scarlettina | Treats for your tricks (Reply)

It's that time again:

scarlettina's Halloween link round-up. This year, it was tougher than usual, as I expended a lot of my best material on my article for work, but I've managed to scrape up some interesting seasonal stuff regardless. I've decided to include a couple of highlights from the article because, well, it's my LJ and I can. ::grin::

This year, rather than linking to my usual history of Halloween source (oh, okay, fine, here's the link--the History Channel rocks!), I want to post something new: a nice, fairly balanced video on the holiday's history, now that online video is finally worth watching.

I've got stories of hotel ghosts for you.

Here's a comprehensive list of phobias, A-Z, for your entertainment.

Next, let's go international: The Australian Ghost Hunters Society has one of the most well-put-together sites I've seen in its category (its category being ghost-hunting organizations). It's clean and well designed, well organized, and it seems to have a sense of humor about itself, which is refreshing.

From the other side of the spectrum, a ghost hunter tells you what's not true about ghost hunting.

If you're a fan of the radio, then you might want to check out the Paranormal Perceptions Radio Blog, where they interview psychics, ghost hunters, and more.

You might also want to check out Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater on the Air production of “The War of the Worlds” (MP3| RealAudio) for its sheer period wonderfulness.

The New York Times came up with some good stuff for me this year:

Ghost stories from the New York area. Some eerie stuff.

A profile on a pair of ghost hunters in Katona, New York who look like they belong in Seattle's upscale Kirkland neighborhood.

This lovely essay about a writer's remembrances of the haunted home in which she grew up. She returns as an adult for a little investigating.

If you want to see entries from previous years, follow this link to all the entries tagged "Halloween".

Happy Halloween, folks! And to those celebrating Samhain, bright blessings!

PS: Seen at work so far today, please dressed as:

The Jolly Green Giant

Trinity, from The Matrix

Julius Caesar

Kali (with, yes, many arms)

Dee Snyder

Good times.