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Chocolate Poop and Gummy Boogers
http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2010/10/top-10-grossest-halloween-cand.html
Chocolate Poop and Gummy Boogers: The Top 10 Grossest Halloween Candies of 2010
October 18, 2010
Matt Schneiderman
Last October I named the Top 10 Grossest Halloween Candies, an assortment of the creepiest-looking trick-or-treat offerings I could find. But as with Apple gadgets and conical pizza, progress is inevitable; today there's a new generation of Gross. I filled my online shopping carts at Candywarhouse.com and other stores. Then I asked seven-year-old twins Ella and Liam Wilson of Brooklyn (sweets aficionados and neighbors of The Foodist's Andrew Knowlton) to rank and evaluate the grossness of each.
#10 Boogers. Green and brown gummy pellets of inconsistent shape, these guys are viscous enough to give a snacker pause. $2 for a 3.5-oz box; Box of Boogers; candywarehouse.com
Liam: "They look sort of like boogers, but they feel like gummy worms. Actually, they don't look gross--they look kind of good."
Ella: "You could trick a young kid with these."
#9 Decayed Hand. A candidate for the "too much gummy in a single serving" award, the assorted severed hands--zombie, skeleton, goblin--subtly promote cannibalism in way that's definitely gross. $2; Grave Grabbers; store.offbeattreats.com
Ella: "This looks like plastic, but the details are kind of cool."
Liam: "The ghoul hand looks more realistic than the skeleton hand."
#8 Test-Tube Body Parts. Colorful digits and other body parts (eyeballs, severed fingers, brains) are immersed in the bright candy syrup. $10 for 1 dozen; Test Tubes; Flix Candy
Liam: "The finger ones look kind of real."
Ella: "What are these floating in? The finger is creepy."
#7 Rat. That the consumption of an actual rat during Survivor's inaugural season 10 years ago is STILL one of TV's most memorable moments is a testimonial to the rodent's foulness. And though the red gummy version may not fool anyone, the life-sized black rats could elicit a scream if carefully positioned--say, for instance, filling a bath tub. $28.35 for 24; Gummi Pet Rats/Gummi Pet Tarantulas; jellybelly.com
Liam: "It looks realistic, but it would be more realistic if it had red eyes."
Ella: "You could trick someone into thinking you were biting the head off of a real rat--but if it were a real rat, I wouldn't want to eat it."
#6 Worms. Slimy, slithery, and brown, these realistic representations put regular gummy worms to shame. $5 for 31 worms; Realistic Gummy Earthworms; orientaltrading.com
Ella: "Ewwww."
Liam: "This looks more realistic than regular gummy worms. When you stretch it out and then let it go, it moves like a real earthworm. This could fool a fish. If you put it in the dirt and pull it out, someone might think it's real."
Ella: "And then I would wash it off and eat it."
#5 Blood Bag. This seriously creepy treat would be perfect for any True Blood-themed Halloween party. $29.70 for 9; Cherry Liquid Candy Blood Bags; candywarehouse.com
Ella: "Ugh, gross! It looks like real blood--it's red. How do you drink it?"
Liam: "This would gross my friends out."
Ella: "This would be perfect if I were a vampire for Halloween. But the bag says 'Candy Blood.' It would be better if it just said 'Blood.'"
#4 Barf Bag. A slimy concoction of sweet goop dotted with bits of gummy chunks. Just be sure to remind the kids not to have too much or you might have an ironic situation on your hands. $3.50 per dozen; Barf Bags; orientaltrading.com
Liam: "What is this, barf?"
Ella: "It has little, tiny pieces of food. It's sticky."
Liam: "The barf would be pretty realistic if it were just in your hand and not in the bag--or if it were on the floor, it could fool a lot of people. It looks cool when you squeeze it."
#3 Toilet. A welcome departure from gummy-based candies, these mini toys pair twin suckers (plungers) with flavored powder (bowl water) for a Fun-Dip-esque experience. $19.80 for 12; Sour Flush Candy Toilets; candywarehouse.com
Ella: "Cool! Oh, cool, there's powder in the bowl. And this [lollipop] is the plunger."
Liam: "Awesome. Open the toilet, close the toilet."
Ella: "[Swirling sucker in bowl] 'Plunge.' This is pretty messy, but... yum."
#2 Urine Sample. A visual joke lost on children, perhaps, but these cups are disturbingly close to the real thing. Seeing anyone gulp yellow liquid (supposedly lemonade-flavored) from one of these will result in a double- or spit-take. $10 for 5; Tower of Sour Liquid Candy Urine Samples; candywarehouse.com
Liam: "It's urine. I want to smell it. It smells pretty good."
Ella: "Ew, gross. [Reading] 'Formula Pee.' It looks like syrup--this isn't real pee."
#1 Poop. This treat is a step up from the Pay-Day-bar-in-the-swimming-pool gag of "Caddyshack" fame, and it's the tastiest treat of the bunch. Three variations--candy-corn-filled, undigested peanut-y, and "classic"--will pit your eyes against your nose. $5 each (4 oz.); Crapola Chocolate Poop; chocolatefantasies.com
Ella: "Poo! I would want to try the candy corn one.
Liam: "This one's like, 'I had too many nuts today.' It feels a little bit real, but it's not that squishy. [Eating a piece.] I never thought I'd try tasting stool. Yum."
Ella: [Sticks tongue out.]
All photos by Joanna Sciarrino
Chocolate Poop and Gummy Boogers: The Top 10 Grossest Halloween Candies of 2010
October 18, 2010
Matt Schneiderman
Last October I named the Top 10 Grossest Halloween Candies, an assortment of the creepiest-looking trick-or-treat offerings I could find. But as with Apple gadgets and conical pizza, progress is inevitable; today there's a new generation of Gross. I filled my online shopping carts at Candywarhouse.com and other stores. Then I asked seven-year-old twins Ella and Liam Wilson of Brooklyn (sweets aficionados and neighbors of The Foodist's Andrew Knowlton) to rank and evaluate the grossness of each.
#10 Boogers. Green and brown gummy pellets of inconsistent shape, these guys are viscous enough to give a snacker pause. $2 for a 3.5-oz box; Box of Boogers; candywarehouse.com
Liam: "They look sort of like boogers, but they feel like gummy worms. Actually, they don't look gross--they look kind of good."
