Nice article about the Black Eyed Children phenomena

http://jimharold.com/can-we-come-in-the-lore-of-the-black-eyed-children-ryan-spragues-hidden-auditorium/

A haunted library in Glen Burnie, Maryland

http://www.capitalgazette.com/lifestyle/ph-ac-cn-ghost-hunters-library-1023-20151027-story.html

The "Halloween Generation" of ghost hunting

http://hayleyisaghost.co.uk/is-this-the-halloween-generation-of-ghost-research/

An interesting read.  I've only watched two ghost hunting shows - for about 5 minutes each.  They were obviously out to entertain (mostly by the ghost hunters shrieking like little girls) and nothing more.  

A rather lazy guide to DC hauntings

https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/10/29/visit-one-of-d-c-s-allegedly-haunted-haunts-on-halloween-if-you-dare/

RIP Al Molinaro

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/al-molinaro-dead-happy-days-actor-1201630944/

Happy Allantide!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allantide

Happy Birthday to The Lincoln Highway!

Dedicated on this date in 1913.

https://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/

Happy Nos Calan Gaeaf!

http://www.transceltic.com/welsh/nos-galan-gaeaf-welsh-halloween-night

Happy Birthday Bud Spencer!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817881/

Happy Birthday Tom Paxton!

http://www.tompaxton.com/

Happy National Caramel Apple Day!

Yum!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/caramel-apple-day-1031

Happy Carve A Pumpkin Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/carveapumpkinday.htm

Happy National Magic Day!

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-magic-day-october-31/

Happy National Caramel Apple Day!

Yum!


http://www.food.com/food-holidays/caramel-apple-day-1031

Happy Halloween!

An article about the Goat Man

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/history/the-goatman--or-his-story-at-least--still-haunts-prince-georges-county.php

A famous DC legend.

A nice article about the creation and marketing of the Blair Witch Project

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/headline-story/14707/original-blair-witch-website/

Anniversary fo the broadcast of War Of The Worlds in 1938.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)

http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/

Probably the most famous radio show of all time.

Happy Frankenstein Friday!

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-frankenstein-friday-last-friday-in-october/

Happy National Candy Corn Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/candy-corn-day-1030

Happy Birthday Grace Slick!

http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/the-band/grace-slick/

Happy Birthday Ruth Gordon!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002106/

Happy Birthday Otis Williams!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Williams

Happy Haunted Refrigerator Night!

http://www.wellcat.com/october/haunted_refrigerator_night.htm

Happy Devil's/Cabbage/Tick-Tack/Mischief/Corn/Goosy/ Trick/ Gate/ Beggars Night!

Halloween Week - Tonight is the Night of The Recent Dead

http://life.paperblog.com/it-s-halloween-week-let-s-celebrate-83593/

Happy Birthday Kate Jackson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000462/

Too True...

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/scientists-earth-endangered-by-new-strain-of-fact-resistant-humans

Happy Punkie Night!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punkie_Night

Happy Birthday N.O.W.!

http://now.org/

Founded on this date in 1966.

Happy Birthday Ralph Bakshi!

http://www.ralphbakshi.com/

Happy Birthday Bill Mauldin!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mauldin

Happy Internet Day!

http://www.theinternetday.com/

Happy National Oatmeal Day!

Yum!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/national-oatmeal-day

Halloween Week - tonight is the Night of Remebrance of Forgotten Ancestors, Heritage, & Origins

http://life.paperblog.com/it-s-halloween-week-let-s-celebrate-83593/

What if Lovecraft marketed chocolate?

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/selections-from-hp-lovecrafts-brief-tenure-as-a-whitmans-sampler-copywriter


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Fled Zeppelin

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/harford/aberdeen-havre-de-grace/bs-md-jlens-blimp-loose-20151028-story.html

The game of Nuclear War turns 50

https://unicornbooty.com/nuclear-war-turns-50-a-fun-game-about-human-extinction/


Actually, this is one of my favorite games.

Brewery Road Trip

http://flowingdata.com/2015/10/26/top-brewery-road-trip-routed-algorithmically/

A too-short article about Grave Robbing in DC

http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2015/10/26/grave-robbing-washington-history-morbid-trade

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

A new book about the history of Dungeons & Dragons

http://www.npr.org/2015/10/27/450881148/after-40-years-dungeons-dragons-still-brings-players-to-the-table

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Rules for hunting Yeti

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/27/how-to-hunt-a-yeti-according-to-the-u-s-government/


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday Fireball XL-5!

premiered on this date in 1962.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055673/

One of my childhood faves.

