# Peter Rugg

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Did This 1923 Murder Inspire Halloween's Michael Myers?

The legend of Stanley Stiers — an 11-year-old Iowa boy who allegedly murdered his family and classmates on Halloween in 1923 — bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain masked killer who wouldn't appear on screen for another 55 years. | #WDRadio WEEK OF JANUARY 04, 2026==========HOUR ONE: Was Stanl…

Imagining Independence; or, Why Does Rip Van Winkle Sleep Through the Revolution?

Thursday, March 12—Inaugurating a series of programs to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, authors and scholars Michael Gorra, Wendy S. Walters, and Brenda Wineapple discuss three classic short stories, each written within fifty years of the American Revolution, that im…

Imagining Independence; or, Why Does Rip Van Winkle Sleep Through the Revolution?

Thursday, March 12—Inaugurating a series of programs to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, authors and scholars Michael Gorra, Wendy S. Walters, and Brenda Wineapple discuss three classic short stories, each written within fifty years of the American Revolution, that im…

Peter Rugg: The Missing Man by William Austin

Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, one of the most famous stories in its time about the most travelled man in the original American colonies that became au urban legend without ever existing.

Imagining Independence; or, Why Does Rip Van Winkle Sleep Through the Revolution?

Thursday, March 12—Inaugurating a series of programs to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, authors and scholars Michael Gorra, Wendy S. Walters, and Brenda Wineapple discuss three classic short stories, each written within fifty years of the American Revolution, that im…

Berzerk and Polybius: The Twin Legends of Killer Arcade Games | #WDRadio

In 1982, an 18-year-old dropped dead after playing the arcade game Berzerk — and decades of half-truths, copycat rumors, and a real murder at the same machine turned it into legend. We separate fact from fiction on the Berzerk curse and its shadowy cousin, Polybius, the government mind-control game…

Weird Darkness - Berzerk and Polybius: The Twin Legends of Killer Arcade Games

In 1982, an 18-year-old dropped dead after playing the arcade game Berzerk — and decades of half-truths, copycat rumors, and a real murder at the same machine turned it into legend. We separate fact from fiction on the Berzerk curse and its shadowy cousin, Polybius, the government mind-control game…