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Flappy Witch
This Ben Cooper flappy rubber witch jiggler was made in Hong Kong and probably dates from the 1970's. Like the bendy characters, I thought these were silly when I was little, but I find them really...
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Every Day a Halloween Surprise
From 1956 comes The Wonder-Wonder series (so nice, they named it twice) publication of "Every Day a Surprise" whose stories, based upon the cover, appear to involve a bulldog's explosive...
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Monster Vitamins
Let's face it. After a long night of terrifying children, monsters need to replenish their iron. What better way than to take Monster Vitamins Plus Iron...and save 20 cents to boot!Remember, don't...
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A Hairy & Scary Find
I found these Ben Cooper "Hairy & Scary" masks at a sale a couple weeks back. These are similar to the ones I blogged about last year and were bargain priced at $2 each. First up is this orange...
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Dennison Place Cards
These Dennison Halloween place cards were in a hand glove box along with some other miscellaneous holiday decorations I bought for $1.A couple of these cats look like they've been in a fight.Along with...
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The (Not So Much of a) Mystery Game Find
I found these two game pieces in a box of miscellaneous toys I bought at an estate sale last weekend.Given the black cat and the haunted shipwreck, I knew it had to be some kind of "ghost" or "haunted...
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(Un)Spooky Halloween
Decidedly non-spooky (hey, what do you expect from The Wonderland Singers?), this 1974 album released by Wonderland Golden Records features kid-friendly songs about Halloween set to familiar tunes.Take...
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The Wonder Fears
When I saw these cards in a shoebox at a sale a while ago, I was immediately taken back to a particular summer of my youth in the 1970's. For more than one reason, you might refer to it as my "Wonder...
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What was on TV October 25th through 31st, 1980
I have lamented in recent TV Guide posts how I was running out of Guides to blog about, even resorting to a decidely non-vintage (by my standards) TV Guide earlier this month. Well, a couple weekends...
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Decorations to Die (Cut) For
These late season Halloween finds came just in time to fill one day of my countdown to Halloween. I was at the last day of a 3-day sale a couple weeks ago. I wasn't expecting to find much, but due to...
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Horror Sounds of the Night
Found among the pile of other Halloween finds from my previous post was this Topstone "Horror Sounds of the Night" cassette tape featuring "30 weird minutes" of "spine-tingling Halloween"...
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Topps Flying Things
The art on these 1960's Topps Flying Things bear a striking resemblance to the art of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, and I'm sure it's no coincidence. Capitalizing on that Rat Fink style, these originally sold...
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1953 Parade Cook Book
This St. Louis Post-Dispatch Parade cook book boasts an assortment of mouth-puckering...er...watering recipes.One page is dedicated to Halloween.But perhaps the most horrifying display is the back cover.
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Restraining Halloween
I found this clipped article among the recipe booklets I found a while back. It's from the morning edition of the October 26th, 1938 edition of The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. With a title that could...
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What was on TV October 24th through 30th, 1981
I don't have a lot of commentary on this issue simply because I wanted to get it out quickly. Halloween is fast approaching and I'm hopping busy. This issue has some great Halloween show ads...
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Wreck the Halls with Bowels of Ghoulies
I'm finally getting close to being done with decorating. I KNOW HALLOWEEN IS TOMORROW!!Really, I mean it, I'm almost done! Here's what I've done so far.
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It's the Final Countdown!
When I began this year’s Countdown to Halloween, I began it with the pessimistic outlook that I wouldn’t have enough to post daily. As it turns out, I posted daily plus and still have a bunch...
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Halloween Post-mortem and Why I Blog
Well, another Halloween has come and passed and my second year of participation in the Countdown to Halloween has concluded. And while I gained a few followers (I thank all 3 of you) and set an a new...
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