Happy Birthday Elsa Lanchester!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006471/

Happy Birthday John Laurens!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Jonas Salk!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk

Happy Wild Food Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/wild-foods-day-1028

Halloween Week - Tonight is the Night of Pets & Familiars

http://life.paperblog.com/it-s-halloween-week-let-s-celebrate-83593/

A nice article about the film 'Trick'R'Treat'

http://www.vice.com/read/how-trick-r-treat-became-an-unlikely-halloween-classic-1027?utm_source=vicetwitterus

What's good for the goose...

http://www.bremertonpatriot.com/news/337225821.html#

Actually, I'm surprised with Christian worship at school football games.  I'd always thought that the Sun God of ancient Egypt held sway - RA!  RA!  RA!

Happy Birthday to It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Premiered on this date in 1966.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060550/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Robert Picardo!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000585/

Anniversary of the Federalist Papers

The first one was published on this date in 1787.

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1786-1800/the-federalist-papers/

Happy Birthday Lara Parker!

http://laraparkersite.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_7252.html

Happy birthday Garry Tallent!

http://www.garrytallent.com/

Happy Birthday John Cleese!

http://www.thejohncleese.com/

Happy American Beer Day!

http://www.stonebrewing.com/

Great Nicknames for Medieval Rulers

http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/22/alfonso-the-slobberer-and-ivar-the-boneless-worst-nicknames-for-medieval-rulers/

Edward Gorey Tarot Deck

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/edward_goreys_tarot_card_set

Fun stuff!

Happy Hunters Moon!

http://www.universetoday.com/61121/hunters-moon/

Halloween Week - Tonight is the Night of Nurturers

http://life.paperblog.com/it-s-halloween-week-let-s-celebrate-83593/

The Booze Comet

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/26/9615392/comet-lovejoy-ethyl-alcohol-organic-molecules-life

To drink where no one has drunk before....


(Thanks for the link, John!)

RIP Ed Walker

http://wtop.com/local/2015/10/radio-legend-ed-walker-dies-at-83-three-hours-after-final-broadcast/

How sad, just hours after his final broadcast.

Happy Birthday Doonesbury!

Premiered on this date in 1970.

http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/

Happy Birthday Natalie Merchant!

http://www.nataliemerchant.com/

Happy National Pretzel Day!

http://www.juliussturgis.com/

Yum!

Halloween Week - tonight is the Night of Artists

http://life.paperblog.com/it-s-halloween-week-let-s-celebrate-83593/

Happy National Pumpkin Day!

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pumpkin-day-october-26/

Microbe Art

http://www.boredpanda.com/microbe-art-petri-dish-agar-contest-van-gogh-starry-night/

Fascinating!

Auto Mechanics recreate Renaissance paintings

http://www.boredpanda.com/renaissance-mechanics-photo-portraits-freddy-fabris/

Fun stuff!

Count Gore

http://www.countgore.com/


Just a reminder to folks, that if you're into horror film, books, music, or games, you need to check out DC's great ghost host, Count Gore De Vol.

Happy Birthday Leo G. Carroll!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001991/

Happy International Artists Day!

http://www.internationalartistday.com/

Happy National Greasy Foods Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/greasy-foods-day-1025

Halloween Week - Tonight is the Night of Heroes & Martyrs

http://life.paperblog.com/it-s-halloween-week-let-s-celebrate-83593/

Happy World Pasta Day!

http://pastavalente.com/

Happy All Hallow's Read!

http://www.allhallowsread.com/

RIP Maureen O'Hara

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11953035/Maureen-OHara-the-flame-haired-Hollywood-actor-from-Ireland-has-died-aged-95.html?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook


One of the last members of 'Old Hollywood'.

The Beeracuda!

Just because you're climbing a mountain doesn't mean you can't have a cold one...

https://www.jackthreads.com/burton/bags/beeracuda/products/176863

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

The Manitou Springs Coffin Races are run today!

http://manitousprings.org/calendar/emma-crawford-coffin-races/

Happy Birthday Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid!

Premiered on this date in 1969.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/

Happy Birthday American Pie!

Released (approximately) on this date in 1971

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(song)

The Beginning of Halloween Week - Tonight is the Night of Seers

http://life.paperblog.com/it-s-halloween-week-let-s-celebrate-83593/

Happy National Bologna Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/bologna-day-1024


Yum!

WMD in Virginia!

http://wtvr.com/2015/10/22/baby-carrot-assault-charge/

Tasty Children

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/10/21/woman-allegedly-left-i-am-going-to-taste-your-children-notes/

I prefer the traditional "Hey, You Kids - Get off of my lawn!"


