Tabloid man & the baffling chair of death
Subtitle: revealed: shocking secrets of the scandal sheets
By: Paul Bannister
Publisher: [CreateSpace]
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, S.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781456581800
Subjects: Tabloid newspapers; Reporters and reporting; Scandals
Other titles: Tabloid man and the baffling chair of death; Baffling chair of death; Revealed : shocking secrets of the scandal sheets
Description: Anyone who sat in a murderer's old chair in an English public house would die, and soon, said the legend, and a series of sudden deaths was blamed on the cursed seat. Journalist Paul Bannister delved into the story of the Baffling Chair of Death, and became the National Enquirer's chief reporter of the paranormal. As 'Tabloid Man, ' he covered more than spooks and psychics, however. Headline tales about celebrities like Oprah, O.J. and Obama also came from his notebook, and this frank memoir reveals just how the scandal sheets get their sensational stories, as well as revealing the secrets of classic tabloid tales, from getting Elvis' Last Picture to finding the world's tallest Christmas tree.