2008 Numbers & Awards

2008 marked the first season that I compiled numbers such as those listed below; it was also the first year that I assigned awards on such a scale. On occasion I will look back over past awards and wonder if…
A Celebration of Horror and Halloween
A Celebration of Horror and Halloween

2008 marked the first season that I compiled numbers such as those listed below; it was also the first year that I assigned awards on such a scale. On occasion I will look back over past awards and wonder if…

This entry served as the official kickoff to the 2009 haunt season and was originally posted on Friday, September 11, 2009. The song at the top of this entry is called “Bag- O’-Bones” and was included on a Halloween CD…

Haunted attractions come in all shapes, sizes and styles and it can be difficult to decide which establishment is worthy of your hard-earned dollars and if you’ve procrastinated until the very night of Samhain itself then you are indeed in…

This review was originally posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008; it details one memorable weekend from late October 2008. It was that fall that we first visited Terror Town in Maumee, Ohio and experienced House of the Dead. I have…

The air bristles, the approaching night beckons. John and I are to leave shortly for a haunt excursion not soon to be forgotten. In 2012 we witnessed a highly memorable outbreak of the dead at Bloodview and on this night…

This entry chronicles a memorable visit to Chainsaw Creek which was located in Toledo, Ohio. It was one of the earliest, if not the first, experience we ever had at a multi-attraction venue. County Morgue, one of the four attractions…

Wrestler, home haunter and haunted attraction enthusiast Mike Marvel serves as co-host for episode #003 of Horrorlust Radio. In the third episode of Horrorlust Radio, Mike and I discuss the tradition of home haunting in all its various forms and then…

Never before has an October been so filled with a litany of events and that fact has made crafting the haunt schedule that much more difficult and tedious. In this never-ending quest to hit as many new haunted attractions as…

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;…

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…