Scream Machine Silenced
It’s official — the Scream Machine is no more. It was announced on Wednesday via Facebook that the lack of a building will force the show to go dark in 2014. The Downriver mainstay was at it’s best during the…
Horrorlust
A Celebration of Horror and Halloween
Horrorlust
A Celebration of Horror and Halloween
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Haunt Updates, Haunted Dreams & Haunting Films
In this entry, from Monday, September 8, 2008, I recall a vibrant dream about the Fear Finder newspaper. In the years since I have had several similar dreams in which I get a nocturnal sneak peek at the seasonal treasure;…
Grab Bag of Oddments
Originally posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 it is hard for me to believe that this entry is nearly six years old. The 2008 haunt season was a memorable one for so many reasons and remains one of my favorites…
Haunt Season Home Stretch
This post comes to us from Sunday, October 21, 2007 and as you’ll read, it chronicles an outing to Pontiac’s twin terrors — Erebus and The Realm of Darkness. We have visited the acclaimed pair six times each over the…
Summer Scream, Exit 13 Commercial
John, Cikalo and I had fun at Erebus on Sunday night and I even had the opportunity to have a brief conversation with owner, Ed Terebus. It was both interesting and strange to visit a haunted attraction in July and…
Downriver Haunt Review
Originally posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 this entry chronicled our visit to three haunted attractions located throughout the Downriver area. To the best of my knowledge this was the only time I formatted a review in such a fashion…
Phantom Forest Hayrides & Other News
This is an obscure but neat read originally posted October 9, 2007. The majority of it is dedicated to my experience as member of the team at Phantom Forest Hayrides in Grosse Ile during one weekend that season. Unfortunately the…
Erebus Snuffs the Light with Summer Scream
It isn’t often that haunted house adventurers get a chance to experience screams outside of the fall season but this summer that is precisely what Erebus plans to offer. For three days in July the Goliath of Pontiac will open…
The Haunt List
As you’ll shortly read, I was still toying with an alternate name for Hallowblog when this was first written; however the name would ultimately stick. I suppose this can be viewed as my own pared down version of the Fear…
Dark Magnetism Part 2: Rob Johnson, Darksyde Acres
Last weekend the haunt community was shocked to learn of the untimely passing of Adam Ladd. Adam was the owner of Ladd’s Evil Acres in Hillsdale, Michigan and by all accounts was a man with a big heart and lots…
