Tag Archives: Halloween


“Haunted Houses of California: A Ghostly Guide To Haunted Houses & Wandering Spirits” by Antoinette May

Time for a good read on haunted houses and ghosts

With Halloween coming up this week I have the deep desire to explore and tour haunted houses. I love haunted anything! So I picked up a book to survey my local options here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Given … Continue reading

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What’s Halloween without a Ghost Story?

My true story of a cocktail party in an 1866 haunted house in New York state!

It’s Halloween this month and in honor of one of my favorite holidays, I will repost one of my favorite Sharing Suzette’s from the past. On Halloween, we start to think things like, are ghosts real? Let me start by … Continue reading

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Celebrate Day of the Dead and Halloween with SevenPonds!

A round-up of our most popular posts on these Fall holidays

In the upcoming week, we’ll see the celebration of two beloved holidays with very disparate cultural histories: Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos. This year, to help you understand and celebrate the traditions and beliefs surrounding these annual holidays, we … Continue reading

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Halloween’s Deathly History

Halloween Rites Reflect a Wide Range of Cultures’ Collective Struggles with the Concept of Death

It’s that time of year again. Jack O’Lanterns, false cobwebs, and paper or plastic skeletons are popping up all over the place. If you awakened from a coma, you could probably approximate the date. It’s time for Halloween, one of … Continue reading

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