Jan 23, 2012

I’ll admit it, I have a particular weakness for shows about the paranormal, UFO’s and Bigfoot. When channel surfing, when in doubt, I can usually find something crazy on History Channel or Discovery. There’s very little of it (if anything) I believe anymore, but I still find it fascinating. It’s partially because there are still things...

Oct 28, 2011

In some of my research for these Halloween posts, I stumbled across a fun little blog called “The Ghosts of Halloweens Past“. The author’s tagline is “A collection of videos and other posts that document my memories of Halloweens from the past, particularly from the 1970s, 80s and 90s.“ The site is kind of a grab bag of Halloween...

Oct 27, 2011

This elaborately-detailed haunted doll house has been worked on for eleven years! Check out the pics to see all the little...

Oct 26, 2011

Remember that show from the late 70′s, early 80′s called That’s Incredible? For those of you young’uns, it was a weekly show hosted by John Davidson, Fran Tarkenton and Cathy Lee Crosby. In the vein of Ripley’s Believe it or Not or Real People (remember that one?), it had various segments of people doing amazing things or wild...

Oct 24, 2011

Today’s post is about a book and a movie by the same name. In 1972 (a good year, indeed), Ray Bradbury wrote the novel, The Halloween Tree. It told the story of a group of boys who set out for trick-or-treating, only to find that the leader of their group has been spirited away by mysterious forces. With the guidance of a shadowy old man named Mr....

Oct 24, 2011

Holy crap, this is an amazing residential Halloween light show, synced to “This is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas”. Absolutely amazing. I’d love to try something like this on a smaller scale, but I’m pretty sure I can guarantee a lawsuit from our H.O.A. PS: Don’t get me started on...