Halloween Art Exhibit : 10th Anniversary!

A decade of fine Halloween art! The 10th anniversary of The Annual Halloween Art Exhibit™ Oct. 18th - 26th, St. Paul Cultural Center- 2215 W. North Ave, Chicago. The "National showcase of Halloween art" returns with a brand new bag of goodies sure to raise the living & the dead! Live music, spooky magic, and children's interactive workshop guarantee a hootenanny in this much anticipated 10th anniversary edition! [DIRECTIONS]Opening Reception - Saturday, Oct. 18th, 7 - 11 pm.Sorcerer Supreme Ron Fitzgerald performs his all new "Extreme Halloween" magic show. Dark & Sticky vampire fun! 10pm. Music performed by Rusted Halo,...

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A Little Truth to Every Myth

After posting about the money-back haunted house urban legend a few days ago, somebody reminded me that Hellsgate Haunted House technically fits the description (multi-story haunt where you have to complete certain things to get your money back), although that haunt shut down over a decade ago, so nobody's out looking for it. Who knows - maybe Hellsgate contributed to the urban legend!

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Don’t forget to vote… for your favorite haunt!

You can now vote for your favorite haunted house for 2008 at HauntedHouseChicago.com - click here!

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Stephen Lynch : Halloween

I've had this song as an MP3 for years, and just found a live performance on YouTube, so I thought I'd share this twisted tune: Stephen Lynch's "Halloween"

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The Legendary Too Scary Money Back Haunted House

It was bound to happen. Today I got an email asking about "that haunted house in West Chicago that's 20 or 21 floors and so scary that if you finish it, you get your money back."So I don't have to send the same email 100 more times before the season's over, I'm telling you all what those of us in the haunted house industry have known for years - The Legendary Too Scary Money Back Haunted House... doesn't exist.To read about this interesting and persistent urban legend, check out the Snopes.com article about it here: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/haunted.asp. (Snopes.com is the best...

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Quarantine Contest!

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined...

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