/F/i/v/e/ Many Things for a Gloomy Halloween
A good Samhain to all my friends who celebrate!
For the rest of us: Happy Halloween! As has been my annual tradition, today I provide a plethora of links related to ghosts, ghouls, and all things spooky and cool. Find link lists from previous years at my Halloween tag. ( Last year's entry was particularly good.)
The 8 most haunted houses in New York: As usual, the HuffPo site slows everything down with ads, but this article offers some really cool, fun and interesting tidbits--with pictures--for those of us in a ghostly New York state of mind.
If you've ever visited Seattle's Pike Place Market, then you may have some idea of how steeped in Seattle history the neighborhood is. As it happens, it's also steeped in ghost stories and genuinely creepy city heritage. Many of these stories were familiar to me, but many of the stories at Bess Lovejoy's blog--except for the one about Princess Angeline--were not.
History.com offers a history of ghost stories.
Scientific American asks the important, timely question, are zombies nocturnal?. Important safety tips to be gleaned here.
National Geographic, one of my favorite sources for, well, just about anything, offers a fabulous slide show of crypts and catacombs.
Debunking a classic ghost photo: When you look at the picture, it's hard to credit in any way--at least it's hard for me to credit it, but I've looked at more ghost photos than I suspect most people are wont to do. This article from the Fortean Bureau traces a case of obsessive, detailed debunking in a really interesting way.
Forbes examines Halloween by the numbers: pounds of pumpkins, dollars and cents, potential trick-or-treaters and more.
I had no idea that the CDC offered tips for safe trick-or-treating, but it's a nice resource, and includes some ideas that wouldn't have occurred to me even though they make perfect sense.
If you're a fan of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, wear your costume to a local store today and you'll get a free treat.
Lastly, to add a dash of humor, Simon's cat gives us a seasonal treat with a new, Halloween-appropriate short: Scary Legs.
I feel like it's not my best Halloween post ever, but 'tis 'nuff, 'twill serve . . .for now.
Happy Halloween!
For the rest of us: Happy Halloween! As has been my annual tradition, today I provide a plethora of links related to ghosts, ghouls, and all things spooky and cool. Find link lists from previous years at my Halloween tag. ( Last year's entry was particularly good.)
The 8 most haunted houses in New York: As usual, the HuffPo site slows everything down with ads, but this article offers some really cool, fun and interesting tidbits--with pictures--for those of us in a ghostly New York state of mind.
If you've ever visited Seattle's Pike Place Market, then you may have some idea of how steeped in Seattle history the neighborhood is. As it happens, it's also steeped in ghost stories and genuinely creepy city heritage. Many of these stories were familiar to me, but many of the stories at Bess Lovejoy's blog--except for the one about Princess Angeline--were not.
History.com offers a history of ghost stories.
Scientific American asks the important, timely question, are zombies nocturnal?. Important safety tips to be gleaned here.
National Geographic, one of my favorite sources for, well, just about anything, offers a fabulous slide show of crypts and catacombs.
Debunking a classic ghost photo: When you look at the picture, it's hard to credit in any way--at least it's hard for me to credit it, but I've looked at more ghost photos than I suspect most people are wont to do. This article from the Fortean Bureau traces a case of obsessive, detailed debunking in a really interesting way.
Forbes examines Halloween by the numbers: pounds of pumpkins, dollars and cents, potential trick-or-treaters and more.
I had no idea that the CDC offered tips for safe trick-or-treating, but it's a nice resource, and includes some ideas that wouldn't have occurred to me even though they make perfect sense.
If you're a fan of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, wear your costume to a local store today and you'll get a free treat.
Lastly, to add a dash of humor, Simon's cat gives us a seasonal treat with a new, Halloween-appropriate short: Scary Legs.
I feel like it's not my best Halloween post ever, but 'tis 'nuff, 'twill serve . . .for now.
Happy Halloween!