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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Haunted Web

Since Hallowe'en is just around the corner I thought it would be fun to poke around the 'Net and find some spooky websites to visit to get myself in the mood. Unfortunately doing a Google on "Haunted House" or something similar turns up cheesy, "How to make your own haunted house!" type sites of which there are many.

One site I do visit frequently and have mentioned here before is Snopes.com. Snopes has an excellent horror section full of tales of the supernatural, hauntings, gore galore and much more. Very much worth a visit.

I've always been interested in the paranormal - not so much as someone who's a "true believer" or anything, but as someone who likes a good scare. There's something about the adrenaline rush you get when you're properly creeped out that I just love. I remember reading a ghost book that mentioned the Boreley Rectory as the most haunted place in Great Britain. It was demolished in 1944, but the site apparently remains haunted to this day. Along that vein, here is a website with a breakdown of some of the thousands of haunted places around GB and Ireland: Haunted Britain.

Now, in order to creep myself out properly in preparation for the IndyKnow investigation into our own Grand Theater, I watched 2 8 hour marathons of, "Scariest Places on Earth." On this show, hapless families set off for what they think is a grand adventure - most hoping to confirm their beliefs regarding the existence of ghosts - and they spend the night in places like Chillingham Castle in England, or Vlad Tepes (AKA Dracula) Castle in Transylvania. What they discover is far more than they bargained for. I love this show.

This awesome site illustrates the ins and outs of Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction. They've got the history, how the effects are done, sound loops and more - well worth the visit - but if you'd rather not spoil the magic, then don't go.

For a general, all-things-haunted website, I found one called Ghost Haunts that was fun to go through. They have ghostly photos, ghost stories, haunted places to check out, and links to other spooky sites.

Finally, no search for the scary would be complete without a stop at Fangoria. It's your one-stop shop for the gory, the scary, the latest horror movie scoops out of Hollywood and more.

Happy All Hallows Eve everyone.

Written by atomicweightofcheese @ 9:51 PM ||

1 Comments:

At 1:39 AM, Matty G said...: I definitely want to check out the "Scariest Places On Earth" program... I hope they're still running it, even though we're through with Halloween.