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Following his divorce from Helen, Harry's father founded Jay's 20th Century Esoterica in Austin in 1985, and was later joined by Harry after he graduated from high school and moved back to Austin in 1989, and by Dannie in 1992.

In 1994, Harry Knowles fell while pushing a cart up a ramp at a convention, and was subsequently run over by the cart with its 1, 200-pound load of memorabilia.

The accident injured his back and left him virtually bedridden.

With an unexpected bequest of $ 5, 000 from his mother's life insurance, he purchased a top-of-the-line computer and a friend arranged for Internet service so they could play Doom online together.

Jay, Harry and Dannie ran Jay's 20th Century Esoterica until Ain't It Cool News " took off " in 1996, and the family went out of the memorabilia business, but retained their extensive collections and continue to add to them.