Costuming Peaks – Love Letter to Ben Horne’s Ties
In honor of Father’s Day, here’s my love letter to the many ties Ben Horne wears in Twin Peaks, from the Pilot episode through Part 17 of Season 3 on Showtime.
Snoqualmie Falls Postcard by E.C. Kropp, Co. – 9711
One thing I love about writing for Twin Peaks Blog is I’m constantly learning new things. Take this postcard of the majestic and sacred Snoqualmie Falls in Snoqualmie, Washington. It’s one of many I purchased via online auction sites. I didn’t know, however, that it was manufactured by one of the first companies in the…
Love Letter to Pat Cokewell, former owner of the Mar-T Cafe in North Bend, Wash.
The Double R Diner in Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is one of the most iconic diners in television history. Known as the place “where pies go when they die,” the fictional restaurant is based on a real place you can visit in North Bend, Washington. When Frost and Lynch filmed the pilot…
Art Peaks – Ryan Heshka’s ‘Voice of Love’
I’ve shared countless times before that I adore David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. It’s an emotionally moving powerhouse of a film, especially the ending. That’s probably why I was drawn to Ryan Heshka’s “Voice of Love” created for the film’s 20th Anniversary Group Exhibition at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica, California in April…
‘Twin Peaks’ in Soundlife from The Morning News Tribune on March 28, 1990
With only days away from the premiere of Twin Peaks on the ABC Television Network on April 8, “Soundlife” in The Morning News Tribune ran a cover story about David Lynch and Mark Frost’s new show on March 28, 1990. Two additional articles by Tribune’s TV-radio columnist Andee Beck accompanied Steve Bond’s story that was distributed by Los…
Twin Peaks Publicity – Richard Beymer as Benjamin Horne
As part of early publicity for David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, Capital Cities / ABC, Inc. produced several black and white photos featuring different characters such as Pete Martell (Jack Nance), Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbook) and others. This particular photos showcases Richard Beymer as Benjamin Horne, owner of The Great Northern Hotel.
Makeup Artist Jeff Goodwin Shares ‘Blue Velvet’ Memories Ahead of Book Release
Before I found Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet was the film that pulled me into David Lynch’s world. From the moment the red roses and picket fences dissolved into squirming bugs beneath the dirt, I was hooked. These themes would be honed by Lynch and company a few years later in Twin Peaks, but Lynch’s original…
RTL Plus Brochure from Germany – Wer Ist Was: Das Geheimnis von Twin Peaks
In Germany, Mark Frost and David Lynch’s groundbreaking television series Twin Peaks aired on RTL Plus under the name Das Geheimnis von Twin Peaks (The Secret of Twin Peaks). In advance of the show’s debut on September 10, 1991, the network produced a brochure titled, “Wer Ist Was” (or “Who is Who?”), which profiled key details…
Twin Peaks Publicity – Bobby Briggs and James Hurley by Raul Vega
A few months ago, I acquired a binder of magazine and newspaper clippings from a Twin Peaks fan residing in Australia. Hidden between the cutout pages was a publicity photo of Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) and James Hurley (James Marshall) taken by award winning photographer Raul Vega for Outline Press / Austral International. It’s an image…
Real Twin Peaks 2026 – Propping Peaks: A Conversation with the Twin Peaks Prop Department
The final free panel discussion for the Real Twin Peaks 2026 was held on Sunday, February 22 at Boxley’s in North Bend, Washington. Twin Peaks Blog author and long-time prop collector Vinnie Guidera spoke with Twin Peaks prop master Jeff Moore and assistant prop master Stephen Gibson about their work on the show’s second season.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Publicity Photos from the Czech Republic
I regularly scour online auction sites looking for unique treasures for the ever-growing Twin Peaks archive. I recently stumbled upon three publicity photos from the 1992 release of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me in the Czech Republic. These three images include on-set photography by the late Lorey Sebastian and are something I’ve…
