Happy Halloween everybody! Back in October of 2017, we sent out a post called “A Spooky Call To Action: Share Your Experiences With Us.” One person answered the call. That person is our good friend of the blog, Joseph D. Kubal. He’s the co-creator of the sensational Curious Traveler Route 66 blog. In 2018, we […]
The Netflix mini-series, “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” is pretty darn spooky for a few reasons. It’s also a perfect show to watch during this Covid-19 Halloween season when much of our activities are going to be indoors more than ever. This isn’t a review of the show. There are plenty of actual reviews […]
In the dark of night, a massive space-ship from an alien world hovers ominously over the White House. Suddenly a beam of energy is released from the ship; and the executive mansion explodes. And the rest of use watching are gasping. That was a Super Bowl teaser commercial in 1996 promoting the coming summer movie […]
The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is a favorite place of Spooky Things Online to visit during the Halloween season. We’ve done previous posts about our 2014 visit and our 2018 one. The 2018 one has the history behind it and information on founder Melissa Carbone. So what’s new at the 2019 experience? Alot. And alot […]
Lisa Morton knows Halloween. She’s a renowned go-to Halloween historian and expert. Lisa is the author of numerous books on Halloween, including this narrative history she recommends to our readers: “Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween.” Her work has been described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening.” How […]
With the Halloween season right around the corner, with the date of this post being Sept. 2, to quote Dan Aykroyd in 1982’s “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” do you want to see something really scary? (BTW, “Twilight Zone: The Movie” best parts are Dan Aykroyd’s character at the beginning for a few minutes, at at […]
I’d never been to Texas until the past May 17, when I flew into Austin for an event. As I was driven up to Dallas on May 19, about a three hour drive, I didn’t even know we had headed into downtown Dallas. Then, unexpectedly, out of the corner of my left eye, I saw […]
In the parlance of the Halloween trade, it would be better to say Melissa Carbone didn’t have a dream as much as a nightmare: scare the heck out of people in an old-fashion Fall Harvest/Halloween kind of way. The former LA-based Clear Channel Media executive, who was their youngest general sales manager ever, always loved […]
Back in October of 2017, we sent out a post called “A Spooky Call To Action: Share Your Experiences With Us.” One person answered our call. That’s ok, we remained hopeful. The person was our our good friend of the blog, Joseph D. Kubal. He’s the co-creator of the sensational Curious Traveler Route 66 blog. Today, we […]
As we gear up into the October Halloween season, we’ve got some Spooky ghost stories for you. As we’ve shared before, some of Spooky Things Online’s most popular posts have been regarding the TV show “Celebrity Ghost Stories.” We liked the show lot, which ran from 2009 to 2014, not because of the celebrity aspect […]
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