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Post by skywalker on Oct 31, 2012 18:36:31 GMT -6
Happy Halloween Everybody!!From all your friends at TEOR.
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Post by casper on Oct 31, 2012 19:20:36 GMT -6
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Post by graveyardhound on Nov 1, 2012 21:30:43 GMT -6
Made it through ok, no damage to property or person, had few kids stop by, but out here, ya don't get many like in some neighborhoods. hope all had a "Good One" though.
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Post by casper on Nov 3, 2012 23:43:34 GMT -6
You don't see as many people trick or treating like you used to. I think people are afraid the candy will be poisoned or there will be razor blades in them or something. Stupid criminals ruin it for everybody.
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Post by auntym on Nov 5, 2012 0:18:24 GMT -6
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/harry-houdini-grave-machpelah-cemetery_n_1921103.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-newsMichael McLaughlin michael.mclaughlin@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 10/31/2012 Harry Houdini Grave Sparks Fight Among Museum, Cemetery And MagiciansHoudini's Grave Visitors often leave playing cards, magician's wands, stones and flowers on top of Houdini's grave. Harry Houdini's grave in Machpelah Cemetery in New York City. 1926 Harry Houdini, who escaped from sealed coffins during his life, can't seem to find eternal peace inside one. The final resting place of the master escape artist in Queens, N.Y., is hallowed ground to fans. But it's disputed territory for groups claiming a piece of Houdini's legacy and cemetery managers who mistrust others' intentions for the showman's burial spot. Machpelah Cemetery's most famous resident once attracted so many visitors for an annual seance on Halloween -- the anniversary of Houdini's 1926 death -- that officials still close the grounds each Oct. 31 to stop acts of vandalism. Yet it's still a recurring struggle to scrounge up enough cash for upkeep at the Jewish cemetery. Even when the money's on hand, disagreements sprout over how to maintain Houdini's family plot. It's one such testy standoff that has rankled a group of New York magicians. The local chapter of the Society of American Magicians, of which Houdini was once president, wants to hire a contractor to remove stains and discoloration from the gravestones, limestone benches and U-shaped granite monument. "The entire grave is horrible," said Richie Magic, president of the society's New York chapter. "This is a grave site that people visit every day. This is not only a magician and an escape artist; this is a celebrity." A clash with the directors of the Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pa., however, has prevented the society from spending the roughly $1,300 that members lined up for the cleaning. The magicians turned to the museum because their society has frayed relations with Machpelah's management. Resentments linger over a 1996 New York Times article that reported magicians had accused the cemetery's operator of selling pieces from the graves of Houdini's siblings. Machpelah's manager, David Jacobson, said the magicians are publicity seekers who have ignored vandalism that occurred around their "broken wand" ritual previously held each Halloween. The Houdini Museum, on the other hand, has a cordial working relationship with Machpelah. Magic (he legally changed his last name years ago) and a colleague hoped the museum's directors would vouch for them, but museum officials told them Jacobson shot down their request. "These conversations have opened up old wounds that we had hoped had begun to be laid to rest," wrote museum directors Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz in a July email sent to Magic and others. "There is much bad blood here that seems impossible to overcome." SEE SLIDE SHOW & CONTINUE READING: www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/harry-houdini-grave-machpelah-cemetery_n_1921103.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news
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Post by DEADnGONE on Nov 6, 2012 0:02:51 GMT -6
Oh, if anyone could pull off the greatest escape and phone from "over there" as he said he would, it would be Harry.
