Sherry Jenkins is a Halloween person by default. She lives in Blairstown, New Jersey, a rural town where much of the original “Friday the 13th” horror movie was filmed. That date is, of course, a huge draw for tourists, but the town and its residents are all in on promoting Halloween as well with a parade and … Read more
Boo York, Boo York — it’s a hell of a town. From graveyard galas to ghost tours that’ll scare some smarts into you, Gotham goes full ghoul this month — and the five boroughs are crawling with creepy fun. Whether you want to party with the dead in Brooklyn, sip potions in SoHo, or even … Read more
Trick or treat. The spookiest time of year is here. Whether you celebrate Halloween by trick-or-treating or going to a costume party, it’s the perfect time of year to watch something chilling on your TV. From movies to TV shows, we’ve got you covered on a wide range of new releases, old favorites, family friendly … Read more
A Halloween lover has created the ultimate spooky camper van – by converting an old hearse. Adventurous Maggie Martin, 54, loves the autumnal festival so much she thought the disused funeral car would make the ideal transport for her road trips. And after buying the Vauxhall Carlton Eagle for £1,000 on Friday the 13th last … Read more
Oh, what a boo-tiful city. No need to search for a haunted house this Halloween if you find yourself in America’s most blood-curdling burgs — the whole place is haunted, experts say. A new survey has uncovered the most haunted population centers from coast to coast — and it comes as no surprise that New Orleans landed … Read more
If one thing brings out my inner Karen, it’s Halloween displays in shops. Australia has thoroughly embraced Halloween, and there’s no putting that genie back in the bottle. Sure, it’s good for kids to experience fear; it’s fun! Grimm’s Fairy Tales were full of dismemberment and eating of internal organs with all kinds of moral warnings for children, like, … Read more
These guests have overstayed their welcome. As the spookiness of Halloween approaches, a new report reveals the most haunted hotels in the US — based on guests recounted tales of seeing, hearing, and even feeling so-called ghosts and other freakish phenomena. Travel booking engine Hotels.com, which noted a “significant rise in interest in spooky getaways” this … Read more
“It’s showtime” for Jenna Ortega. The 21-year-old actress’ wardrobe lately isn’t as strange and unusual as it may seem — at least not for the star of director Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The actress has been celebrating the original film’s funky fashions with tributes to the 1988 cult classic “Beetlejuice” while promoting the sequel on red … Read more
Do you believe in AI-ngels? Sirine Malas, who lives in Berlin, Germany, lost her mother in 2018 to kidney failure at age 82, Sky News reported. Sirine, who had just given birth to her first child, Ischtar, before her mother’s death, felt unsurmountable grief — and turned to AI four years later to connect with … Read more
Call it Google un-Earthly. An observant New Hampshire woman had online paranormal buffs quaking in their boots after seemingly spotting a ghost in a graveyard on a popular mapping service. “I think I might have just found, like, a ghost, or Google Maps’ first ghost,” the footage’s uploader Amy Pendleton intoned in a suddenly viral … Read more
With network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Oct. 16-Oct. 22. Details and times are subject to change. Monday THE AMERICAN BUFFALO 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Ken Burns is back with another documentary … Read more
It’s a one-way ticket to spooksville. For Friday the 13th and Halloween, scare enthusiasts have the opportunity to sleep — if they even can — in a Manhattan subway station, or at least a room modeled after one. Visitors will discover what really goes bump in the night during their bone-chilling stay at the InterContinental in … Read more
A woman from Antwerp, Ohio, has spent roughly $2,000 decking out her house with spooky décor – but said her husband doesn’t “share the same love of Halloween” as she does. Elise Neace, 32, has always been into Halloween, she told news service SWNS. She said she’s been watching horror movies since she was 3 years old … Read more
The joy of (supernatural) sex. Joy Behar has shocked her co-stars on “The View” after confessing that she’s “had sex with a few ghosts.” The 80-year-old co-host made the saucy — and spooky — statement on the daytime show Thursday as the panel discussed a Texas woman’s claims that her house is haunted by “sexual” … Read more