Ghosts, ghouls, bats, spiders and vampires! Why is Halloween so popular? For one thing, every culture throughout history has had some spirit of our modern Halloween - a single day to throw off the constraints of who we are and become someone or something we’re not. We have one night a year to take a break from our fears and laugh at death and make fun of the demons among us, real or imagined. Against our often sterile, antibacterial and overly safe society we can remember a time, not so long ago, when we would huddle together around a warm campfire and tell ghost stories among the long, flickering shadows. Read on for some great stories, facts, haunted places and anything else relating to Halloween.
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Spooky Stories, Legends & Myths
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How to Grow Your Own Pumpkin Patch
Ah, the orange, glowing, delightful Jack-O-lantern: it’s perhaps the most immediately recognizable image of Halloween. Each autumn, thousands of families within the U.S. flock to farms, vegetable stands and even supermarkets to buy a pumpkin or two (or more!). But a few in-the-know growers avoid the rush by cultivating their very own decorative pumpkins. How do these home growers do it? Pumpkin growing isn’t as difficult as you may think. All it takes is a little patience, a lot of yard space and a few tips on how to grow the best pumpkins in the neighborhood. Read on for a ...Halloween in Indiana
There was always a particular order to Halloween activities in my family. The whole family went to Stonybrook pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins. When we were little, my Mom dressed my sister and me in “quaint” calico bonnets to block out the sun. Mind you, it was something like 1985, not 1885. However, we looked pretty cute sitting on the hay bales in the wagon riding out to the pumpkin fields. Once we got home, activities were strictly divided. My Dad dealt with the outside messes and my Mom the inside messes. My ...My First Halloween with My Husband
My first Halloween with my new husband was actually right before we got married, so technically he was not my husband. To the people of Keene Valley, New York, we were apparently homeless. That would be an impressive feat to pull off in Keene Valley—surviving as a homeless person. You see, Keene Valley is a tiny mountain town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. It is about 80 miles or so from the Canadian border. The weather is highly unpredictable during the summer, and frigid in the winter. Temperatures routinely drop below ...The Haunted Fort
Anyone can go to a haunted house, but only if you lived near Fort Ticonderoga could you go to a haunted fort! There are many legends about ghosts at Fort Ticonderoga, a French and Indian War and Revolutionary War Fort on the shores of Lake Champlain in New York. The largest and best known battle fought at the Fort was the Battle of Carillion on July 7-8, 1758 during which the British, with more troops and supplies handily beat the French who occupied the Fort at the time, and had many fewer soldiers. The Fort was occupied ...It’s A Hip Hop Halloween Night
Editor's Note: Recently, we were startled by the visitation of a black-caped D.J., ghoulish in nature, and we thought for sure we were finally done for. However, he stood upright, his mouth turning to a wry grin, and he snapped his long fingers. A funky-sounding Halloween song suddenly began to play through a slight, autumn wind that blew from behind his cape. We began bobbing to it, and thought it a great addition for any kid's Halloween party. Here we share his story with you. Danceable Halloween Music Greetings, my fellow party monsters! Allow me to introduce myself. The name is Scaryngton. Count ...Haunting Music on iTunes
Halloween comes but once a year if you're a non-haunter, but that's not us! We love to listen to our beloved Terror Syndicate CDs all year and for every occasion - unless my family threatens to put me into one of my own coffins. One day I got to thinking - were there other types of Halloween or haunting music I might be missing? Was there better party music for my next bash that I'd never heard? Sadly, non-'weeners get tired of the usual hokey Halloween monster songs. Those thoughts led to a very fertile search on ...Chainsaw 101 and Other Fun at ‘Halloween Horror Nights’
If you enter a class to see a disheveled professor teaching you the proper way to cut into bodies with a blood-stained chainsaw, chances are you are an employee of Universal Studios Hollywood. (If not, run!) Along with calls for zombie go-go dancers, Chucky puppeteers and zombie dancers, you know you are in for more than a trick or treat come October 5th at Universal Studios Hollywood. Freddy, Jason and Leatherface are joining in the carnage known as "Halloween Horror Nights." From Universal's press release: This year’s “Halloween Horror Nights” will feature four new mazes and a new edition ...Sometimes, You Can Go Home
By Rochelle Santopoalo On October 31, 2003 the well-worn adage by Thomas Wolfe - "you can't go home again" - proved to be incorrect. For on that day, accompanied by two of my grade school classmates, I returned to my roots and attended the annual Halloween festivities at my childhood elementary school, Glenwood Grammar School in Waukegan, IL. The experience was surreal. Allow me to share my story. Like nearly all the adults I know who love Halloween, my love for the holiday began as a child. Maybe it was the time of year. Witnessing the transformation of the world left ...There’s No Place Like Home for the Holiday
By John Pearson It was more than 20 years ago that Bob Burns and his crew of Hollywood FX masters magically transformed his quaint home in Burbank, California, into a haunter's paradise. This past Halloween, they resurrected the tradition one last time hoping to dazzle guests once again with a final show based on the 1951 film "The Thing." Bob began haunting his home 1967. Tired of hearing true horror stories of razor blades in apples and poisoned candy, he and his wife Kathy, decided to dress up the house for the neighborhood kids. Some of those kids soon started hanging ...Halloween - October 31st Traditions
When you start with a chilling upstate autumn evening and add in the mausoleum cold that entombs the imagination of a ten year old boy on Halloween, you can be guaranteed to hear the sound of chattering teeth at some point during trick or treat night. The October 31st tradition my brothers, sisters and I stuck to was as follows: we ran home from school as fast as possible to scare up the costumes that had been haunting us every night since October 1st flipped forth on the kitchen calendar. Next came the painful and fruitless search for the magic ritual ...
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