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Post by paulette on Nov 6, 2012 11:28:16 GMT -6
Jewish cemetery - people traditionally leave stones on the grave especially in the first year. I THINK its so the spirits don't rise up into the realm of the living. (please correct me if you know better). I think now its a simple act of respect (I was here kind of thing). Maybe some people still are afraid or hope that Houdini will rise up. In our Chinese cemetery (for the Chinese coal miners who worked here) relatives still leave coins. Not flowers. Next to my friend's grave in the "white"cemetery a young man was buried and his friends brought him a can of Lucky beer. (It was eventually removed after it had faded in the sun for several years). That's what we do. Here some info: Apparently the Jewish folks did it first? sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2010/12/17/good-question-why-are-small-coins-and-stones-left-at-jewish-graves/
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2012 8:28:18 GMT -6
Oh, if anyone could pull off the greatest escape and phone from "over there" as he said he would, it would be Harry. Yep. This is another one of my interests. Especially been wanting to talk about this gentleman since Plutronus has talked about a show he saw years ago, and what you just said ;D. Amazing to me that somehow I "forgot" that Houdon died on Halloween? Weird. . . You and others may know that "Harry" and his wife played physic games with each other. Trying to read each other's minds from other rooms and such. ;D This is one of the things I did learn about in childhood, from a small, lucky glimpse of a tv show maybe? Anyway, I practiced sending messages to my former husband (without his awareness) from one room to another in our house. I don't recommend this ;D. I would be napping, and ask him (in my head) to bring me a drink of water. After that, I found that every time I tried to take a nap, he would come wake me up for no reason . Shoot, gotta go . For now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2012 12:18:05 GMT -6
I find that my last post had misspellings and was "off". Plutronus had talked about a show by Uri Geller, not Houdini . I got them confused briefly (I think) because I wanted to talk about the paranormal connection with Houdini. After reading Plutronus report on what happens at Gellers' shows, its fairly easy to see the paranormal at work, there. I don't know much about Geller. I don't know if he acknowledges any other type of presence in his life. I do know that Houdini really pulled off some amazing stunts ;D. I know that he would not acknowledge "help from the other side", but some felt that he had this. Arthur Conan Doyle was one of Houdinis friends, and he wrote about this "connection" after Houdinis death. Any one know about this?
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Post by skywalker on Oct 4, 2013 22:15:20 GMT -6
I found this article which talks a little about the friendship between the two. www.neatorama.com/2010/01/04/the-end-of-a-beautiful-friendship-houdini-and-arthur-conan-doyle/#!kW4Zf It sounds like Doyle was a fervent believer in anything spiritual while Houdini was a skeptic who wanted to believe but wasn't able to because as a magician he could spot the hoaxes being perpetrated by so many so-called psychic mediums. Apparently he must not have known any real psychics...or he was just to skeptical to admit they were.
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Post by DEADnGONE on Oct 11, 2013 23:53:52 GMT -6
Thanks but have missed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2013 10:01:10 GMT -6
I found this article which talks a little about the friendship between the two. www.neatorama.com/2010/01/04/the-end-of-a-beautiful-friendship-houdini-and-arthur-conan-doyle/#!kW4Zf It sounds like Doyle was a fervent believer in anything spiritual while Houdini was a skeptic who wanted to believe but wasn't able to because as a magician he could spot the hoaxes being perpetrated by so many so-called psychic mediums. Apparently he must not have known any real psychics...or he was just to skeptical to admit they were. Thanks, Sky. Yes, this is what I also understand. I did not know exactly how the "spiritualist group" came to believe that Houdin was a true medium. Harry was obviously in denial, but we also know in this day and age, that "mediums" come in different forms. I also read somewhere, that Arthur Conan Doyle lost quite a few fans of his books, when he moved publically forward with his spiritualism. I don't recall hearing that Sir Arthur's wife was a medium; only that they hosted quite a few parties and were accepting. It seems a little odd, that one of our big skeptics these days, is the magician, The Great Randi ? Maybe these magicians should reveal more of their secrets, so that we know what's driving their skepticism! I feel sorry for Harry that all his disbelief hinged on being able to talk to, and feel his mothers' presence again. I do think that would be quite a feat for a medium to pull forward anyone she wants to, from the dead. Does anyone claim this "power"?
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Post by auntym on Oct 14, 2013 10:38:45 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Oct 20, 2013 11:17:35 GMT -6
occultview.com/2013/10/19/the-hidden-truth-behind-halloweens-evil-witch/Oct 19 The Hidden Truth Behind Halloween’s Evil WitchOne of the enduring symbols of Halloween is the evil, broom-flying witch. The witch has been transformed into a harmless, cartoon-like image that nobody takes seriously. As part of the iconography of Halloween the witch shares her place with vampires, Frankenstein’s monster and other fictional creations. witch decorationHowever, unlike Halloween’s other monsters there is a hidden element of truth to the witch. The devil-worshipping witch of the inquisition never really existed and was a creation of the church back in the burning days. Superstition combined with igannance to place blame for natural misfortunes on suspicious individuals. It is incredible to believe anyone actually believed witches flew brooms to their Sabbath. Yet…the hidden truth behind the facade of the evil witch is the concept of the curse. Modernity has left behind belief in such things, and a good thing it has. If people realized that curses were actually possible…imagine the chaos in society. We’d be wondering if bad luck was simple chance or the hand of some malicious influence, perhaps that strange neighbor we never liked to begin with. What if those who knew the secret could actually curse us? I feel it is possible to curse someone but it requires continued effort over an extended period of time. Call a curse projecting focused hate towards someone. Over time it could have an effort. Projecting hate can also backfire and curse the curser. A curse (and hate) is destructive all around. It is bad karma. Instead we transform the power of the curse into a cartoon character and subconsciously take away its power. Consider the fictional Halloween witch, and much of the symbolism of Halloween as unconscious talismans of protection against the powers of the spirits. By demeaning them we diminish them. occultview.com/2013/10/19/the-hidden-truth-behind-halloweens-evil-witch/
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Post by skywalker on Oct 20, 2013 18:31:32 GMT -6
You just gave me an idea for an article to write, auntym. Let's see if I can find the time to do it before Halloween gets here.