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

In the other Universe, Spock has a beard, and I don't

http://www.newshour.com.bd/2015/10/18/scientists-at-large-hadron-collider-hope-to-make-contact-with-parallel-universe-in-days/

A nice article about Bunnyman

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/history/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man.php

Ghost Hunting Around Roanoke

http://www.roanoke.com/community/sosalem/salem-sisters-search-for-paranormal-evidence/article_fd571a88-0525-50c2-a92f-2bc5e7005d1e.html

The Silver Spring Zombie Walk is coming up!

http://www.silverspringzombiewalk.com/

Ed Walker's Last Show

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ed-walker-spent-65-years-on-the-radio-his-last-program-was-unlike-any-other/2015/10/22/13f37a3e-783b-11e5-b9c1-f03c48c96ac2_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz

A DC Legend.

Weirdsville Radio

http://www.neverendingwonder.com/weirdsville.htm

This is ESSENTIAL listening during the Halloween Season.  Wonderful selection of tunes.

Happy Birthday Weird Al!

http://weirdal.com/home/

Happy Birthday Ellie Greenwich!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Greenwich

Happy Birthday Johnny Carson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson

Happy Birthday Thomas Pinckney!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pinckney

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Annette!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002088/

Behind the scenes of Harold & Maude

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/behind-the-scenes_of_harold_and_maude

One of my favorite movies.

Some cute Halloween costumes for kids

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/counterculture_kids_halloween_costumes_that_are_not_cliches

Robert Anton Wilson books to be republished!

http://www.rawillumination.net/2015/10/raw-trust-to-reprint-19-raw-books.html


This is wonderful news!

Remnants of John Dee's library to be displayed!

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/royal-history/art539858-a-magical-glimpse-into-the-tudor-imagination-lost-library-of-john-dee-to-be-revealed

An exhibition for Bosch!

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/21/hieronymus-bosch-exhibition-holland-small-museum-host-largest-ever

One of my faves, I wish I could go.


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

RIP Marty Ingels

http://www.examiner.com/article/actor-comedian-marty-ingels-has-died

RIP Cory Wells

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/three-dog-night-vocalist-cory-wells-dies-at-74/ar-BBmiBcg?ocid=U147DHP


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday to She Wore A Yellow Ribbon!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041866/

Premiered on this date in 1949.

Happy Birthday to The Sterile Cuckoo!

Premiered on this date in 1969.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065037/

Happy Birthday Timothy Leary!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary

Happy Birthday Bobby Fuller!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fuller

Happy Birthday N.C. Wyeth!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._C._Wyeth

Happy Birthday Esther de Berdt Reed!

https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/esther-de-berdt-reed/

A Patriot.

Today is the beginning of month of Brumaire in French revolutionary calendar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumaire

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAP LOCKS DAY!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caps_lock#International_Caps_Lock_Day

Happy National Nut Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/nut-day-1022

Yum!

The Devil's Diet Plan

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_devil_wants_fresh_christian_meat_kooky_vintage_anti-halloween_tv_commer

Fruitcake....

Happy Birthday to Trinity Is Still My Name!

Premiered on this date in 1971.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068154/

Happy Birthday Manfred Mann!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann_(musician)

Happy Birthday Samuel Taylor Coleridge!

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/samuel-taylor-coleridge

10 Days Until Halloween!

Steampunk Cafe in Rumania

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/10/enigma-steampunk-bar-romania/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds

So cool!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Halloween Asteroid!

http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-announced-an-unexpected-asteroid-flyby-this-halloween

Anniversary of the Saturday Night Massacre

In 1973.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre

Happy Birthday Ranger Hal Shaw!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_Hal

http://kidshow.dcmemories.com/hal.html

A beloved kid's show host in DC in the 60's.

Happy Birthday Carolyne Mas!

http://www.carolynemas.com/

One of my fave rockers.

Happy Birthday Tom Petty!

http://www.tompetty.com/

Happy Birthday Art Buchwald!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Buchwald

One of the leading political satirists of his day, he was practically the official one for inside The Beltway; and a very nice man.

Happy Birthday Margaret Dumont!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241669/

Happy Birthday Bela!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000509/

Jackalope Discovered!

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/10/the-jackalope-may-be-alive-and-living-in-canada/


I think this is the beginning of a low budget made-for-TV monster movie.

The greatest movie never made

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0g0Zac3oEc

Every year or two, I post this trailer.  I wish this damned thing would be released....

Pairings of Beer and Halloween Candy

http://beerandbrewing.com/VFqm-TEAADQAK9vG/article/craft-beer-pairings-for-halloween-candy-2015-update


(Thanks for the link, Katie!)

Anniversary of the start of the War of Jenkins' Ear!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear

This has always been my favorite name for a war...

