#aristide

Les groupes armés illégaux ne sont pas une dérive récente en Haïti. Ils constituent, depuis plusieurs décennies, un élément central du jeu politique et du contrôle du pouvoir. C’est le constat que dresse une nouvelle fois le Rapport 110 de l’International Crisis Group, intitulé « Haïti : démanteler l’alliance meurtrière des gangs », publié le 15 décembre 2025. Le rapport rappelle que dès 1957,…

Collinwood: Judith, Trask, Beth, Quentin In November 1897, wronged woman Judith Collins Trask has had her husband, the odious Gregory Trask, bricked up in her brother Quentin’s bedroom. While Gregory is taking this in, the ghost of another wronged woman appears to him. She is Quentin’s ex-fiancée Beth Chavez. Beth is looking for Quentin. Trask is initially frightened, but then urges Beth to go…

The odious Gregory Trask is plotting to murder his fabulously wealthy wife, the former Judith Collins, before she can change her will. He has made an arrangement with Aristide, a sadist who is fleeing a demon his former master conjured up from the depths of Hell to stalk him. He promises to lay the demon to rest once Aristide has murdered Judith. For her part, Judith has made an arrangement of…

Episode 174 of Dark Shadows, broadcast and set in February 1967, included a scene set in a police station and morgue in Phoenix, Arizona, where we met Lieutenant Costa of the Arizona State Police. Lieutenant Costa was played by John Harkins, who would become a ubiquitous TV presence in the decades to follow. Harkins returns to the cast today as another law enforcement character. The show is set…

Throughout October 1897, which at 4 PM on participating stations of the ABC television network coincided with October 1969, 150 year old sorcerer Count Petofi occupied the body of handsome young Quentin Collins and banished Quentin to his own aging form. Last week Quentin broke that spell, and now the two of them are themselves again. News of the restoration has not reached everyone, however. On…

The dramatic date is October 1897. Sorcerer Count Petofi is using the body of Quentin Collins as a disguise. While he is doing this, I call him Q-Petofi. Q-Petofi has stripped witch Angelique of her powers and confined her in the cave where the chained coffin of vampire Barnabas Collins is kept. In #845, we saw Cockney showgirl/ mentalist Pansy Faye open this coffin and drive a stake. Now,…