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IMAGINATION and FANTASIES

of our favorites were Captain Midnight, or the scariest that
started with ‘ Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of man?
‘The Shadow Knows’. Or after frighting me half to death the
final warning at the end. ‘The weed of crime bears bitter fruit.
Crime does not pay. The Shadow Knows.’. Who could sleep
after that.

But, it never ended, show after show I couldn’t wait to hear
them and be terrified. One Radio show I couldn’t listen to by
myself was Gang Busters. It was to real, story after story of
the worst criminals in America. They could be living in our
town, in our apartment complex, or worst in our block. And
we might never know. Endings to these radio shows had to
have a catch. Gang Busters listed the top 10 most wanted
criminals in America. I have never forgotten them and even
today have lists of the nation’s or world’s 10 worst enemies.
Today Politicians, Lobbyists, Lawyers, Bankers, and Corporate
Scoundrels are on the top of my list.

Imagination was always sparked by mystery, amazing events or
abilities, scary and frightening stories. These came in every
form, visual like movies or auditory on the radio, were but
two. Newspaper comic strips, comic books and classic novels
were others.

Newspaper comic strips had a different effect on me. I was
seldom scared or mystified by them. I was so glad that we got
the Evening Star newspaper, because the other, paper The
Washington Post didn’t carry them. I read a couple, Kerry

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