Oct 31st, 2008 at 12:30PM: The messages on the Gadling Twitter feed sound like they are all in a secret code, but the only thing I can tell is that someone is having a great time celebrating Halloween with Southwest Airlines! Apparently the celebration involves golf carts on the tarmac, an airline CEO dressed up as ZZ Top and a Gadling blogger with a yet to be photographed orange pilot suit (I've demanded photographic ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Southwest Airlines Halloween update - looks like someone is having fun!
Oct 31st, 2008 at 12:30PM: The messages on the Gadling Twitter feed sound like they are all in a secret code, but the only thing I can tell is that someone is having a great time celebrating Halloween with Southwest Airlines! Apparently the celebration involves golf carts on the tarmac, an airline CEO dressed up as ZZ Top and a Gadling blogger with a yet to be photographed orange pilot suit (I've demanded photographic ...Mansfield Reformatory: Haunted place with scary stories and a bridal fashion show
Halloween graveyard tours and a graveyard joke
Oct 24th, 2008 at 1:30PM: There are haunted prison tours and haunted hotels to sleep in. Here is another way to traipse through some haunts for Halloween.
Graveyards that can seem peaceful during the day are perfect settings at night for finding chills and thrills. If there is a graveyard in a town or city near you, I bet there's a tour. Regardless of the season, graveyards offer a span of history that includes triumph ...Visit haunted prisons for a Halloween creep out
Oct 22nd, 2008 at 2:00PM: Old prisons look creepy in the day. In the dark, they can really spook you. Perhaps it's those rusted locks, the way cell doors sound when they clank shut, the stairs where people don't tread anymore. Add a hangman's noose or an electric chair, and you have a real chills up your back shudder.
Pair a trip to a prison on Halloween and you're in for some screaming good times.
Or, if you can't ...Museum of Funeral Customs
Oct 22nd, 2008 at 11:00AM: If you're looking for another great Halloween fun house, this isn't it, but if you want to learn a few things about death and funerals, you'll probably enjoy a visit to the Museum of Funeral Customs in Springfield, IL, conveniently located near the most popular tomb in America. As one of few things every human experiences, death and grieving rituals have a wide, multicultural and ancient scope. ...Just in time for Halloween: Deadly Hotels
Oct 15th, 2008 at 4:00PM: With Halloween and Day of the Dead just around the corner, even travel takes a ghoulish turn. Over at Concierge, Ralph Martin put together the article Deadly Hotels, perfect for the vacation where you want to stay in a truly haunted house. Although I can't say the thought of staying in a hotel where murders and famous deaths have taken place really appeals to me, 'tis the season. Just where should ...Sleep with a ghost this Halloween
Sep 10th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Most people steer clear of anything rumored "haunted," but some curious supernaturalists seek these places out. Bedandbreakfast.com has a list of over 100 haunted inns in the United States, as well as a long list of Halloween specials for paranormal enthusiasts. Visitors to the Honeybee Inn B&B in Horicon, Wisconsin (pictured) may feel the presence of a former resident named Coton and his ...Busch Garden Williamsburg give-a-ways: Season pass included!
Aug 11th, 2008 at 10:30AM: One wonderful detail about summer travel is that it can spill over into autumn and beyond--particularly if it comes in amusement park entertainment. In the spirit of the summer is not over yet, and when it is, don't stop the fun, Gadling has paired up with Busch Gardens Williamsburg for some give-away action. Williamsburg, Virginia, known for its colonial past, is steeped in American history. ...Big in Japan: Asia's biggest Halloween Party!
Nov 1st, 2007 at 10:00AM: Halloween is in full effect here in Tokyo.
This past Saturday night, three -thousands Japanese revelers decked out in their choicest threads headed to ageHa, one of Japan's most famous party spots.
Although Saturday night also brought with it an unseasonal typhoon, that didn't stop the Japanese from hitting the dance floor and strutting their stuff until the wee hours of the morn.
