Category Archives: Halloween

ABC Brings Reality Show “The Great Halloween Fright Fight” to TV

Image of family home with yard decorated for halloween.

FreemantleMedia North America for ABC is producing a reality show patterned after last December’s wildly successful The Great Christmas Light Fight.  The Christmas show will air with 6 episodes as a competition countdown.  The Halloween show will be one competition for a grand prize of $50.000 for the winner of the best yard or home […]

Holiday World Theme Park Opens Weekends For Halloween

Image of Halloween sign at Holiday World Theme Park.

Holiday World & Splashin Safari Located in Santa Claus – Indiana The small town of Santa Claus is a tourist dream on the Indiana side of the Kentucky border between Louisville and Evansville.  The town is called America’s Christmas Hometown.  They are less than 3 hours from St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Nashville.  Besides the wonderful […]

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City Zoos With Fun Halloween Events Like Boo At The Zoo Bring your children to a zoo for Halloween in October fun.  Lots of large city zoos have events like “Boo At The Zoo”, Zoo Boo, Spooky Zoo Spectacular, Halloween Nights, and more themed Halloween activities.  Large zoos frequently have many families attending during October […]

More Halloween History from JFK to Halloween Capital

Halloween History Across American Halloween, as we know it today, was created by a blending of the world’s cultures and religions in America.  Various contributions to our modern tradition can be found in Roman, Irish, Celtic, English, Scottish, and Native American history.  I thought it might be fun to take a look at Halloween in America as we […]

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Top Halloween Parades, Parties, and Events in America If you have outgrown trick or treating then consider attending one of these super Halloween events around the country.  What is the largest, oldest, best depends on a number of factors?  These are some must see events that you should add to your personal bucket list. Bucket List […]

Funtober Countdown To Halloween 2014

Image of scary skeleton face for Halloween.

We continue to find lots of fun events on our “more things to do journey”.  Let us know if you find local events we should know about.  We appreciate the help.  Today is Day 219 on our countdown. Universal Studios theme park will open their popular Halloween Horror Nights on September 19, 2014.  It will […]

Welcome to The SPOOKtacular Giveaway Hop on Funtober!

Welcome to the SPOOKtacular Giveaway Hop organized by The Review Wire! With Halloween being only a few shorts weeks away, they decided that a Hop to help you get ready was in order. And we agreed! More than thirty bloggers are giving away prizes valued at $25 or more for this Halloween Giveaway Hop. It […]