Happy Birthday Trey Parker!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005295/

Happy Birthday Tor Johnson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Johnson

Happy Birthday Christian Febiger!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Febiger

A Patriot.

Happy Yorktown Surrender Day!

http://www.nps.gov/yonb/learn/historyculture/history-of-the-siege.htm

Happy National Freedom of Speech Week!

http://www.freespeechweek.org/

Happy Birthday Dawn Wells!

http://dawnwells.com/#/front_slider_ken_burns/image2

More Star Trek Renegades

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpDRlXq2fu8

http://startrekrenegades.com/

I really like this group.

Anniversary of my first Springsteen concert, back in 1976.

At Gtown University.  Here's an excerpt from another eyewitness:

The last time that Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band played Georgetown University, a key setting for 'The Exorcist,' was on October 18, 1976. On that night nearly 40 years ago, the Cosmic Kid met Captain Howdy as the story section of "Growin' Up" became a hilariously horrific tale about Bruce's beloved '57 Chevy getting possessed by an evil spirit — which predated Stephen King's 'Christine' by almost a decade. According to Brucebase, it also marked the only time that Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" has ever been performed onstage by Bruce and the band, the famous instrumental from the film's closing-credits serving as backing music for Bruce's story. Here's the only known recording of that performance, just a partial audience tape.

"...The hood ornament started spinnin’ around that cross! The gas tank flew open and spit gas on my face! The cross was jammed into the radiator! Then, all of a sudden, I said, ‘Who are you?! You ain’t my ’57 Chevy, who are you?!’ And it said, ‘I AM A NEW TOYOTA!’ It jammed itself into first... popped into some wheelies, spinnin’ down the street. I commandeered a vehicle, knocked this old lady outta the front seat of this Camaro. I jumped in and started spinnin’ after my car, right? I called up my own Keith Richards; my guitar flew out the trunk! I picked it up like this and called on all the guitar heroes up in Rock 'n' Roll Heaven to help me!"

Happy Birthday, Bunnyman!

NoVa's own urban legend, first sighted on this date in 1970.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/bunny/bunnyprint.htm

Happy Birthday Laura Nyro!

http://www.lauranyro.com/

Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!

http://chuckberry.com/

Happy Dorothy Parker Day!

http://www.dorothyparker.com/nj/

Today is Anti-Slavery Day!

http://www.antislaveryday.com/

The Best Horror Hosts

http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29034/schlock-jocks-12-tv%E2%80%99s-coolest-horror-hosts


Count Gore made the list!

Holocaust Store

http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/10/08/inside-the-paris-department-store-where-nazis-shopped-for-stolen-jewish-goods/

An interesting, and sad, footnote to the Holocaust

An interesting article on how fast/long a military march can be

http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/07/08/fastest-marchers/

A Christmas Sweater For Fans of Firefly

http://www.teelily.com/products/268538871?s=2

Happy Birthday Hollywood Squares!

Premiered on this date in 1966.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Squares

Happy Birthday Jim Seals!

http://www.sealsandcrofts.com/main.html

Happy Birthday Tom Poston!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692976/

Happy Birthday Jean Arthur!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000795/

Happy National Pasta Day!

http://pastavalente.com/

A great article/lecture by Neil Gaiman on reading, imagining, and libraries

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming

Wonderful!

New Springsteen box set coming out!

http://theseconddisc.com/2015/10/16/hungry-heart-bruce-springsteen-expands-the-river-in-new-box-set/

Jimmy Stewart VS Stanley Kubrick

http://digg.com/video/hitchcock-kubrick-mashup

Fun stuff!

Headline of the Day

http://wonkette.com/594875/oregon-couple-going-to-jail-for-killing-their-baby-with-religious-freedom

How'd that cake taste?

Today is the anniversary of the execution of Marie Antoinette.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marie-antoinette-is-beheaded

Anniversary of John Brown's Raid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry

Happy Birthday Nico!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico

Happy Dictionary Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/dictionary-day/

Happy Spirit Day!

http://www.glaad.org/spiritday

Happy National Liqueur Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/liqueur-day-1016

Yum!

Happy World Food Day!

http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/

An unusual star

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/15/the-strange-star-that-has-serious-scientists-talking-about-an-alien-megastructure/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_most

This is curious..

Ed Walker to retire

http://m.wamu.org/#/about/15/10/15/ed_walker_retires

Walker is a legend to radio listeners in the DC region.



(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Happy Birthday Friedrich Nietzsche!

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nietzsche/

Happy National Mushroom Day!

http://show.restaurant.org/BrainFeed/Read/MushroomDay

http://kennettsquare.thetowndish.com/2011/07/brandywine-valley-destination-for-exotic-mushrooms-and-wineries/

Happy National Roast Pheasant Day!

