This is not a library addition, but rather describing a book I’ve owned since 1989. With all the attention paid the new Netflix series of the same name, I thought I would put up a post on my own first edition of the book. Jackson, Shirley. The Haunting of Hill House. Viking, 1959. First edition… Continue reading Halloween Horrors: My First Edition of the Haunting of Hill House
Tag: Halloween
Halloween Horrors: Cassadaga, Florida’s Spiritualist Colony
Here’s an interesting oddity: a town founded by and for Spiritualists: Colby did as was instructed, along the way making friends with a medium named T.D. Giddings, and he would continue to receive guidance during his numerous sessions with the spectral Seneca, told that they would find a place “on high pine hills overlooking a… Continue reading Halloween Horrors: Cassadaga, Florida’s Spiritualist Colony
Halloween Horrors: Underwater Tarantulas
From Australia: The Continent That Wants To Kill You, comes toxic underwater tarantulas. They don’t live in the ocean, they live in a floodplain where they somehow cover their bodies in air bubbles to breath while underwater.
Video from Transworld’s Halloween & Attractions Show 2018
Video from another Halloween animations trade show:
Footage from the Halloween and Party Expo 2018
I’ve been remiss in not putting up more Halloween posts this year, but I’ve been exceptionally busy. So here’s some footage from the Halloween and Party Expo 2018, including truckloads of creepy clowns:
Halloween Horrors: Some Fake Cthulhus
Amateur video faking technology is improving all the time, so enjoy some fake “hey, we put a digital Cthulhu behind some clouds” footage.
Halloween Horrors: Threatening Toilets
Welcome to The October Country! Would you believe there’s a Twitter feed dedicated to posting pictures of scary toilets? pic.twitter.com/7F1Bca7wUf — Toilets With Threatening Auras (@scarytoilet) September 24, 2018 pic.twitter.com/nKvT3YtlqV — Toilets With Threatening Auras (@scarytoilet) August 15, 2018 This is the most terrifying bathroom experience I've ever had pic.twitter.com/im27ecMDIA — Brian Vu (@brivu) July… Continue reading Halloween Horrors: Threatening Toilets
The Annual Fark Scary Story Thread: 2017 Edition
Tomorrow is Halloween, which means it’s time for the annual Fark Scary Story Thread! Here are the links to threads from previous years: 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 While you’re here, feel free to check out some of my other freaky/creepy/scary/silly Halloween posts.
Halloween Horrors: “Remains of the Day”
I always thought this musical number from Corpse Bride was pretty cool, and I still do. It also has more than enough dancing skeletons for Halloween:
Halloween Horrors: Gateways to Hell
In lieu of some real Halloween links, here’s a quickie: Places on earth that are supposedly gateways to Hell. And here’s another video on the same subject: