Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark Peterson Cassandra
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark Peterson Cassandra The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full…
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark Peterson Cassandra
The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself.On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. But she survived. Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn't good.
Feeling like a misfit led to her love of horror. Burned and scarred, the impact stayed with her and became an obstacle she was determined to overcome. While her sisters played with Barbie dolls, Cassandra played with model kits of Frankenstein and Dracula, and idolized Vincent Price.Due to a complicated relationship with her mother, Cassandra left home at 14, and by age 17 she was performing at the famed