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Mistress Serrella - Life During Halloween
By Mistress Serrella (Sarah Briggs) Hello Ghoulish readers! Well, I guess I have to spill the beans. Not magic beans mind you, but beans nevertheless, or rather some other kind of food groups! Ol' Mistress Serrella, oh, ah, that's me in case you didn't know, had a horrible experience this Halloween. I pulled out my favorite witch costume, hat and cape. You'll never guess what happened? Only the hat and cape fit. My favorite witchy-poo dress ...Ohio State Reformatory
Located in Mansfield, Ohio - One Spooky Place Touring any empty prison is an eerie experience, to be sure. Now enhance that experience by doing it at night with only flashlights to light your way down deserted corridors that resonate of prior inhabitants. Intensify it further by placing that tour in a 149,000 square foot structure that looks more like a turn-of-the-century medieval chateau than a prison. The result is an Ultimate Halloween Destination - the ...Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast Museum
A Scary Place Located in Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River (MA) Our tour guides will be informing you of the history and mystery of each room during your tour of the house where the most infamous crime of 19th century America took place. We are providing this guide to assist you and hope you will be able to decide for yourself who murdered Andrew and Abbey Borden on that fateful day. On Thursday, August 4, 1892 the ...Mistress Serrella Spreads Her Advice for the Lovelorn
By Mistress Serrella (Sarah Briggs) Hello, there. How are we doing? Well, it seems that some of the comments I made in my last note to you in our beloved Happy Halloween Magazine stirred the breast of any and all ghouls that are feeling dating pains or dealing with the saps they chose to be their afterlife partners. With that said I feel that I must dive in headlong where other mere mortals fear to swim. ...Harry Houdini Died on Halloween
The name Houdini is inextricably linked with Halloween because of his death on October 31, 1926 at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. The Official Houdini Séance, held each year since his death, has its roots in Houdini's efforts to expose fraudulent mediums. He claimed if there was truly a way to contact the living after one's death, he would do so. He set up a code with his wife, Bess, who faithfully attended the annual ...Halloween Safety Guide - Tips on Having Fun when Trick-or-Treating
With Halloween witches, goblins, and super-heroes descending on neighborhoods across the USA, the American Red Cross offers parents, grandparents and guardians some safety tips to help prepare their children for a safe and enjoyable trick-or-treat holiday. Halloween should be filled with surprise and enjoyment and following some common sense practices can keep events safer and even more fun. On Halloween night, walk, slither, and sneak on sidewalks, not in the street. Look both ways before crossing the ...Halloween Fact or Fiction
Halloween Fact or Fiction: Halloween was originally a Celtic holiday celebrated on October 31. Fact: The ancient Celts celebrated the new year on November 1, the beginning of winter. Summer's end (Samhain) was celebrated immediately before on October 31. Celtic priests, the Druids, established the night of October 31 as a gathering time for the spirits of death and evil. (Barth, 1972 p. 79) Halloween Fact or Fiction: Trick-or-treating is a modern Halloween custom. Fiction: Silver ...
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