Halloween Haunts: The King of Halloween

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 costume, jumped, the plastic Iron Man mask clattering to the floor of Target's Halloween department. The werewolf ripped his head off, revealing the laughing face of David Destler. "Some Avenger you'd make! Bet you wet your Pampers!" "Come on, David, give him a break," I said. I was holding a zombie makeup pack and trying to figure how much that and the Iron Man costume would be with tax. "Aw,…
Halloween Haunts: Warm Regards from the Meatgrinder by Mark Onspaugh

Halloween Haunts: Warm Regards from the Meatgrinder by Mark Onspaugh

All good ghost storytellers know that, if you want to make your story truly effective, turn down the lights. But if you really want to crank up the gooseflesh, tell it by candlelight... or, better yet, firelight. When I was a kid, our Boy Scout troop would spend a week to ten days in the mountains at summer camp. The camp was in the woods, on the shores of a lake. It wasn't Crystal Lake, mind you, but I'll bet Jason Voorhees first stirred in the terror of a kid at summer camp. Halloween is one of those festivals or…