Ella: "You could trick a young kid with these."
#9 Decayed Hand. A candidate for the "too much gummy in a single serving" award, the assorted severed hands--zombie, skeleton, goblin--subtly promote cannibalism in way that's definitely gross. $2; Grave Grabbers; store.offbeattreats.com
Ella: "This looks like plastic, but the details are kind of cool."
Liam: "The ghoul hand looks more realistic than the skeleton hand."
#8 Test-Tube Body Parts. Colorful digits and other body parts (eyeballs, severed fingers, brains) are immersed in the bright candy syrup. $10 for 1 dozen; Test Tubes; Flix Candy
Liam: "The finger ones look kind of real."
Ella: "What are these floating in? The finger is creepy."
#7 Rat. That the consumption of an actual rat during Survivor's inaugural season 10 years ago is STILL one of TV's most memorable moments is a testimonial to the rodent's foulness. And though the red gummy version may not fool anyone, the life-sized black rats could elicit a scream if carefully positioned--say, for instance, filling a bath tub. $28.35 for 24; Gummi Pet Rats/Gummi Pet Tarantulas; jellybelly.com
Liam: "It looks realistic, but it would be more realistic if it had red eyes."
Ella: "You could trick someone into thinking you were biting the head off of a real rat--but if it were a real rat, I wouldn't want to eat it."
#6 Worms. Slimy, slithery, and brown, these realistic representations put regular gummy worms to shame. $5 for 31 worms; Realistic Gummy Earthworms; orientaltrading.com
Ella: "Ewwww."
Liam: "This looks more realistic than regular gummy worms. When you stretch it out and then let it go, it moves like a real earthworm. This could fool a fish. If you put it in the dirt and pull it out, someone might think it's real."
Ella: "And then I would wash it off and eat it."
#5 Blood Bag. This seriously creepy treat would be perfect for any True Blood-themed Halloween party. $29.70 for 9; Cherry Liquid Candy Blood Bags; candywarehouse.com
Ella: "Ugh, gross! It looks like real blood--it's red. How do you drink it?"
Liam: "This would gross my friends out."
Ella: "This would be perfect if I were a vampire for Halloween. But the bag says 'Candy Blood.' It would be better if it just said 'Blood.'"
#4 Barf Bag. A slimy concoction of sweet goop dotted with bits of gummy chunks. Just be sure to remind the kids not to have too much or you might have an ironic situation on your hands. $3.50 per dozen; Barf Bags; orientaltrading.com
Liam: "What is this, barf?"
Ella: "It has little, tiny pieces of food. It's sticky."
Liam: "The barf would be pretty realistic if it were just in your hand and not in the bag--or if it were on the floor, it could fool a lot of people. It looks cool when you squeeze it."
#3 Toilet. A welcome departure from gummy-based candies, these mini toys pair twin suckers (plungers) with flavored powder (bowl water) for a Fun-Dip-esque experience. $19.80 for 12; Sour Flush Candy Toilets; candywarehouse.com
Ella: "Cool! Oh, cool, there's powder in the bowl. And this [lollipop] is the plunger."
Liam: "Awesome. Open the toilet, close the toilet."
Ella: "[Swirling sucker in bowl] 'Plunge.' This is pretty messy, but... yum."
#2 Urine Sample. A visual joke lost on children, perhaps, but these cups are disturbingly close to the real thing. Seeing anyone gulp yellow liquid (supposedly lemonade-flavored) from one of these will result in a double- or spit-take. $10 for 5; Tower of Sour Liquid Candy Urine Samples; candywarehouse.com
Liam: "It's urine. I want to smell it. It smells pretty good."
Ella: "Ew, gross. [Reading] 'Formula Pee.' It looks like syrup--this isn't real pee."
#1 Poop. This treat is a step up from the Pay-Day-bar-in-the-swimming-pool gag of "Caddyshack" fame, and it's the tastiest treat of the bunch. Three variations--candy-corn-filled, undigested peanut-y, and "classic"--will pit your eyes against your nose. $5 each (4 oz.); Crapola Chocolate Poop; chocolatefantasies.com
Ella: "Poo! I would want to try the candy corn one.
Liam: "This one's like, 'I had too many nuts today.' It feels a little bit real, but it's not that squishy. [Eating a piece.] I never thought I'd try tasting stool. Yum."
Ella: [Sticks tongue out.]
All photos by Joanna Sciarrino
Horror Stories From Space: 10 Ways Life in Orbit Can Be Rough
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/29/horror-stories-space-ways-life-orbit-rough/
Air & Space
Horror Stories From Space: 10 Ways Life in Orbit Can Be Rough
By Clara Moskowitz
October 29, 2010
Space.com
The International Space Station -- which is coming up on a decade of continuous human habitation -- is a celebrated success in our species' quest to learn to live in space. Yet life in orbit has its serious trials, and mishaps along the way have proven just how much we still have to learn about being a spacefaring civilization.
In honor of Halloween, here are 10 ways space station living can become a little horror story:
10. Fingernails fall off
The spacesuit gloves astronauts wear while working outside the station during spacewalks have proven to be hazardous to their health.
A recent study found that about 10 percent of astronauts are victims of "fingernail trauma" from gloves, with a number of them losing a fingernail entirely because the glove pinched their fingers and reduced circulation.
Typically, the damage is worse the larger an astronaut's hand is. Maybe NASA should look for petite spaceflyers.
9. Weightless worries
Weightless living can have some pretty odd consequences without even going outside. Take, for example, the attack of the flying wasabi.
In March 2007 astronaut Sunita Williams was trying to squeeze some of the spicy green condiment onto her makeshift space sushi, when a squirt got loose, ultimately splattering the walls with wasabi and hiding stray droplets around the module.
It took a while to get the wasabi smell out after it had flown all over the place, Williams said at the time. And she had to forgo wasabi on future space meals, saying it was just "too dangerous."
8. Rough ride
While floating on the space station can be fun, getting to and from it can be a rough ride. Trips on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, in particular, reportedly pack quite a punch of G forces.
"I've heard it described as a train wreck followed by a car crash followed by falling off your bike," NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson said recently before she flew home from the station on one herself.
After she had experienced the trip, she said the rumors were dead on.