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Post by auntym on Oct 20, 2013 22:51:45 GMT -6
You just gave me an idea for an article to write, auntym. Let's see if I can find the time to do it before Halloween gets here. can't wait to read it...
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Post by auntym on Oct 21, 2013 11:11:32 GMT -6
www.boston.com/travel/explorene/blogs/packup/2013/10/halloween_travel_tales_from_th.htmlHalloween travel: Ghost stories from haunted hotelsPosted by Melanie Nayer October 19, 2013 With every Halloween there's a good scare. This year, we're sharing some spooky, and rather creepy, tales from haunted hotels who just can't seem to get rid of some lingering guests. If the traditional trick-or-treating events and Fright Night festivities have become too dull for you, try checking in to one of these hotels and let us know what you discover. Here's wishing you a good night's sleep... The Sagamore, Bolton Landing, NY: According to legend there was a maid in the early 1900’s that was having an affair with a gentlemen in The Sagamore (1930) during his summer stay with his wife. After hearing his wife’s suspicions he had broken off the affair and the maid confronted him in his room to talk about it. During this discussion, the wife came in to the room and, assuming the worst, began wrestling with the maid, strangling her and killing her. The husband and wife immediately checked out and when the maid was discovered the next day it was assumed that she died of natural causes while cleaning the room. Upset that the husband and wife got away with murder, it is rumored that the maid continues to haunt the occupants of this room trying to induce havoc in their relationship. It is said that the room gets very cold. Some couples have asked to move because they can’t get the room warm enough. There have been stories that the blankets are removed during the night and when the lights are turned on no one is there. The Jekyll Island Club Hotel, Jekyll Island, GA: This hotel seems to have a bellman with a cap and suit like the ones we see in movies of the 1920’s, a far different look from actual bellmen who greets you at this historic hotel today. This bellman, from post WWI days, is very particular about delivering freshly pressed suits to bridegrooms. He has been seen, mostly on the second floor of the club building, knocking gently on a guest room door and announcing his purpose. More than one bridegroom, who had not ordered these services, has inquired about the mysterious bellman. Omni Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, NH: Known affectionately by staff members as “The Princess,” Caroline Foster is a long-time inhabitant of the hotel, even though she passed away in 1939. Princess Caroline Foster’s ties to the resort go back to its inception, when her husband, railroad tycoon Joseph Stickney, built the grand resort in 1902. Incorporating special accommodations for his wife, construction of the resort included an indoor swimming pool and a private dining room for Caroline, known today as the “Princess Room.” A prominent figure at the resort since its opening, many guests who have visited continue to report sightings of the regal Caroline. Visions of an elegant woman in Victorian dress are often spotted in the hallways of the hotel, there are light taps on doors when no one is outside and items that suddenly disappear and then reappear in the exact place they were lost. But perhaps the most common sighting of the beloved Caroline is in room 314, where guests report seeing the vision of the woman sitting at the edge of their guest bed—the same custom-made four-post bed Caroline shared with her husband. La Posada de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM: The hotel dates back to 1882 when a Santa Fe Trail merchant, Abraham Staab, built it as a three-story Victorian mansion for his family. When Julia, Staab’s wife, died in 1896 at the age of 52, her presence continued to live on throughout the home. Today, the Staab House at La Posada de Santa Fe retains its original structure and is home to a cozy bar, and Suite 100, which used to be Julia’s bedroom. To honor her, the hotel staff makes sure to invite her to parties held in the house and to greet her when they enter her bedroom. CONTINUE READING: www.boston.com/travel/explorene/blogs/packup/2013/10/halloween_travel_tales_from_th.html
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Post by paulette on Oct 21, 2013 12:53:51 GMT -6
Re: witches and Halloween.
