his essay contains selected email queries received by HistoryLink concerning Rose Red, an ABC-TV
mini-series which aired in January 2002 and was based on a story concept by Stephen King and a related Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life At Rose Red (New York: Hyperion Books, 2001), in fact written by Ridley Pearson. These works of fiction claimed to tell the tale of an actual haunted Seattle mansion. The cachet of verisimilitude was reinforced by a seemingly legitimate “Beaumont University” Website, which included a link to HistoryLink and generated numerous emails from visitors seeking “the truth about Rose Red.” This sampling of queries sent to HistoryLink offers a case study in the power of media to mislead in the name of entertainment -- or worse
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