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.

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.

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.

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.