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Bang Your Head 31 31 Bang Your Head BANG YOUR HEAD: BANG YOUR HEAD: THE REAL STORY OF THE REAL STORY OF THE MISSING LINK THE MISSING LINK By Dewey Robertson with Meredith Renwick “And in this corner, at 260 pounds, from Parts Unknown, it’s The Missing Link!” In the mid-80s, wrestling fans around the world were thrilled by those words as the bizarre and volatile Missing Link entered the ring. But then he disappeared as mysteriously as he appeared, and for more than a decade, fans were left wondering.… Now the man behind the face-paint emerges to tell the real story. No, he wasn’t a Stone Age throwback or a refugee from a freak show — he was veteran ring hero Dewey Robertson, known to wrestling aficionados for his all-Canadian looks, physique, and mastery of a thousand holds. Straight from the heart, Bang Your Head details Dewey’s story from the very beginning — growing up in the wrestling mecca of Hamilton, ON; becoming one of the stalwarts of Toronto’s Maple Leaf Wrestling promotion; moving to the southern United States and becoming one of wrestling’s most popular “goons”; losing his career and abusing alcohol and drugs; becoming destitute and homeless for nearly a year; returning to Canada to begin a THEY’LL DO “THE concluding by 10:30 PM. It is accessible by long road to recovery; and finally emerging, THEY’LL DO “THE public transportation. Admission is $20.00. A victorious upon his return to the ring. The MASH” IN portion of the proceeds will be donated to MASH” IN tremendous response showed that interest in the selected charities. Tickets are limited. MASSACHUSETTS Link was as strong as ever. MASSACHUSETTS For more information: Bang Your Head also gives fans an massmonstermash@hotmail.com massmonstermash@hotmail.com unprecedented look at the reality of a wrestler’s UFO’s, Ghosts, Curses and Creatures – In life outside the ring: weeks on the road away the Bay State? rivia about death, from family and friends, the constant risk of T Trivia about death, injury, loneliness, financial instability, strains Watertown, MA -- August 13th, 2006 -- The dying and graves on family life from constantly moving to follow Mass Monster Mash is holding its premiere dying and graves the work, and the easy access to women, event on Friday the 13th of October in alcohol, and drugs. Dewey is one of the few Watertown, MA. Mass Monster Mash is a pros who will admit publicly that he used celebration of Northeastern legends and The tiny poison arrow frog has enough steroids, and graphically documents the damage folklore, using lecture, film, exhibits and trivia poison to kill over 2200 people! they did to his health. dedicated to strange occurrences in the Bay Dewey Robertson is “The Missing State with a mission to entertain and amuse On average, people fear spiders more than Link,” one of the most beloved performers in anyone who is looking for spirited pre- they do dying. However, statistically you are the history of professional wrestling. Meredith Halloween fun! more likely to be killed by a champagne cork Renwick is a respected Toronto journalist. Inside the Bridgewater Triangle, a film than by the bite of a poisonous spider. by Aaron Cadieux, will have its debut public Cockroaches can live for nine days without screening, followed by a talk by Chris Pittman . their heads, at which point they die of Both are local authorities on this area of alleged starvation. anomalous activity in Southeastern Massachusetts. Christopher Balzano, popular In Erwin, Tennessee an elephant was once ghost researcher and director of Mass hanged for murder. Paranormal Crossroads, will give a presentation about classic local ghost legends. Stan Gordon About 100 people choke to death on ballpoint of Greensburg, PA comes to Boston for the first pens each year. time to reveal previously undisclosed research into the bizarre 1973 UFO/Bigfoot “flap” in In the Spanish Pyrenees, when a beekeeper Western Pennsylvania. A renowned paranormal dies, each of his bees is splashed with a drop researcher, Gordon has appeared on hundreds of of Black Ink. TV and radio programs over the past forty years, including “Unsolved Mysteries.” On average, right-handed people live 9 years There will be trivia, prizes, exhibits, longer than their left-handed counterparts. slide shows and videos. The Mass Monster Mash will be held at the historic Hibernian Hall A murder is committed in the US every 23 located at 151 Watertown Street, Watertown, minutes, which makes about 22852 murders MA 02472. Doors open at 6:30 with the each year. program beginning promptly at 7:00 PM and