Cabinet Of Curiosities

Author Lesley Bannatyne caught me on a non-antisocial non-misanthropic day and the result was an interview for her website.

Click below for the Cabinet of Curiosities at
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And click here to order her book Halloween Nation from Amazon.

Halloween Nation

Included within the book are tons of wonderful commentaries by an enormous amount of Halloween buffs. One in particular:

"...In the city, there was a lady - she had her kitchen upstairs - and we'd knock on the door, trick-or-treating, and she'd throw pennies and nickels down. We'd run and grab them. But she was up there putting them on the stove. She was a nasty, nasty lady. We got an empty milk bottle and passed it around and all the boys donated a bit [of pee] and we left it at her door. Next morning the bottle was gone. We like to imagine that some time that day she opened the door and the bottle tipped in."

Tom Landry, retired Halloween prankster.


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Halloween Nation

I managed to get my Halloween hands on Halloween Nation, the latest book by Lesley Bannatyne. Started reading it last night and love it. It felt like I was watching a Halloween special made by someone who understands what Halloween means to people like us.

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Halloween Nation: Introduction

Very cool to see that amazon now has a few sample pages to read of Lesley Bannatyne's soon-to-be-released book Halloween Nation. Extra cool that her introduction mentions her experience at Eric Lowther's Haunted Overload attraction.

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Halloween Nation

Upcoming book by Lesley Bannatyne. Looking very forward to owning it. Awesome to see Haunted Overload on the cover.

America's leading authority on Halloween presents interviews with spooky rock groups, amateur vampires, haunted house creators, champion pumpkin carvers, and more, all in the quest of explaining the nation's unique love affair with this holiday. The collection of essays and interviews explores the pop culture phenomenon that is Halloween, and why we celebrate it the way we do today.

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