Myself, looking over my shoulder with my black jacket that features a large patch of a ghost wearing a purple witch hat and playing the guitar.

October Reflections

November 5, 2025, Leave a Comment on October Reflections

Where did October go? Normally, I have multiple posts sharing unique fall experiences, but this year really got away from me. You’ll notice I didn’t even get to write about the Anaheim Fall Festival! And the reason why is both a blessing and a curse. This year I was lucky enough to be elected to…

The Haunting of Stone Oak Manor

October 8, 2025, Leave a Comment on The Haunting of Stone Oak Manor

WARNING: This blog post contains a grizzly image of a very realistic prop of a dismembered body, that some readers may find disturbing. Tucked away in the hills of Oak Glen rests Stone Oak Manor. Designed by Reginald Inwood for Murle and Samuel Baumann, the manor was built in 1926 using stones found on the…

View of a shelf in our dining room, filled with blow mold Jack o'lanterns.

Pumpkins, Ghosts, Witches and More! Our Home at Halloween Time

October 2, 2025, 5 Comments

With October’s arrival, it’s a perfect time to showcase how we’ve decorated for Halloween this year. Back in the spring, we visited Tennessee, where we bought a lot of prints from Hatch Show Print, and realized we needed to make way for more art. Previously, a wall in our hallway was home to three photos…

Beyond the Monster Mash Vol. 2

September 30, 2025, Leave a Comment on Beyond the Monster Mash Vol. 2

I can’t believe October is tomorrow! While I’ve been in the Halloween spirit for a long while now, I know many wait until October to really start thinking about Halloween. So here to get you into the spirit is yet another selection of songs from my ever growing Halloween playlist. “Man with the Hex” The…

Myself, standing in Ghost Town, an old West area of Knott's, wearing a trucker hat that reads "I heart Elvira", a red, yellow, orange, and black stripe shirt, and black corduroy pants

Halloween Night

November 21, 2024, Leave a Comment on Halloween Night

I know it’s almost Thanksgiving, but I didn’t want to pass on sharing snapshots from Halloween night, which we spent at Knott’s Scary Farm. This had kind of been our tradition for awhile, giving us a nice way to close out the Halloween season! From the fog filled streets of Ghost Town, to the waves…

Myself, wearing a Hex Girls t-shirt and purple shorts, walking through the pumpkin Patch.

Bates Nut Farm: The 100 Year Old Farm to Find Your Perfect Pumpkin

October 22, 2024, 3 Comments

When fall arrives, it means it’s time to find a pumpkin patch and pick that perfect prized pumpkin to take home. Over the years I’ve tried to find just the right pumpkin patch, and I mean honest to goodness pumpkin patch, where you pick a pumpkin off the vine! This year we decided to venture…

Halloween at Home

October 9, 2024, 2 Comments

It’s that time of year again! Time to showcase our Halloween decor! As I’ve said before, almost every holiday every year since we bought the house has presented its own interesting set of challenges because of one thing or another. Earlier this year we acquired a massive Kodak sign which threw a wrench in how…

Background, which is tinted red, is filled with images of the devil, including a mask, female dancers in devil costumes, and a copy of the Satanic Bible. Overlayed across the top reads "Atomic Redhead Presents Devilish Ditties Fiery songs from the Depths of Hell"

13 Songs From the Depths of Hell!

October 2, 2024, 1 Comment

How can it already be October? September has flown by and I feel as if I haven’t done much Halloween related things, although part of that is due to spraining my foot! And the fact Patrick and I continue to volunteer to prep for Anaheim’s Halloween parade. So it’s as good as time as any…

Myself standing in Ghost Town, wearing a witch hat that is made of faux cow fur, a black dress, and two necklaces, one a glass ghost wearing a cowboy hat and the other a metal skull.

All Hallow’s Eve at Knott’s

November 8, 2023, Leave a Comment on All Hallow’s Eve at Knott’s

For Halloween day, some friends, Patrick, and I spent the sunshine filled day, and the fog filled night at Knott’s Berry Farm. During the day we popped inside the Bird Cage Theatre to catch Bob Baker’s Halloween Spooktacular, followed by the bluegrass tunes of Krazy Kirk and the Hillbillies. As night fell it was time…

A singer in a sequin gown stands at a microphone.

Angel of Light: A Walk Through Horror Experience at the Historic Los Angeles Theatre

October 18, 2023, 1 Comment

While Knott’s Scary Farm may be the oldest Halloween haunt experience in Southern California, it’s far from the only one. From home haunts to the movie set horrors of Universal Studios, Southern California is full of a wide range of spooky experiences at a variety of venues. Recently we had friends rave about Angel of…