"It certainly didn't disappoint," Caldwell Dyson told SPACE.com after her return. "All the bangs, bells, whistles and sensations were there. The magnitudes of some things were a little surprising, but for the most part it was a pretty exciting ride."
7. Space diet of baby food
Though it's not just Tang and freeze-dried ice cream these days, food in space still leaves something to be desired.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are scarce, for example, and ground staples like bread are impractical because they leave crumbs, which in microgravity fly around everywhere instead of settling on the floor, and become a disaster to clean up. (Instead astronauts favor tortillas, which create fewer crumbs).
And astronauts tend to get sick of the same roster of re-heatable meals rotated on an eight-day schedule.
In the winter of 2004, however, an unmanned cargo ship due to deliver fresh food and supplies to the space station was delayed. In response, the crewmembers onboard – Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao of NASA and flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov of Russia – had to ration their meals.
The two ended up cutting their regular food consumption in half to conserve supplies, then making up for the lost calories by eating abundant desserts and candies. "It wasn't an unhealthy diet, but it wasn't an ideal diet either," Chiao said at the time.
6. Cramped quarters
While the station has grown considerably over the 10 years it's been permanently inhabited, many spaces are still a tight squeeze. And for the last year and a half, the normal crew size aboard the orbiting lab have been six, meaning what space there is has been shared by more bodies.
Sleeping can be particularly cramped inside an astronaut's "crew quarters" – essentially an alcove the size of a phone booth – and there are other hazards of catching some Zzz's in a free floating sleeping bag.
"During the night while you're sleeping, you might start drifting and end up somewhere you didn't intend to be in the first place," Canadian astronaut Julie Payette said in 2009.
Yet overall, the coziness of slumbering without gravity's incessant pull makes sleeping in space rather comfy, Payette said.
5. Hygiene hiccups
The lack of showers in space often puts a serious damper on the experience.
Microgravity makes it impossible to have a normal shower where water falls from a stream and falls docilely into a drain. Instead, astronauts on the International Space Station use a squirt gun that shoots out water and a wash cloth. They also have a special rinse-less shampoo to keep their hair clean.
"We wash like we would if we were on an expedition or a camping trip or something," Payette explained. "It works."
Still, who wants to keep that up for six months? Especially with the aforementioned tight living quarters!
4. Toilet troubles
One of the peskiest recurring problems on the station is the toilet situation.
There are two toilets on the space station – one in the Russian segment, and one in the United States modules. But both have been balky, breaking and requiring on-orbit plumbing jobs to get them working again.
Then there's the issue of what happens to the waste water – as of May 2009, urine is recycled into clean drinking water, and is also recycled into water for bathing and food preparation.
"It's sort of one of those horrible and fascinating kind of things. It's like, 'You're going to drink urine?'" said astronaut Sandra Magnus, who was living on the station when the urine recycling system was installed. "We're not, we're drinking processed water that started as urine."
3. Creaky bones
Beyond the daily nuisances, astronauts have to deal with serious health consequences from their time in orbit. One of the most significant of these is the effect on their bones.
A recent study found that astronauts' bone strength dips by at least 14 percent during a half-year stay in space. Other research indicates that an astronaut's bone mineral density can decrease by between 0.4 percent and 1.8 percent each month they are on the station, leading to greater risks of fractures and osteoporosis later in life.
While there is no complete fix for this problem, astronauts are diligent about bone-strengthening exercises while they're on the station, and undergo extensive rehabilitation once they're back on the ground to try to avoid possessing the bones of a 90-year-old.
2. Losing your lunch
Space sickness, too, can affect the best of 'em.
Acclimatizing to life in zero gravity, especially since no simulator can reproduce microgravity on the ground, takes time. It's not uncommon for astronauts to lose their lunch after liftoff before they even reach the space station.
And, to make matters worse, spewing chunks in space creates rather more of a mess than it would on Earth, since projectile vomit doesn't project toward the ground.
1. The loneliest number
Perhaps the hardest part of life in space is the feeling of isolation astronauts can get when they spend half a year removed from the whole planet, especially their friends and family. While astronauts can combat the loneliness by bonding with crewmates and making frequent calls home, they sometimes have to miss major life events back on Earth.
In December 2007, NASA astronaut Daniel Tani's mother died in a car accident while he was living on the space station. Tani had to grieve from more than 200 miles away in orbit, until he came back to Earth about two months later.
And in 2004, NASA astronaut Michael Fincke was forced to miss the birth of his second child, when his wife gave birth to daughter Tarali while he was serving a long-duration mission during the station's Expedition 9. He was able to meet his daughter four months later when he finally landed.
Air & Space
Horror Stories From Space: 10 Ways Life in Orbit Can Be Rough
By Clara Moskowitz
October 29, 2010
Space.com
The International Space Station -- which is coming up on a decade of continuous human habitation -- is a celebrated success in our species' quest to learn to live in space. Yet life in orbit has its serious trials, and mishaps along the way have proven just how much we still have to learn about being a spacefaring civilization.
In honor of Halloween, here are 10 ways space station living can become a little horror story:
10. Fingernails fall off
The spacesuit gloves astronauts wear while working outside the station during spacewalks have proven to be hazardous to their health.
A recent study found that about 10 percent of astronauts are victims of "fingernail trauma" from gloves, with a number of them losing a fingernail entirely because the glove pinched their fingers and reduced circulation.
Typically, the damage is worse the larger an astronaut's hand is. Maybe NASA should look for petite spaceflyers.
9. Weightless worries
Weightless living can have some pretty odd consequences without even going outside. Take, for example, the attack of the flying wasabi.
In March 2007 astronaut Sunita Williams was trying to squeeze some of the spicy green condiment onto her makeshift space sushi, when a squirt got loose, ultimately splattering the walls with wasabi and hiding stray droplets around the module.
It took a while to get the wasabi smell out after it had flown all over the place, Williams said at the time. And she had to forgo wasabi on future space meals, saying it was just "too dangerous."
8. Rough ride
While floating on the space station can be fun, getting to and from it can be a rough ride. Trips on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, in particular, reportedly pack quite a punch of G forces.
"I've heard it described as a train wreck followed by a car crash followed by falling off your bike," NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson said recently before she flew home from the station on one herself.
