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Burn Witch Burn! (novel)
Burn Witch Burn is a Philadelphia-based Celtic rock band. Burn Witch Burn may also refer to: * Burn Witch Burn (film), ''Burn Witch Burn'' (film), a 1962 horror film known outside of America as ''Night of the Eagle'' * Burn Witch Burn! (novel), ''Burn Witch Burn!'' (novel), a 1932 novel by Abraham Merritt * Burn, Witch. Burn! (American Horror Story), "Burn, Witch. Burn!" (''American Horror Story''), a 2013 episode of ''American Horror Story: Coven'' See also

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Burn Witch Burn
Burn Witch Burn were an American Celtic rock/goth/ Appalachian/Gypsy/folk/ punk rock band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and active between 1994-2001. The band was a side project of Dead Milkmen singer and keyboardist Rodney Linderman. History The band formed in 1994, around the time the Dead Milkmen announced their plans to disband the following year after a final tour and album. Taking their name from the 1962 horror film of the same name, Burn Witch Burn was composed of Linderman, his wife Vienna and a cast of additional instrumentalists. They crafted a distinct sound drawing from several forms of folk music (including Irish and Americana styles) and a "Pogues-esque" punk rock sensibility, with a dark element sufficient to frequently earn them "goth" and "gypsy" tags. This dark edge, reflected in songs of murder, misery, alcoholism, pestilence and the occult, was a sharp left turn from the Dead Milkmen's comedic lyrical motifs, although Burn Witch Burn lyrics were ...
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Burn Witch Burn (film)
''Night of the Eagle'' is a 1962 British horror film directed by Sidney Hayers. The script by Charles Beaumont, Richard Matheson and George Baxt was based upon the 1943 Fritz Leiber novel ''Conjure Wife''. The film was retitled ''Burn, Witch, Burn!'' for the US release.Gary A. Smith, ''The American International Pictures Video Guide'', McFarland 2009 p 36 Plot Norman Taylor ( Peter Wyngarde) is a psychology professor lecturing about belief systems and superstition. After a scene in which his wife searches frantically and finds a poppet left by a jealous work rival, he discovers that his wife, Tansy ( Janet Blair), is practising obeah, referred to in the film as "conjure magic", which she learned in Jamaica. She insists that her charms have been responsible for his rapid advancement in his academic career and for his general well-being. A firm rationalist, Norman is angered by her acceptance of superstition. He forces her to burn all her magical paraphernalia. Almost imm ...
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Burn Witch Burn! (novel)
Burn Witch Burn is a Philadelphia-based Celtic rock band. Burn Witch Burn may also refer to: * Burn Witch Burn (film), ''Burn Witch Burn'' (film), a 1962 horror film known outside of America as ''Night of the Eagle'' * Burn Witch Burn! (novel), ''Burn Witch Burn!'' (novel), a 1932 novel by Abraham Merritt * Burn, Witch. Burn! (American Horror Story), "Burn, Witch. Burn!" (''American Horror Story''), a 2013 episode of ''American Horror Story: Coven'' See also

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Abraham Merritt
Abraham Grace Merritt (January 20, 1884 – August 21, 1943) – known by his byline, A. Merritt – was an American Sunday magazine editor and a writer of fantastic fiction. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inducted him in 1999, its fourth class of two deceased and two living writers. Life Born in Beverly, New Jersey, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1894. Originally trained in law, he turned to journalism, first as a correspondent and later as editor. According to Peter Haining, Merritt survived a harrowing experience while a young reporter at ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' about which he refused to ever speak, but would, as Haining claims, mark a turning point in Merritt's life. He was assistant editor of ''The American Weekly'' from 1912 to 1937 under Morrill Goddard, then its editor from 1937 until his death. As editor, he hired the unheralded new artists Virgil Finlay and Hannes Bok and promoted the work done on polio by Sister Elizabeth Kenny. His f ...
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