An inquiry was set on foot, and after diligent investigation they came upon his traces. In one part of the road leading to the church was found the saddle trampled in the dirt; the tracks of horses' hoofs deeply dented in the road, and evidently at furious speed, were traced to the bridge, beyond which, on the bank of a broad part of the brook, where the water ran deep and black, was found the hat of the unfortunate Ichabod, and close beside it a shattered pumpkin.
Image by 1m tlc.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Giants
The Overload Move
I wonder if a haunted attraction has ever been built in one season.
The Haunted Overload move/build is amazing to follow:
hauntworld.com
Retroween
I'm a huge fan and a happy customer of Retroween.
Looks like they have some great new items for sale.
And be sure to check out their wonderful Halloween blog.
retroween.com
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Accents & Epitaphs
Graveyard goodies from the Davis Graveyard.
A new etsy shop featuring their talents.
Creature Double Feature
This would be a dream come true for me.
The New Beverly Cinema in LA is going to be showing Trick 'r Treat and Halloween III on the same nights at the end of October. 
Click below:
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Magic
My brother and I often ended up in magic shops. They're like antique shops really, lots of little things that no one would ever purchase. Quiet and dusty. Squeaky wooden floors. Light bulbs humming. And always a fossil of a store clerk - clearly an old magician just waiting for the door to open. Customers make great audiences - captive audiences.
They would flip through tired old card tricks, tell some stories, and then leave you alone to wander around the store. We'd always end up at the gag gifts. Fake barf, garlic gum sticks, cigarette loads, and a bunch of other pranks that you'd buy with family members in mind as your targets.
We discovered prosthetic noses and ears there. And spirit gum to hold them on. Fake burns in powder form. Tubes and bottles of fake blood. And professional scar stuff.
I don't know if there are many magic shops around anymore. I really don't know how they even paid the rent back then. But I guess it's one of those labor-of-love things. The cool things usually are. 
Image by zannajune.
Extreme
The Davis Graveyard is going to be a part of something really cool.
Read below:
SALEM, Ore. - Parents, students, staff and alumni at the Oregon School for the Deaf are busting with excitement after finding out that Extreme Makeover Home Edition will be giving them some much needed help.
Ty Pennington and his group of designers, along with hundreds of local volunteers, will redo the school's haunted house, which is their major annual fundraiser.
The 12,000 square foot basement where the 'Nightmare Factory' is held every year has become unsafe and the Extreme Makeover Home Edition team will have one week to do their magic.
Saw this on Chris' blog this morning. Really excited for them.
What an incredible thing to be a part of.
Read more about it here.
and here:
Frog on the Pumpkin blog.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
1905 Halloween Bash
I actually like the sound of this. From the book Bright Ideas for Entertaining published in 1905, the author recommends some pretty neat ideas:
The light should be supplied only by Jack-o-lanterns hung here and there about the kitchen, with candles in the dining-room. The decorations need not be expensive to be charming, no matter how large the room. Large vases of chrysanthemums and ferns and umbrella stands of fluffy grasses will be desirable; but if these cannot be readily obtained, quantities of gayly tinted autumn leaves will be quite as appropriate. Festoons of nuts, bunches of wheat or oats, and strings of cranberries may also help to brighten the wall decorations. The nuts and cranberries will be useful in many odd arrangements for ornamenting the refreshment table.
Have mirrors everywhere; big mirrors, medium-sized mirrors, and little, wee mirrors, all reflecting and multiplying countless candles that burn in candlesticks of every description(most novel are those made from long-necked gourds and tiny squashes).
The dining table should be draped in pale green crepe paper, the lights above being shrouded in gorgeous orange. Pumpkins of various sizes should be scooped and scraped to a hollow shell and lined with waxed paper and filled with good things to eat, should be placed in the centre of the table. Lighted candles and quaint oriental lanterns will add greatly to the decorations. 
oldfashionedliving.com
Dead Wringer
I was checking in on artist Arnaud de Vallois' blog to see his latest works and saw this amazing scarecrow piece which he dedicated to yours truly.
