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Gashlycrumb Tiny Hallowe'en costume
Hope sez, "My husband, Jeff, and I decided to combine our love of Edward Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies and our son Dash to make a Dashlycrumb Tiny for Halloween. Jeff designed the tombstone detailing...
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Haunted Mansion fan-art
Ori Hartstein drew this great Haunted Mansion-inspired butler-and-maid scene, part of her series of Haunted Mansion pieces. I love the composition and character design here. Disney’s Haunted...
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Spooky Hungarian tram-terminus
This spooky photo appears to depict the 1970s-era Tram 58 terminus in Zugliget, Budapest, Hungary. The original source isn't clear to me (if you know it, please note it in the comments so I can...
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Winchester Mystery House gets permit for overnight stays and on-site booze
The Winchester Mystery House is San Jose, CA's legendary tourist attraction, built by Sarah Winchester, widow of the heir to the Winchester rifle fortune, who believed that she was haunted by the...
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Spooky stereoscopic GIFs: 'Monsters, Villains, Heroes and Victims'
A gorgeously retro-spooky series of stereoscopic GIFs from The Saline Project: "Monsters, Villains, Heroes, and Victims (MVHV)." (more…)
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'Large face' found in rock cliff on remote Canada island, but where did it...
The origin of this "large face" on the side of a cliff remains unknown. (more…)
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The residents of the 'real Silent Hill' want you to leave them alone
Silent Hill is one of games' most iconic horror brands, having spawned some 14 titles and two visually-faithful, if thematically-insulting, movies. If you're not acquainted, I wrote about the founding...
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Animatronic, maniacally giggling spooky eyeball doorbell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWuJbycGpTE We went to our neighborhood Halloween store yesterday to find cool stuff with which to celebrate the best holiday of the year, and came home with one of...
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Carefully curated nightmare toilets
As Halloween approacheth, perhaps it's time to tour the world's most troubling and terrifying toilets, courtesy of Phil from Toilets With Threatening Auras. pic.twitter.com/zRhvqkDI3R — Toilets With...
View ArticleDiscover if someone has died in your house
Have you ever wondered if someone died in your house, or worse? Enter DiedInHouse.com. A simple $11.99 search through them will tell you everything you (probably don't) want to know. A query on this...
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Kickstarting a deluxe "Dracula" edition in a suitcase full of "primary source...
Josh O'Neill writes, "We're doing a box set edition of Dracula in which we reconstitute the novel into the primary source documents from which it's drawn: Mina's diary, Lucy's letters, Dailygraph...
View ArticleExamining the generational loss of ancient Halloween traditions
Halloween, like many modern American holidays, is a kind of mashup of different cultural traditional traditions rooted in the autumnal harvest, and some kind of celebration or connection with the...
View ArticleWhich of these Halloween baguettes is the scariest?
Finally, someone's asking the important questions. As it’s Halloween, which baguette is the most scary? Give your reasoning pls pic.twitter.com/vQfuVx3HCW — Dave (@sheepfilms) October 24, 2019 61...
View ArticleZone out with 10 hours of ambient footage from Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum
On April 16, Marvel live streamed 10 hours of "footage" from outside Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum, which you can now watch in its entirety on YouTube. It's kind of like a Lovecraftian YuleLog, with...
View ArticleQuarantining with ghosts
According to a 2019 YouGov survey, 45 percent of adult Americans believe in ghosts. What's it like for people who are convinced they are quarantining with a specter? The New York Times' Molly...
View ArticleThis drive-through haunted house in Japan will "make your car bloody if you...
If you're anything like me, you're already worried about how we're going to do Halloween during the pandemic. Distantly dispersing trick-or-treat candy via t-shirt cannon? Kids dress as the cast of ER...
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The racist history of the word "spook."
NPR published this article on the etymological history of "spooky" in 2017, but I didn't read it myself until last year. I knew that "spook" had its spy-level implications, of course; I just didn't...
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Spooky steampunk ghost ships and skull sculptures
Tattoo artist Jason Stieva has an amazing related hobby creating remarkably ornate skulls and ghost ships. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sculptures By Jason Stieva (@shallowgravestudios)...
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Very creepy "doll altar" found in UK forest
In Staffordshire, England, a hiker was exploring the woodland of Cannock Chase when she stumbled upon a creepy site in a clearing. An array of dolls were nailed or hung on the trees. A Ouija board and...
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