Yum!

http://cookingwithkimberly.com/how-to-roast-a-pheasant-national-roast-pheasant-day/#sthash.aAfXxxHp.dpbs

Happy National Grouch Day!

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/National_Grouch_Day

The Universe is big, real big...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/04/23/hubble_galaxies_deep_image_reveals_thousands_of_weird_galaxies.html


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Christopher Walken reads The Raven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7G_fZYv8Mg



(Thanks for the link, Barb!)

Happy Birthday Justin Hayward!

http://www.justinhayward.com/

The Blog of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

The Internet is endlessly fascinating...




(Thanks for the link, John!)

The Loneliest ATM

http://mentalfloss.com/article/63741/worlds-loneliest-atm-antarctica

No more nudity in Playboy!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/business/media/nudes-are-old-news-at-playboy.html?_r=0

I guess it's back to National Geographic....

The Sea Witch festival is coming up in Rehobeth Beach!

https://www.beach-fun.com/sea-witch-halloween-fiddlers-festival.html

(Thanks for the link, Phil!)

Happy Birthday Paul Simon!

http://www.paulsimon.com/us/home

Happy Birthday John Ford Coley!

http://www.johnfordcoley.com/

Happy Birthday Lenny Bruce!

http://www.lennybruceofficial.com/

Happy Birthday Joseph Graham!

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/north-carolina/biography-of-gen-joseph-graham.htm

A Patriot.

Happy National Peanut Festival!

http://foodimentary.com/2014/10/13/october-13-is-national-peanut-festival/

Happy National Chess Day!

https://new.uschess.org/home/

Chessiecon is coming to Baltimore next month

http://chessiecon.org/index.html

First review of Ash VS Evil Dead!

http://io9.com/we-saw-the-first-episode-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-it-bl-1736026570?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

The World Fantasy Convention is coming up

In Saratoga Springs, NY

http://www.wfc2015.org/program01.html

Jersey Devil Sighting!

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/10/is_the_jersey_devil_in_galloway_township_paranorma.html#incart_river

And just in time for Halloween!  What an amazing coincidence!    ;)

Behind the scenes of Firefly

http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/5-things-we-learned-from-the-firefly-reunion.html?mid=facebook_nymag#

I loved that show...

The first 'domesticated' animal?

http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/06/22/the-first-domesticated-snail/

Get along little doggies, get along...

Because nothing says "Tourism" like assassination!

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/10/11-1/local-governments-form-japan-ninja-council-to-promote-tourism

I myself am promoting tourism to India, with my new Thuggee Council of Welcome.


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

The Tiny Airport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAcZlbaSD_0

Amazing modeling!


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Aleister Crowley!

http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Aleister_Crowley

Happy Birthday Love Happy!

Premiered on this date in 1949.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041604/

Happy Birthday Sam Moore!

http://www.sammoore.net/

Happy Birthday Melvin Franklin!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Franklin

Happy Farmers Day!

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-farmers-day-october-12/

Happy Coal Miners Day!

http://www.motherjonesmuseum.org/october-12-coal-miners-day-and-new-beginnings/

Happy Freethought Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freethought_Day

Happy Indiginous People Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day

Pumpkin Flavored Liquor

http://www.foodbeast.com/news/7-pumpkin-flavored-liquors-to-get-you-cantevenwasted/

Roast Beast

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2858646/The-Roast-Beast-Restaurant-invents-Lambpigcow-makes-turducken-look-poultry-comparison.html


(Thanks for the story, Dennis!)

A nice review of Patti Smith's new book

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-theology-of-patti-smith

A great collection of old time radio horror

https://nitratediva.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/31-scary-old-time-radio-episodes-halloween/

18 Documentaries about record collecting

http://coloredvinylrecords.com/blog/documentaries-about-vinyl-and-record-collecting/

Am only familiar with two or three of these.  Will be checking them out.


(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Happy Birthday To Have And Have Not!

Premiered on this date in 1944.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382/

Happy Birthday Saturday Night Live!

Premiered on this date in 1975.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072562/

Happy Birthday Mike Nelson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Nelson

Happy Birthday Michelle Trachtenberg!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005502/

Happy Birthday Eleanor Roosevelt!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt

Happy National Sausage Pizza Day!

http://crozetpizza.com/

Happy It's My Party Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/itsmypartyday.htm

Only 20 Days Until Halloween!