From Captain ...Most popular US Halloween costumes
Oct 31st, 2007 at 3:45PM: Here in Madrid, Madrileños don't seem to give a rats about Halloween. It's a pity really. So I suppose I will not have the privilege of "trick-or-treat" knocks from little witches, nor will I see many vampires or ghosts parading the street unless I hang out around a guiri club that is celebrating Halloween. The Economist has just published a survey indicating how many people in America are ...Spooky libraries
Oct 31st, 2007 at 12:13PM: Dusty, musty and seemingly old as time, some libraries are the perfect place for ghosts and ghouls to haunt their way through eternity. The folks over at Intelligent Traveller have done some uncovering and found some of the spookiest libraries around the world -- and the ghosts who haunt them:
Morelia Public Library, in Michoacán, Mexico: This library, which has been around since the ...Spooky stories from the skies
Oct 31st, 2007 at 10:46AM: If you're afraid of flying and believe that scary stories are best set in haunted houses, you might want to stop reading right now. James Wysong, from Msnbc, delivers 13 terrifying tales from the not-so-friendly skies. Here's a couple: A flight to Europe took off with a crew of four pilots and came back with only three. During a break, one of the pilots wandered off and was never heard from ...Talking Travel with Eric Nuzum, Author of The Dead Travel Fast
Oct 31st, 2007 at 6:30AM: I've never watched a horror movie from start to finish and I'm not a fan of haunted houses. Needless to say, I didn't have high hopes that I would make it through Eric Nuzum's new book about stalking vampires. But the title intrigued me enough to start it, and then, well -- when a book begins with someone attempting to drink their own blood, you just can't help but get sucked in. For Nuzum, it all ...Forget parties, now it's time for real Halloween.
Oct 30th, 2007 at 6:29PM: Halloween weekend has come and gone, and with the parties being over, now is the time for the real spirit of the season to reveal itself; Instead of costume parties, now we're talking about good, old-fashioned frights. Got plans for the real Halloween this year? If not, why not consider going to a to one of these events, where they're sure to put on a good show. According to Reuters, here are ...Monte Cristo: Australia's most haunted house
Oct 30th, 2007 at 11:30AM: When I was poking around to find a haunted house tour on You Tube--I don't have the time to actually go to one--I found this one of a house that is spooky enough to give anyone the willies. The music is perfect. That droning organ music that is mixed with rattles and wind whooshes made me a bit antsy by the end. And, the setting really put me on edge. My dog just shook herself and I jumped. ...Historic hotels offer haunted hospitality
Oct 25th, 2007 at 7:00PM: Several of the National Trust's historic hotels are famous for more than just their unique interiors and architecture. The Night Shift Nurse haunts the halls of Baltimore's Admiral Fell Inn and the ghost of a young woman who never checked out of the Hotel del Coronado lingers at the San Diego landmark. In fact, the Trust has compiled a rather lengthy list of ghostly tales from haunted hotels ...Big in Japan: Happi Harroween!!!
Oct 22nd, 2007 at 11:00AM: ????????!!
For those of you who can't read Japanese - Happi Harroween!!
Yes, I know it's still the middle of October, but here in Japan, Halloween is catching on in a big way.
From pumpkin flavored cappuccinos and pastas in Tokyo's trendiest cafes and restaurants to witches and wizards adorning the window displays of even the most upscale of department stores, the Japanese are embracing the ...Sweet! The top 10 candy desinations in the US
Oct 19th, 2007 at 11:00AM: Know what the best part about Halloween is? The candy. The sweet, sweet candy. Whether you've long outgrown trick-or-treating or not, being surrounded by sugary goodness is some sort of gluttonous version of heaven. Or at least to me it is. Still, candy doesn't have to be confined to Halloween; If you're looking for a place to satisfy your sweet tooth, here's a list of the Sweetest cities in the ...Haunted Tours for Halloween Fun: West Coast Edition
Oct 14th, 2007 at 9:00AM: Want more haunted tour ideas? As promised, we've got some! Hop on your broomstick and fly with us to the western US, where we've uncovered eight more haunted tours to scare you silly this Halloween season: Denver, CO: Morrison is a short distance from downtown Denver, but this Colorado Haunted History Tour sounds like it's worth the trip out of town. Learn about the Hatchet Lady of Red Rocks and ...Haunted Hotels to Get Your Halloween Freak On At
Oct 13th, 2007 at 11:18AM: Are you into the supernatural, the kind of person who chases ghosts and spirits? If so, well ... I don't really know what to say except why?!?! That stuff totally freak me out. But to each their own. And if you are a ghost-lover, you probably love Halloween too. But this Halloween, instead of doing some un-scary like going to a costume party or doing a pub-crawl, why not spend a night in a ...
