Starting at 7 p.m., it’s the beginning of the end for this year’s iteration of the Haunted Kinetic Lab of Horrors, the annual guided haunted house run-through at the Kinetic Sculpture Lab at Eighth and N streets in Arcata. I heard a rumor that DJ Red will be spinning his stuff for those of you […]
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Ghosts on the Tracks
A railyard at night is already a spooky place, and even more so with the fog that’s settled on Samoa and the shoulders of the roundhouse, blurring the riveted and rust-streaked tops of 19th century train cars and tall steam donkeys. An open doorway offers a glimpse of old double-handled saws hanging on a wall. […]
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NCJ Archives: The Haunting of Carson Mansion
Editor’s Note: With Halloween just around the corner, here’s a blast from the past story (October of 2010) about Eureka’s landmark Carson Mansion, which is not only one of the most photographed Victorian homes in the United States, but also a muse of sorts, in a creepy sort of way. As the haunted holiday approaches […]
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Supernatural Web MD
For years Web MD’s symptom checker has helped millions to input their aches, pains, twitches and itches into a flowchart of data that shows what they might indicate. It also quickly and easily escalates both nagging concerns and mild curiosities into utter assurance that you’ve got flesh-eating bacteria on your brain. Since none of us […]
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Boo! Scaring the Pee Out of People at a Haunted House
“Oh, great! My scare-ninjas are here,” A man I’m hoping is named Micah says. “So you’ll hear Olmec talk, and then the lyrist will give her little speech and I want you to follow them upstairs and jump scare them when they’re in the heavens. Does that make sense?” “Not really,” my friend Dexter and […]