Above, a cover of the always brilliant tabloid Midnight published today 1966.  See many more by clicking its keyword below.

Above, an issue of Midnight published forty-six years ago today with a cover photo of a man who’s looked better. The claim that he’s a father hanged and left for vultures by his son is probably fiction, but the cadaver is genuine. Midnight editors seemed to pride themselves on obtaining real gore shots. The 1960s were the heyday of gore documentaries like Mondo Cane, so there was public interest in the subject, strangely. See many more issues of Midnight by clicking its keyword below.

Above, a scan of the tabloid Midnight, published today 1966, with one of their standard cover motifs—a horny woman with money. In this case, she's offering 200K and a shopping spree, but keep in mind she's a widow, and it's possible her husband died of fright. See the rest of our Midnight collection by clicking the keyword below.

This issue of Midnight was published today, 1966, with yet another allegedly sexually available woman on the cover. Readers could always count on Midnight for fresh spank bank material. In fact, of the issues we’ve found, half have covers with exactly this type of content. We can’t find mention of Connie Britt anywhere, but that’s no surprise—we already explained how the cheapie tabloid thing works in terms of their usage of random modeling photos. Which means Britt joins the ranks of Midnight’s other one shot wonders. See them here, here, here and here, and expect more in the future. 

On the cover of this issue of Midnight published today in 1969, editors tell readers that presidential widow Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis hates Americans. The story extensively quotes an acquaintance named Lisa Whalley, who says at one point, “She (Jackie) thinks of Americans as a herd of mindless sheep who follow after famous personalities as though they were gods and goddesses.” It’s an interesting line, but it isn’t really news. Jacqueline Kennedy’s feelings about the U.S. were well known. After her husband was murdered, she and Robert Kennedy stated that they believed JFK had been felled by domestic opponents, the key words in there being “domestic”, i.e. American, and “opponents”, more than one person. And when Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968, Jackie came to the conclusion that the entire Kennedy family was a target. According to RFK biographer C. David Heymann, she said, “I hate this country. I despise America and I don’t want my children to live here anymore. If they’re killing Kennedys, my children are number one targets. I want to get out of this country.” Four months later she married Aristotle Onassis and moved to Greece. So the Midnight headline isn’t any great stretch, though to the editors’ credit, they do a pretty good job of framing it as a scoop. Inside the issue you get Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on the rocks, Italian bombshell Nuccia Cardinali, Chinese beauty Irene Tsu, and a pretty nice shot of Czech-born sex symbol Barbara Bouchet. All of that and more below.

This issue of Midnight appeared today in 1968 and features cover star Monika Dietrich boasting about her sexual appetite. The interview seems like a figment of the writer’s imagination, as Dietrich takes him to a London strip club, decides the girls aren’t very attractive, bum rushes the stage and gives the crowd a show of her own. Later she takes the writer back to her place. True? Impossible to say. Dietrich had appeared in four movies by then but hadn’t scored a breakthrough role. In Midnight she’s clearly decided to sex up her image, declaring, “I love being naked and having men hunger over my body,” and adding later, “There’s only one thing I like more than exhibiting myself, and that’s sharing myself.” In the end, all that alleged sharing did little for her career. She appeared in only two more movies before fading away.  

Sometimes you don’t need art, only a good headline. Example: this Midnight from May 1968 that loudly accuses the White House—i.e. Lyndon B. Johnson—of hiding the truth about UFOs. What was the truth? Basically, that aliens have been among us for decades, for reasons as yet unknown but undoubtedly nefarious. Midnight was a tabloid that ran three standard types of cover images—horrifying gore, random beautiful women, and criminal misadventures—so this all-text look was a bit of a departure for them, but we think it’s quite good. It certainly grabbed our attention. We’ll have something a bit more in character from Midnight soon. 

Above, another cover of the low budget tabloid Midnight, published today 1964, with a shocking (and possibly even true) story about a young couple beating their disabled child. Midnight has helpfully provided an arrow, just to alleviate confusion about who is who. Click keyword “Midnight” below to see our entire collection. 

Above, a promo poster for the horror film Mark of Vampire. It was directed by Tod Browning of Freaks fame, was a remake of his earlier silent London After Midnight, and stars Bela Lugosi, Lionel Barrymore and Elizabeth Allan. It isn’t a flawless movie, but it does have some good moments, all the rubber bats notwithstanding. Mark of the Vampire premiered in the U.S. today in 1935. 

Midnight published today in 1964, with cover star Yvette Mimieux asking who wants to make love to her. Before we answer we’d like to know what the fist is for.