Once I began reading books about this ancient virus, it took me awhile to bring myself to begin working on the documentary on the subject of rabies.  This was mainly due to some videos I watched of people that were infected with the virus and the agony that they were in. In many countries, the authorities cannot afford the rabies vaccine to help the infected people in their country, so they end up dying a slow and agonizing death.  It deeply affected me for some time, and I didn't begin working on the script/narrative for another two years.  Even then, I had to take another break from the subject to putting it on hold.  One of the things that encouraged me to complete the project was when I met Linda McAbees an accomplished rabies authority.  She just happened to walk into my place of business.  After a conversation  with Linda, I discovered that she was directly involved in battling the rabies break out in the United States during the 2000's. She believed that the rabies subject had an important message that needed to get out to the public and volunteered her assistance to the project.  Once the documentary was completed and sent out to several network stations across the nation to be shown, I was surprised by how many individuals positively responded to the subject matter.  I also found out that some Americans even believed that rabies no longer existed, while others only knew inaccurate information handed down from the elderly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Growing up in Cleveland, every once in awhile I would hear about a report in the local newspapers about someone spotting an unknown sea serpent in Lake Erie.  I also did a lot of fishing off the Erie piers over the years, so you could say that the monster fish tales were never far from my mind. When I actually began doing research on the subject of the lake monster sightings, I was amazed by how many there were and how far back some of these reported sightings went.  Many of the descriptions, from eyewitnesses, of the lake creature were very similar to each other which told me that people were seeing the same thing.  Besides collecting as much information on the reported sightings of the serpent I could, I also studied up on the lake itself.  Strangely after viewing the documentary, many people that actually grew up around the Cleveland area said they have never heard of sea monster sightings in Lake Erie until they watched the video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I first heard about the Cleveland murders from my nephew in the late 90's after he sent me a book on the subject.  He insisted that I read it.  What fascinated me about this subject was that the murders were taking place during the same period of time that my parents were growing up in  Cleveland.  So, I began reading and researching anything I could find on the murders and discovered that The City of Cleveland back then was the most corrupt city in the nation.  It was a place where some of the most notorious  gangsters came to lay low from the law.  Another point that I felt was intriguing was during that time when an unknown killer was decapitating people in the city, Cleveland was putting on a huge world fair event.   This drew crowds of people from  all over the United States.  To me, this seemed very similar to the time when Chicago put on their world fair event at the same time the serial killer H.H. Holmes was operating in their city.  Also, the famous detective from Chicago, Eliot Ness, was brought to Cleveland during that same time period to help the officials clean up the crooked city.  This story includes police, gangsters, mystery, and a Jack the Ripper type Murderer.   I couldn't resist doing the video.