Of course, tomorrow is Halloween, one of my favorite holidays and times of the year. Therefore, this website would not be complete without some kind of commentary on the topic.
Over the last couple of years I have written on Halloween and related topics on another blog of mine, and I thought I’d use this opportunity [...]
The Halloween season has already begun around the country, particularly in Utah. I have been enjoying the Michael’s store collection of the Lemax Spookytown items, and Walgreens now has their Halloween items displayed. I understand that Big Lots! has their’s in, and Wal-Mart and Target will soon follow suit. The hint of fall, and the [...]
The haunt industry is now in full swing as preparations are made for the 2008 Halloween season. One of the contacts I have been fortunate to make in the haunt industry is KathE Walker, who made time in her increasingly busy schedule in haunted houses and convention planning to discuss her work.
TheoFantastique: KathE, thanks for [...]
Dr. Jack Santino is a professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH. His academic work has included an analysis of the cultural meaning of holidays and festivals. Among his many publications is the book Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life (Knoxville: University of Tennessee, [...]
As should be evident from my discussions on this blog, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Some of my hobbies relate to collecting various items connected to it, but I recently discovered a hobby that involves the collection of rare vintage Halloween memorabilia. An individual with great expertise in this area is Mark Ledenbach, [...]
Growing up in northern California I had a difficult time finding events and attractions associated with the Halloween holiday. Things were especially difficult in my home town of Stockton, but they got a little better when I moved to the Sacramento area as I entered military service and was stationed at Mather Air Force Base. [...]
Last year I had an opportunity to do some research in preparation for a series of presentations at Cornerstone Festival in the Imaginarium venue looking at a historical and cross-cultural perspective on the development of Halloween. Some of the materials that I interacted with noted a variety of influences in current America’s celebration of this [...]
