Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Why Does Keith Jackson Have a Toilet in the University of Nebraska’s Stadium Named After Him?


The legendary broadcaster, known for his love of college football, received a peculiar tribute.
by Rich Watson 


For over a generation, Keith Jackson was the voice of college football. Every Saturday afternoon, fans counted on his presence, providing the play-by-play on televised games from Tallahassee to Pasadena, from Ann Arbor to Austin. His death in 2018 was mourned deeply.

The University of Nebraska boasts one of the top football programs in the country. Jackson was as much loved in Lincoln as in any other major college town.

But why does Memorial Stadium have a bathroom dedicated to him?

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The Secret Society That Studies Humanity While It Sleeps in Alex Proyas’s “Dark City”


The movie Dark City imagines a spooky nocturnal world existing beneath the one we know.
by Rich Watson 


This post is part of The Secret Places and Trippy Houses Blogathon, a blog event devoted to “the movies and TV shows over the years that have used secret places in their plots.” At the end, I’ll tell you where to find more posts like these.

Music video director Alex Proyas followed his 1994 movie The Crow with another moody, atmospheric film which treaded the more sinister territories of fantasy and sci-fi, in 1998. Dark City was not as big a hit, but time has treated it well.

It’s about beings who experiment on humans in a hidden underworld.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Did the Devil Leave His Mark On This Rock in a Brooklyn Cemetery?


Don’t walk too closely next to this rock in Brooklyn. Satan himself may have touched it.
by Rich Watson 


This is the time of year for accepting the supernatural, if only for fun. New York has its share of corners where ghost stories are still told and unexplained phenomena have been thought to occur.

In a prominent Brooklyn cemetery, for example, there is a certain rock, which some say bears the hoof print… of the Devil.