Happy Pulaski Memorial Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Pulaski_Memorial_Day

Happy National Coming Out Day!

http://www.hrc.org/

The return of Alton Brown's Good Eats?

http://www.eater.com/2015/10/9/9486267/alton-brown-bring-good-eats-back-eat-your-science-live-tour

The Werewolf Festival of Louisiana

http://rougaroufest.org/

(Thanks for the link, Margrete!)

The Wrath of God Resolution

http://aattp.org/tennessee-commissioner-attempts-legislation-to-protect-her-county-from-gods-wrath-since-the-scotus-ruling-in-favor-of-gay-marriage-video/

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RIP Robbin Thompson

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_e1885ec5-47ba-5f01-bc46-a3a7ebb4e772.html

Happy Birthday John Prine!

http://www.jpshrine.org/

The Beatles - the last photo shoot

https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/08/22/beatles-final-photo-shoot/

Maps of Stereotypes

http://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/map-of-stereotypes?utm_term=.jpGyEMZjp#.dvZWo2Ovq

Fun stuff!  I love DC being labeled Baphomet's Lair!

Trump - At The Movies

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/donald_trump_photoshopped_into_horror_movie_stills_wins_the_internet_today

The Worst Car Ever Made

http://digg.com/video/hoffman-worst-car

It's the Plan 9 of the automotive world!


(Thanks for the link, Rob!)

Happy Birthday David Lee Roth!

http://www.davidleeroth.com/

Happy Birthday Ed Wood!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000248/

Happy Birthday Kirsty MacColl!

http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/

Happy Birthday Gerrard Winstanley!

http://spartacus-educational.com/STUwinstanley.htm

The background on some of Poe's stories

http://www.biography.com/news/edgar-allan-poe-horror-stories-facts

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4psTeRpQ-1o

An interesting TV special from many years back -  with a mishmash of acts.  It's pretty lame, to be honest, but I've always had a soft spot in my heart for it because it's the last time that Margaret Hamilton played a witch.  For that alone, it's an important footnote in pop culture.

Happy Birthday Chevy Chase!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000331/

Bridge Building

https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6X82g2UZOs

Amazing process.


(Thanks for the link, Rob!)

Happy Birthday John Entwistle

http://thewho.com/history/john-entwistle/

Happy Birthday Jackson Browne!

http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/

Happy Birthday John Lennon!

http://www.johnlennon.com/

Happy Leif Erikson Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day

Happy National Submarine Sandwich Day!

http://firstwefeast.com/eat/celebrate-submarine-hoagie-hero-grinder-day-little-sandwich-history/

Happy World Egg Day!

https://www.internationalegg.com/corporate/eggindustry/section.asp?id=26

Kids - Just Say No!

http://myfox8.com/2015/10/08/man-who-calls-police-to-say-hes-too-high-found-in-pile-of-doritos/

In my observation, Doritos is a gateway snack, to harder stuff - like pork rinds and slim jims.

RIP Billy Joe Royal

http://variety.com/2015/music/news/billy-joe-royal-dead-dies-pop-country-singer-1201612393/

The Illuminatus comic book online!

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/read_the_comic_book_of_robert_anton_wilsons_illuminatus_online

The Rhine Research Center

http://www.rhine.org/

The grand daddy of professional parapsychological research in the States.

Robotic Infantry

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3050022/these-apocalyptic-robot-army-foot-soldiers-will-be-the-last-thing-you-see-before-youre-elimi

It's impressive, but I wonder how vulnerable these appliances are against thing like an electronic pulse, tiger pit booby traps, and the type of problem solving skills necessary in many combat environments.  I also wonders what happens when the Chinese hack into them, as they've done to so many other "impregnable" systems of ours.

(Thanks for the link, Tony!)

The Test City

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/06/business/test-city/?iid=ob_article_footer_expansion&iref=obnetwork

I'll be curious how this works out, and if it can accurately mirror real urban areas for testing purposes.

(Thanks for the link, Tony!)

Some tidbits on the history and folklore of Halloween

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/halloween/a/History-Of-Halloween.htm

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/halloween/a/Why-Do-We-Carve-Pumpkins-On-Halloween.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4383216.stm

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/10/how-candy-and-halloween-became-best-friends/64895/

Imagine

Was released on this day in 1971.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVg2EJvvlF8

A selection of paintings from The Night Gallery!

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_gallery_of_the_paintings_from_rod_serlings_night_gallery

Fun stuff!

Black Sabbath meets Spongebob

http://worklad.co.uk/video-this-person-synced-spongebob-clips-to-black-sabbaths-warpigs/

Upcoming documentary about WHFS

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/519569308/hfs-doc-feast-your-ears-the-story-of-whfs-1023-fm

This station was legendary in the DC area, particularly in the late 60's.