After she had experienced the trip, she said the rumors were dead on.
"It certainly didn't disappoint," Caldwell Dyson told SPACE.com after her return. "All the bangs, bells, whistles and sensations were there. The magnitudes of some things were a little surprising, but for the most part it was a pretty exciting ride."
7. Space diet of baby food
Though it's not just Tang and freeze-dried ice cream these days, food in space still leaves something to be desired.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are scarce, for example, and ground staples like bread are impractical because they leave crumbs, which in microgravity fly around everywhere instead of settling on the floor, and become a disaster to clean up. (Instead astronauts favor tortillas, which create fewer crumbs).
And astronauts tend to get sick of the same roster of re-heatable meals rotated on an eight-day schedule.
In the winter of 2004, however, an unmanned cargo ship due to deliver fresh food and supplies to the space station was delayed. In response, the crewmembers onboard – Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao of NASA and flight engineer Salizhan Sharipov of Russia – had to ration their meals.
The two ended up cutting their regular food consumption in half to conserve supplies, then making up for the lost calories by eating abundant desserts and candies. "It wasn't an unhealthy diet, but it wasn't an ideal diet either," Chiao said at the time.
6. Cramped quarters
While the station has grown considerably over the 10 years it's been permanently inhabited, many spaces are still a tight squeeze. And for the last year and a half, the normal crew size aboard the orbiting lab have been six, meaning what space there is has been shared by more bodies.
Sleeping can be particularly cramped inside an astronaut's "crew quarters" – essentially an alcove the size of a phone booth – and there are other hazards of catching some Zzz's in a free floating sleeping bag.
"During the night while you're sleeping, you might start drifting and end up somewhere you didn't intend to be in the first place," Canadian astronaut Julie Payette said in 2009.
Yet overall, the coziness of slumbering without gravity's incessant pull makes sleeping in space rather comfy, Payette said.
5. Hygiene hiccups
The lack of showers in space often puts a serious damper on the experience.
Microgravity makes it impossible to have a normal shower where water falls from a stream and falls docilely into a drain. Instead, astronauts on the International Space Station use a squirt gun that shoots out water and a wash cloth. They also have a special rinse-less shampoo to keep their hair clean.
"We wash like we would if we were on an expedition or a camping trip or something," Payette explained. "It works."
Still, who wants to keep that up for six months? Especially with the aforementioned tight living quarters!
4. Toilet troubles
One of the peskiest recurring problems on the station is the toilet situation.
There are two toilets on the space station – one in the Russian segment, and one in the United States modules. But both have been balky, breaking and requiring on-orbit plumbing jobs to get them working again.
Then there's the issue of what happens to the waste water – as of May 2009, urine is recycled into clean drinking water, and is also recycled into water for bathing and food preparation.
"It's sort of one of those horrible and fascinating kind of things. It's like, 'You're going to drink urine?'" said astronaut Sandra Magnus, who was living on the station when the urine recycling system was installed. "We're not, we're drinking processed water that started as urine."
3. Creaky bones
Beyond the daily nuisances, astronauts have to deal with serious health consequences from their time in orbit. One of the most significant of these is the effect on their bones.
A recent study found that astronauts' bone strength dips by at least 14 percent during a half-year stay in space. Other research indicates that an astronaut's bone mineral density can decrease by between 0.4 percent and 1.8 percent each month they are on the station, leading to greater risks of fractures and osteoporosis later in life.
While there is no complete fix for this problem, astronauts are diligent about bone-strengthening exercises while they're on the station, and undergo extensive rehabilitation once they're back on the ground to try to avoid possessing the bones of a 90-year-old.
2. Losing your lunch
Space sickness, too, can affect the best of 'em.
Acclimatizing to life in zero gravity, especially since no simulator can reproduce microgravity on the ground, takes time. It's not uncommon for astronauts to lose their lunch after liftoff before they even reach the space station.
And, to make matters worse, spewing chunks in space creates rather more of a mess than it would on Earth, since projectile vomit doesn't project toward the ground.
1. The loneliest number
Perhaps the hardest part of life in space is the feeling of isolation astronauts can get when they spend half a year removed from the whole planet, especially their friends and family. While astronauts can combat the loneliness by bonding with crewmates and making frequent calls home, they sometimes have to miss major life events back on Earth.
In December 2007, NASA astronaut Daniel Tani's mother died in a car accident while he was living on the space station. Tani had to grieve from more than 200 miles away in orbit, until he came back to Earth about two months later.
And in 2004, NASA astronaut Michael Fincke was forced to miss the birth of his second child, when his wife gave birth to daughter Tarali while he was serving a long-duration mission during the station's Expedition 9. He was able to meet his daughter four months later when he finally landed.
Smell My Feet 2010, Featuring Scooby Doo
Perhaps The Konformist Halloween Kollection is a little late this year, but it still comes out before The Simpson's annual Treehouse of Horror...
From Google.com:
Happy Halloween from Scooby Doo!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Springsteen's New Monster Mash
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b66575_happy_halloween_springsteens_new.html
Happy Halloween! Springsteen's New Monster Mash
10-31-8
For his next trick, Bruce Springsteen's offering a sweet treat for his fans.
Just in time for Halloween, the Boss is giving away a song paying tribute to his home state's spookiest urban legend. And we're not talking about Jimmy Hoffa under Giants Stadium.
"A Night With the Jersey Devil" is available as a free download on BruceSpringsteen.net.
To see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seMBtD_zawI
***
http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/ANightWithTheJerseyDevil.html
Hear me now!
I was born 13th child, 'neath the 13th moon
Spit out hungry and born anew
Daddy drag me to the river tie me in rocks
Throw me in where it's deep and wide
I go down, I don't die
Hole in the river bottom, I crawl through
Come back kill six brothers and sisters, kill papa too
Sway down Mama, sway down low
They gonna know me wherever I go
Into my bed with her kerosene my mama creep
Set my flesh to burning, whilst I sleep
I burn, burn, burn, till my soul burn black
Black rains fall, I come back, I come back
Get down Mama, get down low
They gonna know me wherever I go
16 witches, cast 16 spells
Make me guitar outta skin and human skull
Sing you a song like the wind in the sandy loam
Bring you baby out'cha your happy home
Ram's head, forked tail, clove hoof, love's my trail
I sup on your body, sip on your blood like wine
Out world theirs, this world mine
So kiss me baby till it hurts
God lost in heaven, we lost on earth
Sway down Mama, sway down low
They gonna know me wherever I go
Wherever I go, wherever I go
Well I got a brand new lover
I love her yes I do,
She's my one and only and her name is Baby Blue...
