“What can you tell me about the exorcism room in Caldwell?” So reads one of the most common questions that Special Collections receives during this time of year. In fact, when I first started as an employee in the archives, I was cautioned that this would likely be one of the most common inquiries I Read More
Posts with the tag: OFB
The Archivist’s Nook: The Legend of the Exorcism Room
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The Archivist’s Nook: A Priest, a Werewolf, and a Bunny Walk into a Theater…
“A certain leeway with probability has to be allowed to science fiction but making monsters out of rabbits is a little too much,” wrote one reviewer to his colleagues in the USCCB Office of Film and Broadcasting (OFB) regarding the 1972 giant-bunnies-run-amok film, Night of the Lepus. The OFB – known until 1966 as the Legion Read More
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