A Local Legend

Remember the Bogeyman

Lon Chaney Sr in London After Midnight (lost movie). *Mr. Chaney, the Man of a Thousand Faces, was born in my hometown, Colorado Springs, on April 1st 1883.

Lon Chaney's Birthplace

On the way downtown to Zeezo's Magic Shop to take a picture of their wall of masks I suddenly realized I had a better subject right under my nose. The old Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind where Lon Chaney sr's parents met. I don't know if Lon was born in the school but he was born in this town, at least.

It's a really vast complex with lots of interesting architecture and old (for this area) trees. This is just part of it.

Just for grins, here's the city's original power plant, nearby. I suppose it could be haunted or something, huh?

Downtown at the City Auditorium we have the Lon Chaney theater, recently reopened.

And I found out that stinking Zeezo's moved and they don't have a wall of masks anymore so to blazes with them.