When a friend has a green bean problem.  From Emory's 1983 yearbook.

From Blues of a Lifetime: The Autobiography of Cornell Woolrich.

That's our own face of blurred panic when there's a knock at the door.  She's reassurred that ghosts don't knock, but of course they very famously do knock on doors and rap on tables.  From Dark Shadows episode 1174.

From Self-loathing For Beginners by Lynn Phillips.

"Sun is nothing / believe in candles" -- a transposition of two phrases from a poem by G. Jake Bordeaux, 1978.

From Hangman by Paul Geddes, 1977.

"A journey of 1000 missteps begins with the first stumble." —FoxP2

Nothing to be afraid of, if you push the proper buttons and trust the equipment.  From Dark Shadows episode 591.

From Grammar of the English Sentence by Jonathan Rigdon, 1903.

Inspired by Grumpy Andrew, who traveled to Las Vegas asking, "What Would Prof. Oddfellow Do?"  Speaking of Bigfoot, this actually exists: the Bigfoot Bible.

"I've always known the truth; it's the certainty that makes it so unbearable."  From Dark Shadows episode 1157.

"No one, but no one, can capture the wistful expression of a hyena like you, dear."  From The Addams Family, ep. 14.

To the tune of "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?"  From Taylor Magazine, 1977.

From Motion Picture Herald, 1931.

"If only there were some slight chance for just one moment of happiness in our lives!"  From Dark Shadows episode 1205.

Should more horoscopes be like this?  From Imagine, Adventure Games Magazine, No. 2.

Given inflation, that $885 Studebaker is equivalent to $28,000.  From Collier's, 1915.

A crossfade between two houses created a moment of architecture that otherwise doesn't exist.  "On this night, the voices may be heard."  From Dark Shadows episiode 280.