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Collegeville Cape
Dracula would be hard pressed to sneak up on anyone in this vinyl cape by Collegeville. This vinyl cape swishes like corduroy pants.On the contrary. Dracula appears to have been startled by someone...
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Book Me
I've written before about my penchant for children's literature. Reading children's books is a small investment of time and thought and brings back memories of the books of my youth.I went to a garage...
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Gurley Bleeding Skull Candles
I've written about Gurley candles in previous years' posts, here and here. One of the harder to find, not to mention perhaps a bit more controversial candle were their bleeding skull candles.I found...
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When Horror Pops Up
When I was a kids, my grandparents bought me a Western pop up book. Full of pull-tab gun fights and pop up ghost towns, the mechanics of it fascinated me.This "Classic Tales of Horror" Pop-up book...
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Grocery Store Halloween Displays
I went to a flea market late season last year (just before Halloween) and happened upon a woman selling a lot of vintage Halloween paper items.I ended up buying quite a few items from her including...
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A Grave Die Cut
I bought this skeleton die cut from the same woman at the flea market where I found yesterday's blogged items. This die cut is make by Eureka and probably dates from the 1960's or '70's.He appears to...
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Dennisons to Die For
A couple more treasures I found at the flea market last year (same lady again) were these two large die cuts. Each measures 16" across. These are both made by Dennison and date from the 1950's or...
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Traumatic Balloon Stories
While ephemera is generally considered to be items made from paper, the actual definition is "things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time". I think we can agree balloons fall under...
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Games for Hallowe'en
I was fairly gob-smacked, or perhaps even "goblin-smacked" given the season, when I found this 1912 edition of "Games for Hallowe'en" sitting on a bookshelf at an estate sale. It was laying flat, so...
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Blinky Lite Bonanza
Years ago, 6 to be exact, I blogged about these Blinky Jack O' Lantern flashlights. These are fairly common and date from the late 1980's and up. Simply twist the top and they light.I found this...
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Magik Revisited
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a magician. I asked for, and received, the Presto Magic kits with standard illusions and tricks such as the Multiplying Spots, Penetrating Vision, the Endless Water...
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Monster Mask Memories
Sometime around Thursday of the week, I'll begin perusing the upcoming sales on estatesales.net. If something catches my eye, I'll make note of it. Typically, there isn't much that will get me to a...
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Baron Weirwulf's Haunted Library
I would be remiss if I neglected to post at least one horror comic this season. And while this 1979 issue of Charlton Comics' Haunted may be a bit tame by the classic 1950's horror comics standards,...
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Trick 'n Treat!
Well this is it, the night of nights. 31 days of preparation have all lead up to this. And we know what "this" is. It's all about "Trick or Treating". Or is it "Trick-r-Treating". Or is it...
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Halloween 2021 Post-Mortem
Well, Halloween 2021 is permanently written. No more decorating, just deconstruction. My last Countdown to Halloween post has been posted (well, technically, this is the last).Once again, I was able...
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Ghost at the Window: A Review
Last month during the Countdown to Halloween, I presented a handful of young adult books with a haunting theme and asked my readers to vote for one which I would then review.Well, after a whopping 3...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thankgiving to my readers in the United States. I thought I'd share some of my Thanksgiving-related finds from over the years. No special story behind these, just things I liked and now use....
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Let's Get this Christmas Thing Going
I know you've been asking, where's Tom been lately?Okay, you probably weren't asking that, but I'm back after a mostly on-hiatus November.Let's kick off the Christmas season with a few finds from the...
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Saturday Evening (Christmas Blog) Post
It's been a while since I posted a magazine, but this one had so many great ads and Christmas ones to boot, so here it is. I picked this magazine up at an estate sale over the summer. It has a lot of...
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Jet O Matic Brewing
Yesterday was a particularly good estate saling day, and it happened all at one home.It began with my weekly perusing of the listings on estatesales.net. There weren't many sales in my area, but one...
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