Witches have been recreated since the burning times. The kernel of truth is (IMO) that there were pagans who gave equal priestesshood power to women. There were wise women - midwifes and herbalists. There have always been women "outside the village gates" who possibily loved who they wished, perhaps supplemented a widow's meagre life with sex trade benefits, lover's and fertility magic charms, prophecy, curses...
The Church had no use for these women. And women who somehow ended up with property - well anyone accused of being a witch during the Burning Times meant their property reverted to the Church (with a handsome reward for the neighbor who set it up).
Now there are various neo-pagans who say (sometimes) that they have the ancestrial right or a right due to being affiliated to a certain group or other to call themselves witches, maybe write books, sell stuff on E Bay, etc. There's another (quieter) group that feel they are intuitional witches - in tune with the older powers of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Center. They use "magic books" like cook books - taking a recipe here, altering it to fit what they need. (I've done both, but feel no loyality to any group except my friends).
I once took a mail order witches training from Gavin and Ynnone Frost (now no doubt dead). It wasn't my only training - I was mostly just curious what they had to offer. It wasn't bad - just fussy. At one point I was sitting in my haunted house living room with a circle drawn in salt, the whole business, and I was supposed to call up whatever was living with us and then, Oh Boy its been 30 years or so, but something with burning a string that led outside through the open front door to cause whoever or whatever it was to leave. I got right up to the lighting the string part, and then broke script saying, I don't feel good about this! You were here before we were (and we thought we were living with a grandmother who somehow got left behind). Tell you what...be a little quieter and skip the scary dreams part and I won't light the string. [There seemed to be a thoughtful silence]. Ok then! I dismantled the circle, put the stuff away and it WAS QUIETER after that. When we left, we left our old dog ghost who used to lay out next to the sand box watching the kids play. He was around but didn't come with us when we moved. In fact...the next house was dead quiet. No strange bumps or creaks or random sounds at all. Then I moved to my husband's house 7 years ago and soon after realized that this one is active as well. We lay in bed last night and listened to various noises that in any other context (like a hotel room) would mean someone was in the house. However we're both used to it. And no, its not rats or cats or bats or racoons. My husband was an exterminator and is familiar with their noises and smells and dropping and such. Just little bumping thumping sighing noises...
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Post by auntym on Oct 23, 2013 16:18:09 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Oct 24, 2013 11:50:03 GMT -6
Joggers freak out as spooky skeleton haunts them in prank Published on Oct 24, 2013 Wooooo...Arch internet prankster Tom Mabe puts the willies up unsuspecting joggers and cyclists in park with his spooky drone skeleton for Halloween
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Post by skywalker on Oct 25, 2013 20:24:04 GMT -6
Speaking of spooky skeletons haunting joggers I was out running yesterday when I saw some dude come out of the bushes and start jogging across the street towards me. The dude was dressed all in black but was wearing a ski mask that had a skeleton face on it so that his face was completely covered. Not sure if it was some prankster attempting to scare me or some mass murdering lunatic thinking he found his next potential victim but whatever he was up to it didn't work. Obviously he had no idea who he was dealing with. After being zapped by a UFO, seeing glowing eyeballs rise up out if graveyards and getting smacked in the back of the head by a flying bat it would take more than a weirdo in a mask to startle me. I just ignored him and kept on running.
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Post by paulette on Oct 27, 2013 11:07:49 GMT -6
I'm thinking - putting the run on children in a park with a drone must be illegal.
