What would this haunting Halloween season be without our favorite monsters, Munsters and ghouls?
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October is the month where ghosts, goblins and evil spirits arise for one evening on Halloween. And what more evil spirit than Cruella de Vil as portrayed by Glenn Close in “102 Dalmatians”. This evil creature is out to kidnap the adorable Dalmatians and it looks like nothing can stop her.
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One of the greatest Halloween stories ever told, Mary Shelley’s 1818 tale Frankenstein still enthralls audiences to this day. Considered the first science fiction novel by many, it spawned a genre of horror plays, books, and movies and remains prescient in its tale of a scientist mortified with the resultant horror of what he has created after forming a new creature from the body parts of the dead.
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It’s that time of year again, Halloween. As a paranormal author and investigator, this is the busiest time of year for me, and as I sit here in the security booth of the USS Iowa Museum, my mind is awash thinking about all of the events I have coming up, book signings, paranormal conventions, and talks scheduled for libraries and historical groups all around the South Bay.
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Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October 31, primarily in Canada, Ireland, Scotland and the United States. It has roots in the Celtic festival of “Samhain” and the Christian holiday All Saints’ Day, but is today largely a secular celebration.
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Universal Studios had a hammerlock on the horror genre during Hollywood’s studio era. Their stable of stars, directors and writers understood the very nature of putting the face on a memorable monster. An eerie remote locale…dark and desperate situations…flawed characters (including a fair share of assorted loathsome ghouls), and a script tinged with wicked humor; this was the recipe for success.
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Lots of people claim to have seen mermaids, but unfortunately no sightings have been proven.
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As I take my daily walk, at this time of year, I find myself marveling at the fun and creative decorations that I see. When I was growing up in England we did not celebrate Halloween at all, so I still feel like a kid when I see all the decorations!
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Well, it is the season, and it is true that there is “something about Mary.” She is just a little haunted! But why not? She is British and nearly a hundred years old, and she has sailed 3.8 million nautical miles upon the oceans of the Earth in war and peace, and in fair weather and foul.
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The roots of Halloween, or All Hallows' Eve, is thought to have originated from a Celtic festival dedicated to marking the beginning of winter and the end of the annual crop cycle. The day was believed to be the moment when the souls of the dead would travel to the underworld, weakening the barriers between the living and the dead.
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1952, refinery workers took a huge vat of black, orange, and white paint and put it onto a large tank in Wilmington, CA and turn this into a jack-o'-lantern. this has become a Halloween tradition that is going on for 65 years.
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Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi are horror film legends, but few know them as union activists and founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. Between 1933 and 1937, both actively recruited actors and actresses to join the as-yet-unrecognized union – a delicate and risky business.
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I am the in-house tour guide at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and have been giving tours several times a month since 2002. This work has been such an incredible gift and I've made many new friends along the way. Two years ago the cemetery tour yielded what has been perhaps my most unusual and unexpected friendship.
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Point Vicente Lighthouse Palos Verdes, CA
Situated at Point Vincente, Palos Verdes, this 185 foot tall structure offers some of the best views of the California coastline around. As well as being a scenic, relaxing spot favoured by tourists and romantics alike; this lighthouse also has a darker side... and its very own ghost...
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As usual peninsula residents have out done themselves with some wonderful and creative decorations! When I grew up in England we did not celebrate Halloween, although it is thought to have originated from an old Celtic custom,
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Gingerbread houses are a fun holiday activity to do with the kids around Christmas time so why not take the same activity into your Halloween celebration.
For my Haunted Chocolate Spice houses, I use the gingerbread house cookie cutter and decorate it with Halloween candy and use chocolate molds to create spooky skulls, tombstones and ghosts. For the roof, I used shredded wheat cereal. The Death by Chocolate Brownie gives the perfect texture and ground to place your haunted house.
I will be teaching how to make this Haunted Chocolate Spice house at Le Gourmet Culinary (www.legourmetculinary.com) October 24th and 31st 9am.
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AUTUMN is waiting on our doorstep. It’s a wondrous time of year, when the holiday stress hasn’t quite set in yet and the post-summer routine starts to feel normal, allowing a peaceful bliss to take hold, there’s a sense of freedom that sparks as soon as the foliage starts to change
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Have you ever been afraid of the dark? I can vividly remember what it was like as a small child imagining the spooky frights lurking in the shadows of my room when I was supposed to be sleeping.
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