Haunted House Photos
Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Canada, which calls itself the scariest haunted house in North America, has an automatic camera set up at one particularly horrifying point in the house. The camera takes a photograph of visitors at precisely the moment when sheer terror reaches their brain, and the resulting expressions are hilarious. Click [...]
Top Halloween Costumes for 2011
Now that October has arrived and Halloween is just a few weeks away, it’s time to start thinking about what costume to wear this year. The International Business Times put together a list of what it believes the top 10 Halloween costumes will be this year, guided by input from leading industry sources: Zombie — [...]
STARS WHO’VE SEEN A GHOST
With Halloween upon us, it’s a boo-tiful time to hear some real life ghost stories from the stars who swear they’ve seen one: Hugh Grant — The “Bridget Jones” star, 50, lives in a Los Angeles mansion once owned by troubled movie queen Bette Davis. Could it be a coincidence that the halls often echo [...]
More CHEAP COSTUME IDEAS
Cover yourself with a clear plastic garbage bag, fill it with different colored balloons, write ‘M’ on the balloons and go as a bag of M&M’s. Wrap yourself in tin foil and go as leftovers! Wear a green shirt and attach Christmas ornaments, go as a Christmas tree. Paint your head red and go as [...]
LAST-MINUTE HALLOWEEN COSTUME IDEAS
Gather six friends & along with yourself, have everyone wear a simple outfit. Attach a capital C” to each. (You’ll all be the Seven Seas. This can also be a solo costume if one person adorns his/herself in multiple letter “C’s”. ) Cut two eye holes out of an old sheet to wear & carry [...]
INTERESTING HALLOWEEN FACTS FOR GROWN-UPS
A recent CNN Poll showed a majority of us, 48%, believe in ghosts. 78% of us believe in life after death. The next full moon on Halloween night will be October 31, 2020 Many historic events have happened on Halloween Day including Harry Houdini’s death in Detroit in 1926. Mount Rushmore is completed in 1941. [...]
HALLOWEEN SAFETY TIPS
Trick-or-Treaters: Carry a flashlight Walk, don’t run Stay on sidewalks Obey traffic signals Stay in familiar neighborhoods Don’t cut across yards or driveways Wear a watch you can read in the dark Make sure costumes don’t drag on the ground Shoes should fit (even if they don’t go with your costume) Avoid wearing masks while [...]
CREEPY SNIPPETS
If you see a spider on Halloween, it is the spirit of a loved one watching over you. Worldwide, bats are vital natural enemies of night-flying insects. The common little brown bat of North America has the longest life span for a mammal it’s size, with a life span averaging 32 years. In about 1 [...]
Halloween Luminarias
A nice change from the traditional luminaria where you use lunch bag weighted down with sand, place a candle inside to light the way for Trick or Treaters….Get crafty & read on. – Maryann Make Luminarias with the kids to light up your porch for Halloween! You Will Need: Containers: Widemouth glass jars, plastic soft [...]
MONSTER TRIVIA & FOLKLORE
Signs of a werewolf are a unibrow, hair palms, tattoos, and a long middle finger. Vampires are mythical beings who defy death by sucking the blood of humans. In 1962, the Count Dracula Society was founded. To this day, there are vampire clubs and societies with people claiming to be real vampires. There really are [...]
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