by Eric Olsen | Sep 21, 2016 | books, culture, halloween, magick and occult, media, paranormal, religion and belief, supernatural beings |
Though it’s still very summery in much of the country, with the opening of a number of haunted attractions, costumes and candy overflowing shelves in stores, and spooky programming easing onto screens big and small, the Halloween season is upon us. Amidst the...
by Eric Olsen | Sep 7, 2016 | conventions and events, culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, haunted locations, media, paranormal, seasonal |
Haunted Journeys — in conjunction with partners The Scarefest, Destination America, America’s Most Haunted, Paranormal Database, our regional ambassadors and network of participating ghost hunting teams — is proud to announce that National Ghost Hunting...
by Eric Olsen | Aug 11, 2016 | conventions and events, culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, haunted locations, media, paranormal, weird/science |
National Ghost Hunting Day is now officially registered to be celebrated on the first Saturday of every October. This new celebration of the techniques and culture of ghost hunting will initiate the Halloween season annually in spectacular fashion. On October 1, 2016,...
by Eric Olsen | Nov 4, 2015 | culture, halloween, media, monsters, movies, seasonal, television, witches |
We have a family holiday viewing routine, and by “holiday” I mean Halloween and Christmas. Yes, we make a point of watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, mostly for the sobering, astringent, historically accurate The Mayflower Voyagers feature that’s...
by Eric Olsen | Nov 2, 2015 | culture, halloween, seasonal |
Now’s the bittersweet time when overtly Halloweenish decorations all come down (autumnal items get a reprieve until Thanksgiving), and we think about all those Halloween movies, TV specials, books, and the like that we ran out of time for this year. Ah well,...
by Eric Olsen | Oct 30, 2015 | books, culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, magick and occult, media, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal |
When many people think of “Halloween reading,” they think of tales of hauntings and horror. I think much more Halloween-specific, finding the evolution of the holiday from its ancient roots in the mists of time to the present $7 billion extravaganza of...