Copyright © Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP) / EMI Music Publishing (BMI)
Friday, November 9, 2007
Fox News’ Hannity rails against Halloween
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/13447.html
Fox News’ Hannity rails against Halloween, which ‘teaches kids to be liberals’
Posted November 2nd, 2007
Last week, The Onion, which is a satirical publication, ran a very amusing editorial cartoon, mocking right-wing attitudes. The cartoon asked, “Halloween: What is it teaching our kids?” It depicted a kid trick-or-treating with a bag that read, “Something for Nothing,” under the caption, “Everyone deserves hand-outs!”
Proving once again that today’s right is practically impossible to satirize, Fox News’ Sean Hannity actually made the same argument, on the air, in the hopes of labeling Halloween a “liberal holiday.”
On the October 31 edition of Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes, co-host Sean Hannity claimed that “Halloween is a liberal holiday” and “is teaching our kids to be liberals.” Hannity explained that “we’re teaching kids to knock on other people’s doors and ask for a handout.” Co-host Alan Colmes responded by asking if that meant that Christmas is a “liberal holiday.” Colmes asserted that Halloween represents “the act of giving,” and asked: “Isn’t that a Christian thing, to give, to share with your community?” Hannity replied: “Not to teach your kids to beg for a handout.”
In all sincerity, I thought Media Matters was kidding about this, until I watched the clip. Hannity, apparently in all seriousness, said we shouldn’t teach “our children to beg for something for free.” He concluded, “You’re teaching your kids to beg for a handout.”
In the broader cultural context, I think a sea-change of sorts may be underway. The caricature of late has been that of a politically-correct, liberal intellectual going around denigrating the things “regular people” enjoy. I wonder if Hannity is helping push the pendulum in the other direction — all activities should be measured against a right-wing worldview. If they’re perceived as politically heretical, they should be dismissed.
Hannity, in other words, seems anxious to push conservatism away from the mainstream. If we’re lucky, he’ll keep it up.
Just out of curiosity, I checked out Focus on the Family’s take on Halloween, assuming that if any high-profile conservatives would hate the holiday, it’d be the Dobson crowd.
Here’s the official Focus take on Halloween:
Whereas it can be argued that Christmas is a Christian holiday with Christian origins that has suffered the effects of growing secularism, Halloween can be traced to distinctly pagan sources. It is reasonable, then, that many believers would find some aspects of its celebration disturbing. I agree with them in that regard.
The traditional emphasis upon the occult, witches, devils, death, and evil sends messages to our kids that godly parents can only regard with alarm. There is clearly no place in the Christian community for this “darker side” of Halloween.
Even here, however, there is a place for some harmless fun. Kids love to dress up and pretend. If the Halloween experience is focused on fantasy rather than the occult, I see no harm in it. Make costumes for your children that represent fun characters, such as Mickey Mouse or an elderly grandmother, and then let them go door-to-door asking for treats. This side of Halloween can be thoroughly enjoyable for the little ones.
Congratulations, Hannity, you’re to the right of Focus on the Family on a pagan holiday.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Halloween Picture of the Year
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
TOP 10 PLACES TO GET SPOOKED ON HALLOWEEN
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TOP 10 PLACES TO GET SPOOKED ON HALLOWEEN
By ShermansTravel Editorial Staff
ShermansTravel.com
They say the freaks come out at night – and on no night more so than October 31. Our top ten places to get spooked on Halloween are a frightful blend of spine-chilling cities, weird wayside towns, and baffling bodies of water. We propose four uncanny urban settings, both stateside and across the pond, where ghosts and ghouls add to the daily hustle and bustle. Or, discover the places where legends are born, like Transylvania, Roswell, and Salem. We’ve also hacked our way through several hair-raising hotels to recommend a night where a notorious ax-murder once slashed or the hotel where Stephen King was inspired to write The Shining. So pack your best costume, vampire stake, or ghost buster, and head out for the Halloween night of your dreams (or nightmares)!
Bermuda Triangle
Edinburgh
Lizzie Borden B & B
London
New York
Roswell
Salem
Savannah
Stanley Hotel
Transylvania
1. Bermuda Triangle
We’ve all heard of the Bermuda Triangle – that mysterious oceanic abyss blamed for swallowing a slew of aircrafts and ships, and, more humorously, all of the socks that seem to vanish from washing machines. Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, the term loosely refers to a triangular sea span with its apexes at Miami, Bermuda, and San Juan (Puerto Rico). Dozens of peculiar marine and aviation mishaps have occurred at a disproportionately high rate here – among the more sensational stories, an entire squadron of 1945 Navy bombers is thought to have disappeared here, ditto several enormous merchant ships, all without a hint of wreckage or drowned corpses. Some attribute the strange occurrences to anomalous electromagnetic energy, while others believe that aliens are using the area as a portal to visit the planet or, that the lost city of Atlantis lies below. Plan on a cruise through the baffling Bermuda Triangle this Halloween and you just might get to find out more.
2. Edinburgh
Descend into the underworld, literally! A forgotten city lies beneath Edinburgh’s South Bridge – an underground maze of chambers, vaulted rooms, tunnels, and passageways shrouded in mystery and intrigue. The bricked-in city opened in 1788 (it was closed in the early 1800s due to insufficient waterproofing) but was virtually unknown to the thriving city above it before being rediscovered in 1985. It’s thought that thousands of people lived and died in these vaults, many of whom never glimpsed the light of day. Nowadays, 20 or so rooms and merchant quarters have been excavated, and tours through the cavernous hollows pass by oil lamps, leather shoes, smelting metal, animal bones, wine bottles, and other haunting remnants of the people who lived here. Not surprisingly, the vaults are famous for their strong paranormal presence, as well; many visitors swear they’ve seen wraithlike ghost shadows down below – some have even captured the haunting images in photographs. Check Mercat Tours for times and themes.
