TODAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER THE MONSTER HEAD RACES CONTEST

If you haven't entered the Monster Head Races Contest for your chance to win a vintage Famous Monsters Magazine signed by Forry Ackerman, you better do it today by 11:59 p.m. Time is running out so hurry up and pick a monster head! Go to the rules and entry page here!

The first race will air at Weird Hollow on the October 6.

TOM THE PIRATE & JAY THE SKELETON

Oooh, ahhh this slide glows!

It’s simply marked Tom and Jay 1962 and I’m just taking a stab that Tom is the pirate and Jay is the skeleton. This glowing slide is full of mystery. Did Tom and Jay sneak down into a strange basement to see where the blue light was coming from? Tom looks at the camera like he’s seen a ghost. Zoinks! He did see a ghost ‘cause there’s a headless girl standing directly behind him. And what about Jay? Jay seems to be looking down at Tom with a sinister look. That skeleton mask doesn’t fool me. I think he’s become possessed and is ready to pounce on Tom.

TOM, GET OUT OF THAT BASEMENT! RUN TOM, RUN!

ILLUSTRATED JACKS #13

HALLOWEEN KIDS FROM THE LATE 60'S KEEP STROLLING ON BY

Originally uploaded to YouTube by feeferlump.

SCARY CASH - PLAYING THE HALLOWEEN LOTTERY

I’m continuing my tradition of buying a Halloween themed lottery card every year. C'mon lottery, baby ghost needs a new sheet!


This one turned out to be a loser.

So now I'm also continuing my tradition of buying losing Halloween themed lottery cards! Drat!!

Go here, here and here to see some of Missouri’s past Halloween lottery cards.

Check out Erick's Ohio ticket at Wonderful Wonderblog and then Dex's Massachusettes ticket.

WATCH A NEW EPISODE OF ASK VLAD

Click here to watch Vlad give some professional advise.

ILLUSTRATED JACKS #12

This Jack comes from an old trick or treat bag.

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN 2009

Greetings Halloween fans! Start gutting those pumpkins ‘cause Neato Coolville has been transformed once again into Neato Ghoulville. I hope your trick or treat bag is a big one ‘cause our town will be serving up treats every day this month.

If you’re a brave soul, you might do some trick or treating over on our spookiest street Weird Hollow. Vlad has once again opened his castle for KRYP-TV and Weird Hollow will also host the second annual Monster Head Races contest. Scroll down for details.

Once you get tired of strolling our streets, make a point to visit the Countdown to Halloween blog. This is your official countdown headquarters where you’ll find the ultimate list of blogs celebrating the holiday of Halloween.

Be sure to stick around ‘cause we’re going to have a hot time in the old town this month!

---CONTEST TIME---

Enter the second Monster Head Races contest for a chance to win a prize! Last year’s race was a roaring success and Mole Man was crowned the Monster Head Races champion. Mole Man is back to defend his title and race against a whole new batch of horrible heads.


Since this will be the first Halloween without Forrest J Ackerman and to pay tribute to Forry, this year’s prize for the Monster Head Races will be a signed issue of Famous Monsters. From 1966 is issue #42 with the exciting Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman cover by Ron Cobb.


I witnessed the Ackermonster sign his name on the lower left corner of this issue during the 1996 Science Fiction convention, Archon 20 in Collinsville, Illinois.


If you would like a chance to win this monster of a prize, go “head” on over to Weird Hollow and pick the monster head that you think will win the tournament. Everyone is invited to enter the contest. Don’t delay, ‘cause you only have until Oct. 5 11:59 p.m. to enter. Then watch the races all month on Weird Hollow every Tuesday and Thursday to see what monster head will be this year's champion!

Ghoul Luck!