It’s that time of year again, Halloween. As a paranormal author and investigator, this is the busiest time of year for me, and as I sit here in the security booth of the USS Iowa Museum, my mind is awash thinking about all of the events I have coming up, book signings, paranormal conventions, and talks scheduled for libraries and historical groups all around the South Bay.
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While New England might be the first region that comes to mind when one thinks of fall foliage, Southern California has its own set of autumnal delights for leaf peepers.
Read MoreWhen the leaves crunch underfoot and pumpkins glow on porches, it’s not just humans who get to join in the Halloween fun.
Read MoreAs autumn arrives and the days shorten, spider webs seem to appear everywhere—strung across garden gates, glittering in morning dew, or draped in corners like delicate lace.
Read MoreThe stars are stirring their celestial cauldrons this month, sprinkling equal parts clarity, curiosity, and chaos.
Read MoreAs a paranormal researcher and author, this time of year is not only my busiest, but also the most fun. Halloween may not be an official holiday, but throughout the year, folks all over the country wait impatiently for October 31st, buying up decorations for their homes, haunted houses, queuing up horror films both old and new, and boosting retail sales as much, if not more so than at Christmas time.
Read MoreAs I take my daily walk, at this time of year, I find myself marveling at the fun and creative decorations that I see. When I was growing up in England we did not celebrate Halloween at all, so I still feel like a kid when I see all the decorations!
Read MoreWhat would this haunting Halloween season be without our favorite monsters, Munsters and ghouls?
Read MoreAs usual peninsula residents have out done themselves with some wonderful and creative decorations! When I grew up in England we did not celebrate Halloween, although it is thought to have originated from an old Celtic custom,
Read MoreBoris Karloff and Béla Lugosi are horror film legends, but few know them as union activists and founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. Between 1933 and 1937, both actively recruited actors and actresses to join the as-yet-unrecognized union – a delicate and risky business.
Read MoreGingerbread houses are a fun holiday activity to do with the kids around Christmas time so why not take the same activity into your Halloween celebration.
For my Haunted Chocolate Spice houses, I use the gingerbread house cookie cutter and decorate it with Halloween candy and use chocolate molds to create spooky skulls, tombstones and ghosts. For the roof, I used shredded wheat cereal. The Death by Chocolate Brownie gives the perfect texture and ground to place your haunted house.
I will be teaching how to make this Haunted Chocolate Spice house at Le Gourmet Culinary (www.legourmetculinary.com) October 24th and 31st 9am.
Read MoreGhost hunting is a popular hobby for many people, and one of the most common ways to try to find evidence of ghosts is through photography. While there is no scientific proof that ghosts exist, there are many people who believe that they have captured images of ghosts on camera.
Read MoreParanormal investigator Brian Clune has had some connection with the paranormal for much of his life, growing up in a house in Torrance that was haunted by his father.
Read MoreHalloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31, primarily in Canada, Ireland, Scotland and the United States. It has roots in the Celtic festival of “Samhain” and the Christian holiday All Saints’ Day, but is today largely a secular celebration.
Read MoreThe roots of Halloween, or All Hallows' Eve, is thought to have originated from a Celtic festival dedicated to marking the beginning of winter and the end of the annual crop cycle. The day was believed to be the moment when the souls of the dead would travel to the underworld, weakening the barriers between the living and the dead.
Read MoreOne of the greatest Halloween stories ever told, Mary Shelley’s 1818 tale Frankenstein still enthralls audiences to this day. Considered the first science fiction novel by many, it spawned a genre of horror plays, books, and movies and remains prescient in its tale of a scientist mortified with the resultant horror of what he has created after forming a new creature from the body parts of the dead.
Read MoreUniversal Studios had a hammerlock on the horror genre during Hollywood’s studio era. Their stable of stars, directors and writers understood the very nature of putting the face on a memorable monster. An eerie remote locale…dark and desperate situations…flawed characters (including a fair share of assorted loathsome ghouls), and a script tinged with wicked humor; this was the recipe for success.
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