3. Lizzie Borden B & B
Good night, sleep tight – don’t let the axe murderers fright! For a bone-chillingly good scare and a guaranteed sleepless night, we recommend a Halloween getaway to the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast, a Greek Revival house in Fall River, Massachusetts (about 50 miles south of Boston). Built in 1845, the house famously became the setting for the 1892 ax murders of Abby and Andrew Borden, allegedly by their very own daughter, Lizzie! The house has since been restored with late-19th-century period pieces, which contribute to the atmosphere, especially as you can stand today in the place where Lizzie’s stepmother received 18 blows to the head – and the one where her father endured a slightly less brutal 11! While circumstantial evidence tied Lizzie to the crime, she was ultimately acquitted, and the case was never solved. Aside from the eerie happenings reported on the premises to pique your interest, there’s small on-site museum showcasing memorabilia related to the crime and a gift shop where you can pick up silver-toned hatchet earrings for yourself or that special somebody.
4. London
While it may be merrie olde England on the surface, there is a frightening underbelly to be discovered in the ancient capital city of London. Forget high tea – and head out for a spot of ghost-hunting instead, with haunted nooks and crannies in courtyards, churches, and alleyways that recall bloody and brutal London events from times long ago. London Ghost Walk covers the most frighteningly fun highlights and offers specialized tours that follow in the bloody footsteps of London’s most heinous criminal, Jack the Ripper. Hang around some of the top tourist attractions after dark, too, and you may well get a little something extra with your admission – a ghostly monk is said to wander the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, while the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn, the unfortunate second wife of King Henry VIII, is known to linger outside of the chapel at the Tower of London – apparently still upset about her beheading after only three short years of marriage.
5. New York
As if the streets of New York weren’t freakish enough all year long, on Halloween the freakiest of them all get to show off their eccentricities to applause and prizes – not social judgment – as part of the annual Halloween parade that marches up Sixth Avenue. Attended each year by over 2 million New Yorkers reveling in the spooky spirit, the village spectacle is not to be missed, but the fun doesn't end when it does. Countless costume parties abound around town – the parade crew tends to hit Webster Hall, famous for its raging all-night bash. Another popular annual event celebrating the ghoulish holiday is the Halloween Extravaganza and Procession of Ghouls at the world’s largest gothic cathedral, St. John the Divine. This unique event kicks off with a horror flick accompanied by an organist who brings the eerie soundtrack to life - it's a spine-tingling combination in the dimly lit cathedral. After the film, an elaborate procession of costumed characters and outrageous puppets strut their spooky stuff down the center aisle, to a blitz of special effects.
6. Roswell
The year was 1947, the place was an unassuming desert town in New Mexico, and the event was perceived as so extraordinary that, some 60 years later, Roswell remains a household name. U.F.O. enthusiasts today relish this tiny town as the U.F.O. capital of the world, citing the “Roswell Incident,” in which a craft carrying four large-headed alien beings purportedly crashed, followed closely by an entourage of military and government personnel, who swooped in to collect the wreckage. Conflicting newspaper reports came out in the days following the event – after releasing a statement confirming that they had indeed collected debris from a spaceship crash, the US military later retracted it, and dismissed the flying object as nothing more than a downed weather balloon. Decide where you stand on the issue with a visit to Roswell’s International UFO Museum and Research Center, where photos, documents, and dioramas shine some light on where conspiracy theorists got their ideas about government cover-ups and alien autopsies. You can also arrange to tour the crash site with a local guide for an out-of-this-world Halloween – just be sure to keep your eye on the sky.
7. Salem
Home to the ill-reputed witch trials of 1692, Salem, MA, today is, according to legend, still haunted by the women executed as part of the hysteria. Every October, Salem milks its gruesome past with its annual month-long Haunted Happenings festival of ghost tours, street fairs, and costume balls. Be sure to stop by The Witch House, one of the oldest buildings in Salem and the onetime home of Jonathan Corwin, the judge who ultimately sent 19 women to their doom. Also worth joining are the eerie tours led by Salem Historical Tours: one visits the local cemetery, thought to be the country's second oldest, while another heads out for a nightly stroll past haunted houses and more.
8. Savannah
There’s no way around it – a saunter through the Southern city of Savannah is just plain spooky. Forget sightseeing: With dozens of tour groups dedicated to showcasing haunted Savannah, you’d best be prepared for some fright-seeing instead! Try strolling the cobblestone streets of Georgia’s oldest city on the nighttime Ghosts of Savannah walking tour, rolling around town with a narrated guide on Carriage Tours of Savannah, or opt for a Creepy Pub Crawl, if you wish to sample some spirits while you look for them. So just what is it about this deceptively pretty city that makes it so ghoulishly grim? Believers cite a long history of violence and bloodshed dating back to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, not to mention widespread diseases and fires here. As if that weren't sufficient, many parts of Savannah's historic section were built over old cemeteries, to boot. You can literally eat and sleep with ghosts here - grab a bite to eat at the Pirate House, a popular centuries-old local restaurant with a ghostly clientele, then rest up (if you can!) at any number of haunted bed and breakfasts; a particularly creepy choice is the 1851 Marshall House that once served as a hospital for many Civil War soldiers and yellow-fever victims.
9. Stanley Hotel
Who hasn’t gotten the goose bumps from reading (or watching) Steven King’s haunting thriller, The Shining? Test your tolerance for the terrifying by spending a night in the place that inspired the novel, the Stanley Hotel. Built in 1909, the hotel is in fact a grand estate, with a spectacular Colorado mountainside location, old-fashioned rooms with impressive vistas, top-notch amenities, and an award-winning restaurant. What makes this place truly unique and a tad creepy, however, is the presence of otherworldly residents. Flora Stanley, the first owner’s long-deceased wife, can still be seen and heard, late at night, either tinkling the piano keys in the music room or wandering around the lobby. Plus, the entire fourth floor (once the servants’ quarters) teems with strange after-dark commotion: if you stay in room 418, you might hear children playing outside your door, but find nary a soul in the hallway. For the ultimate scare (or inspiration), stay in room 217 – where King himself laid his head.
