Classic Halloween Sounds

In the event you're getting nostalgic about Halloween vinyl, click on the pic for a Pinterest collection of some delightful treats!

As an aside, the cover art on the above album was done by Leo and Diane Dillon, award-winning children's illustrators. As a kid, I spent hours gazing at this cover and its fantastical creatures!

If you're interested in the stories on this album, click here for the entire LP. Happy listening!

Light Reading

Been haunted by my demons recently, so that's why no posts for a little while. Back soon! :)

The Smoker

"The Smoker," one of my favorite spooky stories from childhood. Click on the pic to hear it read by the master, Vincent Price.

Image found here, but I'm not sure who the artist is.

I will have pics and stories from Midsummer Scream very soon! I'm still recovering and getting the house put back in order; it looks like a bomb went off in my office! 

Tales of Witches, Ghosts and Goblins

Back in my day, TV was called, er--records?

Yes, that was how a kid got her fright on! Click below to listen to the master!

The Tell-Tale Heart

It was one of my very first exposures to Edgar Allen Poe; The Tell-Tale Heart. Of course, when you're a child, you're probably not able to grasp why the narrator is a madman, or the graceful nuances of storytelling Poe used. You may even be tempted to sort of agree with the narrator, for a bit, because he sounds so reasonable.


At first. And then, the heartbeat, and the murder.

I've made a playlist of several different interpretations of this chilling tale, and one musical interpretation of which I'm fond. I hope you enjoy them! Click on the pic to watch...

The Raven

I am still waiting to get "The Raven" on DVD! I haven't seen it since I was a kid, and really would love to. Click on the image to watch the trailer.

The Haunted Palace

I think I need to rent this, and soon!

Vincent

Thanks to Bill D. at the Garage of Evil for posting this one on YouTube Friday!

Cask of Amontillado

Lovely, dark story...

Remember-

as you slave away with Igor in your laboratories this weekend: You've got a friend!
I get to build cemetery fence today with a buddy, who will also help me with my Casa Fear groundbreaker. Nice to know I've got friends who will give me a hand: