HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Well, this is it. The big day! It's hard to believe this Halloween month is already almost over, and yet I can't wait until I can post a picture of anything I want ... :)

If you go to my Flickr site, You'll see this photo of a very well-known family crypt in Green Lawn Cemetery; it's not only the largest private crypt in Columbus, not only the resting place of a rich and prominent Columbus family, but also ... it's supposedly haunted!

From Andy Henderson at Forgotten Ohio (that link will take you to a page devoted to this crypt) "They say that, if you knock on the mausoleum's door, the spirits will respond with a knock of their own--and, if they're particularly active, a more substantial manifestation."

Well, neither my friend Susan nor I knocked. We didn't need to; for the first time I've ever seen, the inner door beyond the gates was ajar! I don't know why, but I don't look a gift horse in the mouth. I DO, however, most certainly look a gift mausoleum in the door. Or, uh, something.

So here it is, the interior (or part of it, anyway) of the Hayden Mausoleum:



As you can tell, I'm pretty excited about finally getting a decent peek inside.

And now for the musical portion of our program, what else for today but
the Citizens of Halloween with "This Is Halloween."

And here's the video of it, because it just doesn't get any better than this.



Finally, here is my Halloween "Mix" for 2007 - really, it's just every song I've posted this month, plus a few extra goodies thrown in.

Dane's Halloween Mix 2007

Thanks for all the fun this month, everyone - I enjoyed every post I read, every comment I read, every song I downloaded ... I appreciate both my visitors and my fellow bloggers.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Her Eyes Seem To Follow You

Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio

Thanks for the heads up on this one, Susan.

Voltaire - Cannibal Buffet
Like Jonathan Coulton, whose songs I posted last week, this guy sings songs from the intersection of horror and humor. This one, about a poor guy who washed up after a shipwreck on an island full of cannibals, is ridiculously catchy; I haven't been able to get it out of my head for two weeks.

...if you're wondering what's eating me
it's cannibals on the coast of Barbary...

Ok, so a few days ago, I posted the updated blog roll for the Halloween-a-thon. Well, having swiped it whole from Todd at Neato CoolGhoulville, I therefore used a list that didn't include him.
So I'm linking & plugging his site here.

Go see Todd. For reals. Everyday he seems to uncover a forgotten and happy part of my childhood. Maybe yours too.

Miss Carol's

Dayton, Ohio

Madonna - Beautiful Stranger

My partner in crime that day cross-processed hers, and you can see it here.

Pic - The Perfect Man

Sunbury Memorial Park
Sunbury, Ohio

This is why I'm not married yet.

Want more Halloween? Can't get enough either? Go visit Todd's Neato Coolville. He calls it "a small place located at the junction of Imagination Street and Nostalgia Road." I call it a brightly colored reminder of how much fun it was to be young during the '70s and '80s.

Todd is celebrating 31 days of Halloween too, and whereas I'm just sticking up some pictures and tunes, Todd's really throwing his back into it. The funny thing is, not only do I read his blog on the regular, but I seem to keep running into him on Flickr. We seem to have similar sensibilities; the spooky, the retro, and the funny.

If you still can't get enough Halloween, he has a list of other like-minded folks who are partying all month long.

Pic - Castle of the Dead

Castle of the Dead again

Speaking of castles, if you like ghost stories and pictures, you might like "Castle of Spirits." The ghost stories are posted by contributors and there are many, many, many really good ones.