10. Transylvania
It’s hard to deny the fright factor of fanged, bloodsucking vampires who awake from coffins in the night to hunt their prey. So why not up the horror ante this Halloween and visit Transylvania, the alleged birthplace of these dark and fearsome creatures? Indeed, this western province of Romania is considered to be the home of Count Dracula; to wit, you can even tour his alleged keep, the daunting Bran Castle (more commonly known as Dracula’s Castle), an eerie 14th-century bastion about 20 miles from Brasov, in the shadows of Mount Bucegi, that’s said to have briefly housed the Romanian prince on whom the great fictional vampire is based. If that doesn’t leave your blood cold, head for the hills above the town of Miklósvár to explore bat-filled caves or, tour medieval villages in a horse-drawn sleigh.
TOP 10 PLACES TO GET SPOOKED ON HALLOWEEN
By ShermansTravel Editorial Staff
ShermansTravel.com
They say the freaks come out at night – and on no night more so than October 31. Our top ten places to get spooked on Halloween are a frightful blend of spine-chilling cities, weird wayside towns, and baffling bodies of water. We propose four uncanny urban settings, both stateside and across the pond, where ghosts and ghouls add to the daily hustle and bustle. Or, discover the places where legends are born, like Transylvania, Roswell, and Salem. We’ve also hacked our way through several hair-raising hotels to recommend a night where a notorious ax-murder once slashed or the hotel where Stephen King was inspired to write The Shining. So pack your best costume, vampire stake, or ghost buster, and head out for the Halloween night of your dreams (or nightmares)!
Bermuda Triangle
Edinburgh
Lizzie Borden B & B
London
New York
Roswell
Salem
Savannah
Stanley Hotel
Transylvania
1. Bermuda Triangle
We’ve all heard of the Bermuda Triangle – that mysterious oceanic abyss blamed for swallowing a slew of aircrafts and ships, and, more humorously, all of the socks that seem to vanish from washing machines. Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, the term loosely refers to a triangular sea span with its apexes at Miami, Bermuda, and San Juan (Puerto Rico). Dozens of peculiar marine and aviation mishaps have occurred at a disproportionately high rate here – among the more sensational stories, an entire squadron of 1945 Navy bombers is thought to have disappeared here, ditto several enormous merchant ships, all without a hint of wreckage or drowned corpses. Some attribute the strange occurrences to anomalous electromagnetic energy, while others believe that aliens are using the area as a portal to visit the planet or, that the lost city of Atlantis lies below. Plan on a cruise through the baffling Bermuda Triangle this Halloween and you just might get to find out more.
2. Edinburgh
Descend into the underworld, literally! A forgotten city lies beneath Edinburgh’s South Bridge – an underground maze of chambers, vaulted rooms, tunnels, and passageways shrouded in mystery and intrigue. The bricked-in city opened in 1788 (it was closed in the early 1800s due to insufficient waterproofing) but was virtually unknown to the thriving city above it before being rediscovered in 1985. It’s thought that thousands of people lived and died in these vaults, many of whom never glimpsed the light of day. Nowadays, 20 or so rooms and merchant quarters have been excavated, and tours through the cavernous hollows pass by oil lamps, leather shoes, smelting metal, animal bones, wine bottles, and other haunting remnants of the people who lived here. Not surprisingly, the vaults are famous for their strong paranormal presence, as well; many visitors swear they’ve seen wraithlike ghost shadows down below – some have even captured the haunting images in photographs. Check Mercat Tours for times and themes.
3. Lizzie Borden B & B
Good night, sleep tight – don’t let the axe murderers fright! For a bone-chillingly good scare and a guaranteed sleepless night, we recommend a Halloween getaway to the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast, a Greek Revival house in Fall River, Massachusetts (about 50 miles south of Boston). Built in 1845, the house famously became the setting for the 1892 ax murders of Abby and Andrew Borden, allegedly by their very own daughter, Lizzie! The house has since been restored with late-19th-century period pieces, which contribute to the atmosphere, especially as you can stand today in the place where Lizzie’s stepmother received 18 blows to the head – and the one where her father endured a slightly less brutal 11! While circumstantial evidence tied Lizzie to the crime, she was ultimately acquitted, and the case was never solved. Aside from the eerie happenings reported on the premises to pique your interest, there’s small on-site museum showcasing memorabilia related to the crime and a gift shop where you can pick up silver-toned hatchet earrings for yourself or that special somebody.
4. London
While it may be merrie olde England on the surface, there is a frightening underbelly to be discovered in the ancient capital city of London. Forget high tea – and head out for a spot of ghost-hunting instead, with haunted nooks and crannies in courtyards, churches, and alleyways that recall bloody and brutal London events from times long ago. London Ghost Walk covers the most frighteningly fun highlights and offers specialized tours that follow in the bloody footsteps of London’s most heinous criminal, Jack the Ripper. Hang around some of the top tourist attractions after dark, too, and you may well get a little something extra with your admission – a ghostly monk is said to wander the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, while the headless ghost of Anne Boleyn, the unfortunate second wife of King Henry VIII, is known to linger outside of the chapel at the Tower of London – apparently still upset about her beheading after only three short years of marriage.
5. New York
As if the streets of New York weren’t freakish enough all year long, on Halloween the freakiest of them all get to show off their eccentricities to applause and prizes – not social judgment – as part of the annual Halloween parade that marches up Sixth Avenue. Attended each year by over 2 million New Yorkers reveling in the spooky spirit, the village spectacle is not to be missed, but the fun doesn't end when it does. Countless costume parties abound around town – the parade crew tends to hit Webster Hall, famous for its raging all-night bash. Another popular annual event celebrating the ghoulish holiday is the Halloween Extravaganza and Procession of Ghouls at the world’s largest gothic cathedral, St. John the Divine. This unique event kicks off with a horror flick accompanied by an organist who brings the eerie soundtrack to life - it's a spine-tingling combination in the dimly lit cathedral. After the film, an elaborate procession of costumed characters and outrageous puppets strut their spooky stuff down the center aisle, to a blitz of special effects.
