Halloween Haunts: The King of Halloween
By Mark Onspaugh
The Wolfman roared, his eyes glowing bright red, his massive yellowed fangs slick with saliva and blood.
My little brother Matty, who had been checking out a… Read more
Archive for October, 2015 [ 43 ]
Halloween Haunts: Souled by Tonya Hurley
We almost drove past it until I noticed the line snaking around the side of the nondescript-looking Dutch Colonial house on the canal. It hardly looked like the scene of… Read more
Halloween Haunts: How I Decided To Never See “The Exorcist” Again by Glenn Benest
It was Halloween of 1973 (I know, a long time ago). It was Halloween, my favorite holiday in Covina, California, a small working class town in the San Gabriel Valley. … Read more
Halloween Haunts: Which Witching of Which Witches? by Nancy Kilpatrick
When I was seven years old, I saw a witch. I mean a real witch, not one of the politically-correct Wiccans we have now, or the evil glam witches Hollywood… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Living in Halloween Central by J.G. Faherty
I can honestly say I live in Halloween Central. No, I’m not referring to how extensively I decorate the house for my favorite holiday (although my wife would beg to… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Crossing Over: Halloween and Ghosts by Lisa Morton
Ghosts have become one of Halloween’s most beloved icons, and each October we see them manifest in everything from terrifying haunted attractions to whimsical decorations. Haunted locations boast increased traffic,… Read more
Halloween Haunts: What’s Halloween Good For, Anyway? by Matthew Warner
Horror industry laymen offer me a standard observation when Halloween rolls around. “This is like your high holy day, isn’t it?”
Why, yes, Mr. Joking To Cover Up Your Discomfort,… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Graveyard Horrors by Loren Rhoads
From vampires, plague victims, ghosts, golems, and the gate to Hell, some of the best stories are buried in cemeteries. These are some of my favorites. All of these burial… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Ghosts Of Hallowe’ens Past by Darren Madigan
Hallowe’en never really meant that much to me when I was a kid… well, not when I was a teenager, anyway.
I was born in late 1961. My childhood, as… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Whatever Happened to Mischief Night? by Charles Christian
During the late 1970s and 1980s, the city of Detroit was plagued by Mischief Night or Devil’s Nights riots that saw widescale arson attacks taking place over the Halloween period,… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Want Some Candy, Little Boy? by E. F. Schraeder
Halloween offers a perfect time to ponder haunting images and innermost fears, probing the question, what scares you? The question “want some candy, little boy?” is the stuff of urban… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet, Don’t Give Me Peeps To Eat! by Pamela K. Kinney
When one is a child, Halloween is about trick-or-treating for candy. Treats as in Halloween, and not from any other holiday. Except in 1965, I learn the horror of Easter… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Halloween Infects Scandinavia by Michael Kamp
I’m a proud Dane and we are often considered the “Happiest people on Earth”.
Danes, apparently, live a life of bliss in The Fairy Tale Nation of H. C. Andersen.… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Scaring Ourselves Out of Fun and Profit by Donald J. Bingle
Yep, I’m an old guy, so I remember going trick or treating back in the ‘60s (that’s a date, not a temperature) in a housing subdivision in Illinois. The subdivision… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Interview with Mr. Crow Recorded by T. Fox Dunham
Mr. Crow left me his usual calling card—a lump in my neck—inviting me to a follow-up interview at Doylestown Hospital. That night I lay in my hospital bed only sleeping… Read more
Halloween Haunts: Horror: Isolation by C.R. Langille
Horror shows its face (or doesn’t if it’s effective) through a lot of mediums these days, be it via television, movie, or my very favorite, books. There are some common… Read more
Halloween Haunts: A Little Perspective by James Kendley
I probably wouldn’t have the attention span to write about Japan if I still lived there. It’s just too damned interesting.
I tried, of course, but every time I sat… Read more
Halloween Haunts: I Don’t Write Horror, It’s Just How I’m Made! by Christopher Alan Broadstone
Hello HWA! And Happy Halloween 2015! My name is Christopher Alan Broadstone, and I’m a musician, writer, and filmmaker, as well as being a brand new member of the Horror… Read more
Halloween Haunts: On Halloween, The Family’s a Saw by L. Andrew Cooper
TAKE ONE
At the end of October, you may approach an unfamiliar door.
The door belongs to a stranger. When it opens, you show the home’s anonymous inhabitants trust, revealing… Read more
Halloween Haunts: The Haunted House That Nearly Killed Me by David Lucarelli
I’m a haunted house connoisseur. Over the years since I was a kid, I’ve gleefully gone to all the various haunted houses that appear every Halloween. There have been a… Read more