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Post by auntym on Oct 30, 2013 11:01:01 GMT -6
www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_panic_myth_the_infamous_radio_broadcast_did.html The Myth of the War of the Worlds PanicOrson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio program did not touch off nationwide hysteria. Why does the legend persist?By Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of Orson Welles’ electrifying War of the Worlds broadcast, in which the Mercury Theatre on the Air enacted a Martian invasion of Earth. “Upwards of a million people, [were] convinced, if only briefly, that the United States was being laid waste by alien invaders,” narrator Oliver Platt informs us in the new PBS documentary commemorating the program. The panic inspired by Welles made War of the Worlds perhaps the most notorious event in American broadcast history. That’s the story you already know—it’s the narrative widely reprinted in academic textbooks and popular histories. With actors dramatizing the reaction of frightened audience members (based on contemporaneous letters), the new documentary, part of PBS’s American Experience series, reinforces the notion that naïve Americans were terrorized by their radios back in 1938. So did this weekend’s episode of NPR’s Radiolab, which opened with the assertion that on Oct. 30, 1938, “The United States experienced a kind of mass hysteria that we’ve never seen before.” There’s only one problem: The supposed panic was so tiny as to be practically immeasurable on the night of the broadcast. Despite repeated assertions to the contrary in the PBS and NPR programs, almost nobody was fooled by Welles’ broadcast. How did the story of panicked listeners begin? Blame America’s newspapers. Radio had siphoned off advertising revenue from print during the Depression, badly damaging the newspaper industry. So the papers seized the opportunity presented by Welles’ program to discredit radio as a source of news. The newspaper industry sensationalized the panic to prove to advertisers, and regulators, that radio management was irresponsible and not to be trusted. In an editorial titled “Terror by Radio,” the New York Times reproached “radio officials” for approving the interweaving of “blood-curdling fiction” with news flashes “offered in exactly the manner that real news would have been given.” Warned Editor and Publisher, the newspaper industry’s trade journal, “The nation as a whole continues to face the danger of incomplete, misunderstood news over a medium which has yet to prove ... that it is competent to perform the news job.” The contrast between how newspaper journalists experienced the supposed panic, and what they reported, could be stark. In 1954, Ben Gross, the New York Daily News’ radio editor, published a memoir in which he recalled the streets of Manhattan being deserted as his taxi sped to CBS headquarters just as War of the Worlds was ending. Yet that observation failed to stop the Daily News from splashing the panic story across this legendary cover a few hours later. CONTINUE READING: www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2013/10/orson_welles_war_of_the_worlds_panic_myth_the_infamous_radio_broadcast_did.htmlOrson Welles - War Of The Worlds - Radio Broadcast 1938 - Complete
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Post by casper on Oct 30, 2013 22:40:52 GMT -6
Happy Halloween everybody!!
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Post by auntym on Oct 31, 2013 10:28:03 GMT -6
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2013 13:45:13 GMT -6
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/multimedia/pia17553.html#.UnKyT3BwrJtHAPPY HAUNTED HALLOWEEN EVERYONE... 'Witch Head' Nebula Brews Baby StarsA witch appears to be screaming out into space in this new image from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The infrared portrait shows the Witch Head nebula, named after its resemblance to the profile of a wicked witch. Astronomers say the billowy clouds of the nebula, where baby stars are brewing, are being lit up by massive stars. Dust in the cloud is being hit with starlight, causing it to glow with infrared light, which was picked up by WISE's detectors. The Witch Head nebula is estimated to be hundreds of light-years away in the Orion constellation, just off the famous hunter's knee. WISE was recently "awakened" to hunt for asteroids in a program called NEOWISE. The reactivation came after the spacecraft was put into hibernation in 2011, when it completed two full scans of the sky, as planned. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech "I'll get you, my pretty - and your little dog, too!"www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/multimedia/pia17553.html#.UnKyT3BwrJt
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Post by lois on Oct 31, 2013 17:15:11 GMT -6
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!! This sounds like something my husband did many years ago..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2013 23:37:35 GMT -6
I hope everyone had a nice Halloween! I especially liked reading the scary, haunted house experience by Carl Jung (Thanks Auntym!)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2013 10:04:09 GMT -6
That nebula is gorgeous Cliff...thank you for sharing
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Post by casper on Nov 7, 2013 17:57:23 GMT -6
Hi everybody! My favorite day of the year just went by and this time I did not get to take a vacation like I normally do. The new company I work for said I haven't been there long enough to get to take vacations on holidays so I had to work. I have a feeling my new company will soon be my old company because any company that makes me miss Halloween is not a company that I want to be with. Stupid company!! I still had a little bit of fun tho. Me and some other truck drivers got together at a truckstop and had our own little Halloween party. We all dressed up in costumes and bought a bunch of candy and invited all the people that came to the truckstop to come over and get some free candy. Then we sat around and told spooky ghost stories. It was a lots of fun. I can't wait for next year to get here so we can do it again. Next year I'm gonna take a vacation for sure and maybe go on one of those Halloween ghost hunts. That would be cool.
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