6. Roswell
The year was 1947, the place was an unassuming desert town in New Mexico, and the event was perceived as so extraordinary that, some 60 years later, Roswell remains a household name. U.F.O. enthusiasts today relish this tiny town as the U.F.O. capital of the world, citing the “Roswell Incident,” in which a craft carrying four large-headed alien beings purportedly crashed, followed closely by an entourage of military and government personnel, who swooped in to collect the wreckage. Conflicting newspaper reports came out in the days following the event – after releasing a statement confirming that they had indeed collected debris from a spaceship crash, the US military later retracted it, and dismissed the flying object as nothing more than a downed weather balloon. Decide where you stand on the issue with a visit to Roswell’s International UFO Museum and Research Center, where photos, documents, and dioramas shine some light on where conspiracy theorists got their ideas about government cover-ups and alien autopsies. You can also arrange to tour the crash site with a local guide for an out-of-this-world Halloween – just be sure to keep your eye on the sky.
7. Salem
Home to the ill-reputed witch trials of 1692, Salem, MA, today is, according to legend, still haunted by the women executed as part of the hysteria. Every October, Salem milks its gruesome past with its annual month-long Haunted Happenings festival of ghost tours, street fairs, and costume balls. Be sure to stop by The Witch House, one of the oldest buildings in Salem and the onetime home of Jonathan Corwin, the judge who ultimately sent 19 women to their doom. Also worth joining are the eerie tours led by Salem Historical Tours: one visits the local cemetery, thought to be the country's second oldest, while another heads out for a nightly stroll past haunted houses and more.
8. Savannah
There’s no way around it – a saunter through the Southern city of Savannah is just plain spooky. Forget sightseeing: With dozens of tour groups dedicated to showcasing haunted Savannah, you’d best be prepared for some fright-seeing instead! Try strolling the cobblestone streets of Georgia’s oldest city on the nighttime Ghosts of Savannah walking tour, rolling around town with a narrated guide on Carriage Tours of Savannah, or opt for a Creepy Pub Crawl, if you wish to sample some spirits while you look for them. So just what is it about this deceptively pretty city that makes it so ghoulishly grim? Believers cite a long history of violence and bloodshed dating back to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, not to mention widespread diseases and fires here. As if that weren't sufficient, many parts of Savannah's historic section were built over old cemeteries, to boot. You can literally eat and sleep with ghosts here - grab a bite to eat at the Pirate House, a popular centuries-old local restaurant with a ghostly clientele, then rest up (if you can!) at any number of haunted bed and breakfasts; a particularly creepy choice is the 1851 Marshall House that once served as a hospital for many Civil War soldiers and yellow-fever victims.
9. Stanley Hotel
Who hasn’t gotten the goose bumps from reading (or watching) Steven King’s haunting thriller, The Shining? Test your tolerance for the terrifying by spending a night in the place that inspired the novel, the Stanley Hotel. Built in 1909, the hotel is in fact a grand estate, with a spectacular Colorado mountainside location, old-fashioned rooms with impressive vistas, top-notch amenities, and an award-winning restaurant. What makes this place truly unique and a tad creepy, however, is the presence of otherworldly residents. Flora Stanley, the first owner’s long-deceased wife, can still be seen and heard, late at night, either tinkling the piano keys in the music room or wandering around the lobby. Plus, the entire fourth floor (once the servants’ quarters) teems with strange after-dark commotion: if you stay in room 418, you might hear children playing outside your door, but find nary a soul in the hallway. For the ultimate scare (or inspiration), stay in room 217 – where King himself laid his head.
10. Transylvania
It’s hard to deny the fright factor of fanged, bloodsucking vampires who awake from coffins in the night to hunt their prey. So why not up the horror ante this Halloween and visit Transylvania, the alleged birthplace of these dark and fearsome creatures? Indeed, this western province of Romania is considered to be the home of Count Dracula; to wit, you can even tour his alleged keep, the daunting Bran Castle (more commonly known as Dracula’s Castle), an eerie 14th-century bastion about 20 miles from Brasov, in the shadows of Mount Bucegi, that’s said to have briefly housed the Romanian prince on whom the great fictional vampire is based. If that doesn’t leave your blood cold, head for the hills above the town of Miklósvár to explore bat-filled caves or, tour medieval villages in a horse-drawn sleigh.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Halloween at Universal
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Halloween at Universal
Tue Sep 4, 2007
Halloween at Universal Studios theme parks is not for the faint of heart.
New this year, Universal Studios parks both in Hollywood and Orlando are bringing the legendary horror film series, "Friday the 13th," "A Nightmare on Elm Street," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to life. The event - which includes guest encounters with actors portraying Freddy Krueger, Jason and Leatherface - is not suitable for children under 12.
In Orlando, the themed nights will take place Sept. 28-29 through Oct. 4-7, 11-14, 18-21, 24-28, and Oct.31-Nov. 3.
The Hollywood park, which will also have horror sets from Hollywood history, a new Backlot Terror Tram Tour, and mazes themed on "Nightmare" and "Chainsaw," will offer the themed nights on Oct. 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28 and 31.
The event begins each night at 7 p.m. Closing times vary.
Halloween Horror Nights began 17 years ago in Orlando as a one-weekend event with one haunted house. Today, it is one of the largest, most elaborate Halloween events in the country. Each night, the Universal parks in Hollywood and Orlando are transformed with haunted houses and shows, "themed scare-zones" and hundreds of actors.
For more information, discounts, and travel packages, or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/.
Halloween at Universal
Tue Sep 4, 2007
Halloween at Universal Studios theme parks is not for the faint of heart.
New this year, Universal Studios parks both in Hollywood and Orlando are bringing the legendary horror film series, "Friday the 13th," "A Nightmare on Elm Street," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to life. The event - which includes guest encounters with actors portraying Freddy Krueger, Jason and Leatherface - is not suitable for children under 12.
In Orlando, the themed nights will take place Sept. 28-29 through Oct. 4-7, 11-14, 18-21, 24-28, and Oct.31-Nov. 3.
The Hollywood park, which will also have horror sets from Hollywood history, a new Backlot Terror Tram Tour, and mazes themed on "Nightmare" and "Chainsaw," will offer the themed nights on Oct. 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28 and 31.
The event begins each night at 7 p.m. Closing times vary.
Halloween Horror Nights began 17 years ago in Orlando as a one-weekend event with one haunted house. Today, it is one of the largest, most elaborate Halloween events in the country. Each night, the Universal parks in Hollywood and Orlando are transformed with haunted houses and shows, "themed scare-zones" and hundreds of actors.
For more information, discounts, and travel packages, or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/.
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