The cutting edge of phone apps

http://www.news.com.au/world/south-america/girl-possessed-by-the-devil-after-using-ouija-board-mobile-phone-app-in-peru/story-fnh81jzo-1227560369820

A Muppet Wicker Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLvTwBWS9v0&app=desktop

Great moments in theology

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/10/06/westboro-baptist-has-been-reduced-to-protesting-the-national-weather-service/

Anniversary of the Battle of King's Mountain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain

One of the most important battles of the Revolution.

Happy Birthday Alien Nation! (the movie)

Premiered on this date in 1988.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096531/

Happy Birthday John Mellencamp!

http://www.mellencamp.com/

Happy Birthday Joe Hill!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill

Happy Birthday Caesar Rodney!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Rodney

Happy Birthday Abraham Woodhull!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Woodhull

The Job Offer

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/website_offers_kim_davis_500k_to_do_interracial_lesbian_porn_scene

Hitler's chocolate bomb!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nazis-wanted-beat-brits-exploding-chocolate-bars-180956798/?no-ist

I just know that Nestle was behind this...

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Cancel my appointments

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/christian-group-says-the-world-will-be-permanently-annihilated-on-wednesday/

My next backyard grill

http://weekinweird.com/2015/06/07/sale-ghoulish-grave-yard-grill-backyard-barbeques/

The Fortean Times

http://subscribe.forteantimes.com/

The leading magazine in the field of anomalies and the paranormal.

Tee Hee! Turnabout is Fair Play!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/12/1073566/-Women-legislators-turn-the-tables-and-introduce-bills-regulating-men-s-reproductive-health

Con Man

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conman

A new web series - for all fans of Firefly.

For fans of Ouija Boards

http://zohrala.bizland.com/ouija/index.htm

The Edward Gorey House

http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/

Visited here last Spring and really enjoyed it.  

The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

http://www.eapoe.org/

Halloween With The Addams Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlw2CFiSCgc

I'm reasonably sure that this was only broadcast once, back in 1977.

A site devoted to the writings of Robert Anton Wilson

http://www.rawilson.com/

Don't wear a red shirt while drinking this

http://www.newrepublicbrewing.com/beer/

Dammit Jim Beer.

WeirdVintage

http://weird-vintage.com/

A wonderful little blog devoted to posting photos from the past that are strange or unusual.  There are a lot of potential 45 picture sleeve nominees in here...

Well, environmentalists, I hope you're happy now.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/05/plastic-bag-charge-chaos_n_8244820.html

A nice article about the Night Stalker film and TV series

http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/kolchak-the-night-stalker/131380/kolchak-the-night-stalker-the-genealogy-of-a-classic-horror-tv-series

Back to Reel-To-Reel!?

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/5/9409563/reel-to-reel-tape-retro-audio-trend

Oh my gods.  Ultra-audiophiles are always funny to me....

How to stop seeing ghosts

http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/10/06/ghost-pills/

Happy Birthday Gerry Adams!

http://www.sinnfein.ie/gerry-adams

Happy National Noodle Day!

http://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-noodle-day-october-6/

Happy Mad Hatter Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/mad-hatter-day

Happy Ivy Day!

http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/dubliners/section14.html

Whitewashing....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/05/immigrant-workers-or-slaves-textbook-maker-backtracks-after-mothers-online-complaint/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_most

A nice interview with Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi

http://www.sffworld.com/2015/10/st-joshi-interview/

Goblin Hunting

http://weekinweird.com/2015/10/03/return-of-the-kentucky-goblins-new-leads-in-a-case-of-strange-creatures-crashed-ufos-and-the-men-in-black/

The 1955 incident is (in)famous in UFO lore.

Happy Birthday to Love Me Do!

The Beatles first release.  From this day in 1962.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Me_Do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbt8oH5Lxto

Happy Birthday Monty Python's Flying Circus!

Premiered on this day in 1969.  Pure Genius.  Essential.

http://www.montypython.com/

Happy Birthday to You Bet Your Life! (the TV show)

Premiered on this date in 1950.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042171/

Happy World Teachers' Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Teachers%27_Day

Happy World Habitat Day!

http://unhabitat.org/world-habitat-day/

Great moments in religion

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/new-jersey-priest-pulled-gun-on-8-year-old-because-hes-a-dallas-cowboy-fan/

The CUTTING Edge of Knitting

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/dissecting-knitted-creatures

The Power of the Witch documentary available online

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_power_of_the_witch_super_rare_british_witchcraft_documentary_from_1971

Anniversary of the death of Janis Joplin in 1970

http://www.janisjoplin.com/

Happy Birthday Sputnik!