Man, that's just way cool.
Thanks SO much!
Arnaud de Vallois blog.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Unnatural Surroundings
A few shots of SEEDS at his current location.
Click here for his photoshoot pics.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Peter Vincent.
Vegas magician. Vampire Killer.
Yeah, that's Dr. Who's David Tennant as Peter Vincent in the new Fright Night remake.
Good Lord, deliver us.
Though I have a feeling at some point we'll see the real Peter Vincent underneath that Chris Angel facade. My favorite moment in the original film is when Roddy McDowall's Mr. Vincent is being asked for help from Charlie, who reminds him he's the great Peter Vincent. Peter Vincent confesses "That's a character in a movie! That's not even my real name. I'm terrified."
dreadcentral.com
Soul Catcher
Jerry from MyScaryHalloween.com created a Soul Catcher jar based off of the Soul Jars I featured a while back.
He has a beautiful yard haunt and a wonderful site and blog, and now a new sub-site featuring Village 101.
Click below to see a how-to on his Soul Catcher prop:
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Halloween At High Noon
Exhumed. The Hits.
A greatest hits album featuring favorites from all the Halloween at High Noon releases.
Such an amazing alternative to all those Halloween mixes that pop up this time of year. This stuff is original and fun. And $6.99 is a crazy low price.
Click the album cover to listen to samples:
And click here to listen to tracks from their first release.
And click here for the second album.
Nix Besser
Click below:
Big thanks to Stacy for sending me info about this drink.
I worship their Root beverage, so this is a top priority for me.
MUST....FIND...
Bad Samaritan
A long time ago, I went canoeing in the Fall. It was at a public park in the country where they were hosting a Native American Fall Festival on that day. The weather was overcast with a lot of wind, I thought twice about renting a canoe.
As I was shoving off, there was a family of three adults who were up at the rental shack getting ready to take a canoe out. They were surrounded by two coolers and plastic bags loaded with snacks. I pulled away and paddled to the middle of the giant man-made lake. I wasn't out all that long when the wind picked up. And the sky got really dark. I heard two things: the sound of drums from the Indian Festival, and the faint sounds of people yelling "HELP!" Very surreal. By now there were pretty significant waves on the lake and my canoe was getting blown in the opposite direction of my rowing. Crazy. Over the waves, I spotted the snack family - taking on water and screaming for help. They were waving to me for help...so I stabbed at the water with my oar ....and nothing. The wind took me further away. I always assumed that I must have looked like I was deliberately paddling in the opposite direction, with my head turned around facing them. I had my cell phone (in a sealed plastic sandwich bag in the event I had a boating accident and fell in [I plan ahead]). I thought of calling the rental place...no signal on my phone. By now the family was still seated in the canoe, but it was completely below the water line. Canoes have ballast points at each end to prevent them from sinking completely, so it just sort of hovered there like a sub about to surface...with three wet people looking angry and miserable. And snacks floating EVERYWHERE on the surface. The wind died down and the guys working the rental shack saw the commotion and were already on their way out in a canoe to help. Which ended up being a tow back to the shore where they capsized and were dumped into shallow water. Sans coolers and snacks.
I made the HUGE mistake of sharing that story with my coworkers. The next day I came in to the office and found on my chair a paper Indian headpiece, with a singular paper feather (constructed with a hanging file folder). Written on the band of the headpiece - "Do Not Call To Me. I Will Not Help You."
Sleeping
O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,
The Reaper came that day;
'Twas an angel visited the green earth,
And took the flowers away.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Uncle Jack
Fans of the film INK are going to really love this.
Click below:
Thanks a bunch, lizace83. This was GREAT.
Monster Luv
Or maybe it's a duel-to-the-death-territory thing.
Monsters are hard to read.
dslookkin.com
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