Have you heard about the surprising organization petitioning to move Halloween? Well, I found it surprising because they have “Halloween” in their name. It’s the Halloween & Costume Association. Essentially, they wanted to move Halloween to the last Saturday in October. They started the Move Halloween petition in 2018. OriginallyContinue Reading
I have it noted on the Weird Holidays & Observances calendar that National Ventriloquism Week is July 17-20 this year. However, I always like to fact-check myself to make sure I have dates and such right. I noticed I had the week linked to something, which turns out to beContinue Reading
Children of Dave David Jessup’s therapy is creating curious sculptures out of discarded or broken toy parts. For the past 8 years, Jessup has reassembled toys, he calls his children, and sold them via his website, David-Jessup.squarespace.com, and various art galleries and specialty shops. If visiting the Dallas-Fort Worth area,Continue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. Did you know that Stonehenge is a popular summer solstice destination? It’s a popular winter solstice destination for that matter too. I didn’t realize these two times mark popular pilgrimages for Stonehenge visitors until research for summer solstice events (ie. “SpookyContinue Reading
Some places are celebrating midsummer’s arrival on June 21 with scary summer solstice events. For instance, spooky summer camps abound in the U.S., and there’s the two week-long Summer Hauntings at the Lit & Phil in the U.K. Some say the Northern Hemisphere’s longest day of the year is alsoContinue Reading
Updated July 8, 2019 When you read the title, did you hear the Friday the 13th “ch ch ch ah ah ah” in your head? Did you maybe even get a few goosebumps? One of the more exciting types of events I added to the Halloween Cons & Haunted HouseContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. Here’s a fun one for movie buffs from the Weird Holidays & Observances page: June 8 is Ghostbusters Day. And 2019 marks a significant milestone for the paranormal comedy: its 35th anniversary! Yep. That’s right. Ghostbusters was released in theaters 35Continue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. The other day when I added a Creepy Kitchen Finds list to the Skareporium, I discovered some stuff to add to the Get Your Ouija On list. That’s when the question in the title formed. I know a lot of peopleContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. The other day I received a very nice email from the Paranormal Gift Shop. They introduced themselves and asked if I’d like to join their affiliate program. What else could I do but check into that? Well, I guess I could’veContinue Reading
This is a guest contribution from Sally Writes. Back in 2000, a “Haunted Painting.” was listed on eBay that spread like wildfire. The seller was anonymous, but the painting was very much real. Entitled “The Hands That Resist Him” by artist Bill Stoneham, the painting depicted a boy with aContinue Reading
Summer’s here, which means wedding season is too. And with that comes bachelor and bachelorette parties –or stag and hen parties as they’re called in the U.K. The latter have really grown in popularity in the last decade or so. Destination bachelorette/hen parties are especially all the rage. But howContinue Reading
This year the Haunted Mansion turns 50 (along with Scooby Doo and Sesame Street). I’ve been waiting for announcements of some sort of hoopla. Because I knew some had to be coming. No way would they let that major milestone go uncelebrated. Well, the other day I saw a postContinue Reading
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