a scandal in 1950 when she gave birth to the son of Italian director Roberto Rossellini, not having been married to him.

This is another of my all time favorite singers. Eric Carmen is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist. He had a number of hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s. He began singing as a member of the rock group The Raspberries. His solo hits include “All By Myself”, “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again”, ‘Hungry Eyes”, and “Make Me Lose Control”.

Ghost stories are just ghost stories. They can scare you and set your imagination dancing. However, ghost stories that are real are the most frightening of all because you know the places that the ghosts haunt and they just might be close-by.

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