Featured Halloween Posts
Sep 08
We recently visited the famously haunted Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs as part of our sightseeing of the town and snapped a few photos of this eerily beautiful building. We didn’t stay overnight, but got to take a good look at the exterior of the building and the lobby for some wonderfully spooky vibes. All …
Aug 22
Download the Free Halloween History Classroom Pack Halloween may be filled with pumpkins, costumes, candy, and spooky stories, but it also offers a surprisingly rich opportunity to explore history, migration, folklore, community traditions, and the ways celebrations change over time. Our free Halloween History Classroom Activity Pack brings those topics together in an 18-page printable …
Aug 08
The 1940s occupy a fascinating place in horror history. The decade inherited the monsters, Gothic architecture, fog-shrouded landscapes, and supernatural traditions that had made horror enormously popular during the 1930s—but filmmakers were beginning to find new ways to frighten audiences. Monsters did not disappear. Universal Pictures introduced one of its most enduring creatures with The …
Aug 07
Halloween movies do not have to leave you hiding behind a blanket. Sometimes the best way to celebrate spooky season is with ghosts, witches, vampires, zombies, and monsters that make you laugh more than they make you scream. The best funny Halloween movies combine just enough supernatural weirdness with comedy, memorable characters, and autumn-night atmosphere. …
Aug 04
Hidden among the forests of northern Czechia, Houska Castle is a remarkably preserved medieval stronghold with an unusually dark reputation. Its Gothic chapel, isolated setting and centuries of architectural change have inspired one of Europe’s most enduring supernatural legends: that the castle was built over a passage leading directly to hell. Stories describe a bottomless …
Jul 22
New Orleans has inspired ghost stories for generations. Its centuries-old buildings, elaborate cemeteries, historic hotels, courtyards, churches and narrow French Quarter streets provide an atmospheric setting for tales of restless spirits and unexplained encounters. But the city’s reputation for the supernatural is inseparable from its very real history. Fires, epidemics, slavery, immigration, religious traditions and …
Jul 21
Hundreds of weather-beaten dolls hang from trees, fences and buildings on a small chinampa hidden among the canals of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City. Some are missing eyes. Others have lost arms, legs or heads. Decades of sun, rain and humidity have left many with cracked faces and faded features. This unsettling place is La …
Jul 20
Looking for a fun Halloween activity that kids can play at home, in the classroom, or during a Halloween party? These Halloween I Spy games combine pumpkins, ghosts, bats, witches, black cats, spiders, candy, and other spooky-season favorites with searching, counting, matching, and puzzle-solving. Below you’ll find 20 Halloween I Spy and observation games for …
Jul 18
Few things create an autumn atmosphere as quickly as scent. Pumpkins, falling leaves, cool evenings, old wooden houses, bonfires, forests, and warm spices all have aromas that seem made for Halloween. With a compatible essential-oil diffuser and a few carefully chosen oils, you can add another layer of atmosphere to a Halloween party, movie night, …
Jul 16
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, already looks like the setting for a ghost story. Victorian buildings cling to steep Ozark hillsides, narrow streets wind through the historic district, and grand hotels dating back more than a century overlook the town. It is also one of Arkansas’s best-known destinations for paranormal tourism. At the center of that reputation …