Launched on this date in 1957.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

Happy Birthday Susan Sarandon!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000215/

Happy Birthday Buster Keaton!

http://www.busterkeaton.com/

Happy National Taco Day!

Yum!

http://www.nationaltacoday.com/

Happy World Animal Day!

http://www.worldanimalday.org.uk/

Cthulhu Monopoly & Yahtzee!

http://geektyrant.com/news/cthulhu-inspired-monopoly-and-yahtzee

Joy Division documentary online

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/joy_division_the_documentary

Happy Birthday MythBusters!

Premiered on this date in 2003.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383126/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Happy Birthday to The Dick Van Dyke Show!

Premiered on this date in 1961.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054533/

Happy Birthday Captain Kangaroo!

Premiered on this date in 1955.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047718/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday to The Maltese Falcon! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1941.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Happy Birthday Charles "Ming the Merciless" Middleton!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585481/

Happy Birthday Lindsey Buckingham!

http://lindseybuckingham.com/

Happy Birthday Gore Vidal!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Vidal

Happy Birthday Eddie Cochran!

https://rockhall.com/inductees/eddie-cochran/bio/

Electronic implants to re-encode memories

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20150829183808.shtml

Fascinating.

The greatest Lovecraftian movie never made

http://miskatonic.americanentropy.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0g0Zac3oEc

Ancient telephones?

http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/the-two-thousand-year-old-telephone/

You know, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.  From my (very limited) understanding, the knowledge of batteries may well have been known by one or more ancient peoples, and perhaps ways to generate electricity through movement, etc.  It's a pretty short hop from there to having a telegraph-like system, or even a crystal radio set.

A nice little article on the Arbatel grimoire

http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/arbatel-magic-ancients-occult-grimoire-positive-message-002404?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=postplanner&utm_source=twitter.com

a great moment in linguistic research

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oldest-f-word_55f65a3fe4b063ecbfa4b9d6

Writing to Santa - And the Con Man

http://nypost.com/2015/09/20/meet-the-con-artist-who-popularized-writing-to-santa-claus/

Interesting story!

Britain's Forgotten Bodysnatchers

http://britainsforgottenbodysnatchers.blogspot.com/

An interesting little blog on the subject.

Welcome To Weirdsville - Halloween Radio!

http://www.neverendingwonder.com/

A great streaming station for all things horror and Halloween.  Highly recommended!

Gothtober has started!

http://www.gothtober.com/

A new Halloween oriented video every day for the month of October!

Count Gore De Vol

http://www.countgore.com/

With October comes my annual plug for the Washinton area's most famous ghost host - Count Gore De Vol.  His show, Creature Feature, started out in DC in the 1970's eventually losing out in the ratings/money game, and getting cancelled.  But eventually, Gore came back with the show online, and it is the longest running online site of its kind on the Internet.  Now only are older horror movies shown, but also new independent releases, and with a coterie of fellow fiends contributing commentary, and reviews of books, film, music, etc.  This is an essential site for any fans of monster movies and horror.

The Fortean Times

http://subscribe.forteantimes.com/

A wonderful resource for anyone interested in Fortean topics (UFO's, folklore, ghosts, bigfoot, etc.)

Dark Classics

http://darkclassics.blogspot.com/

Like the name suggests, a wonderful blog devoted to dark artwork.

The longest "war"?

http://clasqm.tumblr.com/post/48144531246/april-17-1651-the-335-years-war-breaks-out

An orgy of demons

http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/creature-feature-elemental-devils/

Happy Birthday, Peanuts!

First published on this date in 1950.

http://www.peanuts.com/

Happy Birthday Avery Brooks!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000984/

Happy Birthday to The Twilight Zone!

Premiered on this date  in 1959.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520/

Happy Birthday Bud Abbott!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007941/

Happy Birthday Groucho!

http://www.marx-brothers.org/biography/groucho.htm

Happy Birthday Nat Turner!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner

Happy National Fried Scallops Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/fried-scallops-day-1002

Yum!

The Utility Pole Fan Page

http://oldgreypole.com/index.html

The Internet is an amazing thing.


(Thanks for the link, John!)

Happy Birthday to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson!

Premiered on this date in 1962.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055708/

Happy Birthday Dave Arneson!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Arneson

Happy Birthday James Lawrence!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lawrence

Anniversary of the Free Speech Movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement

Happy Birthday John Muhlenberg!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Muhlenberg

Happy Homemade Cookie Day!

Yum!

Anniversary of the Hoop Spur Riots

http://www.historywire.com/2008/07/book-alert-on-1.html

Happy International Day of Older Persons!

http://www.un.org/en/events/olderpersonsday/

Only 30 Days Until Halloween!