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| + | Richard Chamberlin was born February 13, 1892 in Branson Missouri to a lawyer and a teacher. Despite being born in a comparatively privileged home, Richard's life was just as steeped in superstition as everyone else in the area. His sisters made dumb suppers for unknown future husbands. His aunt had cured his night terrors by hanging a charm against witches above his bed. Although surrounded by true believers it was a series of nightmares when he was 12 that ignited his obsession to understand what might be agent behind all the spook stories his friends and neighbors told.This dream, more real than an memory, drives him to chase every legend of encounter with the beyond that he might hear about. | ||
| + | His formal education was limited by the area. He was however, an insatiable reader, and continued to teach himself after he left school. It was during this time that he wrote his first short stories. His lack of formal high school did not stop him from attending college and he graduated from Pittsburg State University in 1914 with a degree in Journalism and Literature. | ||
| + | He moved to St. Louis in 1919 pursuing the site of an un-named pre-Aztec city and legends of a mysterious dark man in black. This was when he wrote his short story 'The Devil from the Mound'. He stayed in St. Louis for a while investigating the surrounding states. It was during this time he wrote 'The Lurker in the Fog' from the investigation in Barbourville, Kentucky, 'Grow!' following a lead on a miraculous farmer into Adams County Illinois, and 'Green Glows the Hill' following tales of strange lights and miniature men in Stahl, Kansas. | ||
| + | Unfortunately short stories and amateur anthropology do not make much money. Richard makes the majority of his money writing romance novels under the pen name Sylvia Hotchkiss for Mills & Boon. His most popular novel is 'The Virtuous Harlot'. | ||
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Richard Chamberlin
played by Tom Albin
A writer of weird tales.
Biography
Richard Chamberlin was born February 13, 1892 in Branson Missouri to a lawyer and a teacher. Despite being born in a comparatively privileged home, Richard's life was just as steeped in superstition as everyone else in the area. His sisters made dumb suppers for unknown future husbands. His aunt had cured his night terrors by hanging a charm against witches above his bed. Although surrounded by true believers it was a series of nightmares when he was 12 that ignited his obsession to understand what might be agent behind all the spook stories his friends and neighbors told.This dream, more real than an memory, drives him to chase every legend of encounter with the beyond that he might hear about. His formal education was limited by the area. He was however, an insatiable reader, and continued to teach himself after he left school. It was during this time that he wrote his first short stories. His lack of formal high school did not stop him from attending college and he graduated from Pittsburg State University in 1914 with a degree in Journalism and Literature. He moved to St. Louis in 1919 pursuing the site of an un-named pre-Aztec city and legends of a mysterious dark man in black. This was when he wrote his short story 'The Devil from the Mound'. He stayed in St. Louis for a while investigating the surrounding states. It was during this time he wrote 'The Lurker in the Fog' from the investigation in Barbourville, Kentucky, 'Grow!' following a lead on a miraculous farmer into Adams County Illinois, and 'Green Glows the Hill' following tales of strange lights and miniature men in Stahl, Kansas. Unfortunately short stories and amateur anthropology do not make much money. Richard makes the majority of his money writing romance novels under the pen name Sylvia Hotchkiss for Mills & Boon. His most popular novel is 'The Virtuous Harlot'.
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