halloween

The Word of Mouth Halloween Spooktacular!!!

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:58:01 +0000

Happy Halloween! Today, a brief escape from the coverage and aftermath of Superstorm Sandy… with trick or treating delayed or canceled in storm-ravaged communities along the east coast, we at Word of Mouth are committed to celebrating the holiday in honor of those who cannot… as advice columnist "Prudie" puts it, if we didn’t celebrate Halloween, wouldn’t that be letting the storm win?

Gross America: Your Coast to Coast Guide To All Things Gross

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:54:58 +0000

Most everybody knows our country’s diverse landmarks and attractions – the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon, Disneyland – but not everybody knows about the Spam Museum in Austin Texas... or Leila’s Hair Museum in Missouri. Richard Faulk is a freelance writer and editor.

Dear Prudence On Halloween Etiquette

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:22:46 +0000

Last month while reading Dear Prudence, we stumbled upon a question that had to do with Halloween etiquette. It was a spat between neighbors, one side upset over the other’s Halloween decorations – which they claimed were too scary for their daughter.

The Great New England Vampire Panic

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:18:17 +0000

New England's gruesome brush with supernatural hysteria did not end with the Salem witch trials in the 17^th century. Almost two centuries later came the great New England vampire panic. Wait… what? Abigail Tucker is a staff writer for Smithosonian magazine – she wrote about historians who are documenting cases when rural residents set aside their Yankee piety and feverishly exhumed graves and mutilated the corpses of suspe

Word of Mouth for November 5th, 2011: Part 4

Virginia Prescott and Rebecca Lavoie — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0000

Why we're afraid of monsters. And what to do when the zombie apocalypse happens (because it SO will).

N.H. Neighborhood Known For Halloween Excess

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Transcript

RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Americans are expected to spend nearly $7 billion on Halloween. If you're wondering exactly how, let's go to one street in Concord, New Hampshire, where families take the ghoulish holiday very seriously. New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

DAN GORENSTEIN: On any day, Auburn Street's impressive: well-to-do, historic homes, long lawns, towering trees up on a hill above the city. But on Halloween, Auburn Street becomes a city of gold, a place, a place where a kid can pack a pillowcase full of candy and be dazzled by the outrageous.