Krispy Kreme® Halloween Doughnuts for a Limited Time!

If it is one weakness the Mortician gets while in the RFR Morgue Studios it is that delicious taste of HALLOWEEN DONUTS!!!

Krispy Kreme Halloween Tasty Treats

What makes a ghoulishly great Halloween get-together? Fun costumes, friends and family, and fangtastically delicious Halloween treats from Krispy Kreme of course! Krispy Kreme is scaring up some special treats this season with the return of three frighteningly tasty Halloween–themed doughnuts, and a pumpkin spiced fall favorite. The Krispy Skremes! jack-o-lantern, chocolate iced w/Halloween sprinkles, spider web and pumpkin spice cake doughnuts are available for a limited time only in Krispy Kreme U.S. and Canadian Shops.

“Pair one of our wickedly tasty Halloween and yummy pumpkin spice doughnuts with a cup of our delicious new coffee brew for a sweet end to a frightful evening of Halloween fun,” explains Ron Rupocinski, Krispy Kreme’s Corporate Chef. “Get tips and tricks on how to add Krispy Skremes! games and doughnuts to your next Halloween gathering at KrispySkremes.com.”

You could win one of five Spook-Tacular prize packs when you enter your fun, spooky, or boo-tiful Halloween Family Photo into the Krispy Skremes! Halloween Family Photo Contest. Visit www.KrispySkremes.com for contest rules and entry details. No purchase necessary to enter or win.

The jack-o-lantern, spider web, and Halloween sprinkles doughnuts are available through October 31. The pumpkin spice doughnut vanishes on November 27.

Krispy Kreme's Halloween Delights

Jack-o-Lantern Doughnut: A pumpkin-shaped doughnut wearing a mask of orange icing and a jack-o-lantern face.

Chocolate Iced with Halloween Sprinkles Doughnut: A festive orange and black sprinkled doughnut.

Spider Web Doughnut: A chocolate-iced doughnut with Kreme® filling caught in a tasty web of white icing.

Pumpkin Spice Doughnut: An old-fashioned cake doughnut made with pumpkin flavors and spices and finished with Krispy Kreme’s Original Glaze®.

Krispy Kreme Halloween doughnut assortments are also available October 26-October 31 at participating grocery stores. Visit www.krispykreme.com for locations.

For updates on special promotions, exclusive offers and local events, join “Friends of Krispy Kreme” by visiting www.KrispyKreme.com

Seasonal Films – “The Devil-Doll” – 1936 (100 years of Horror)

by: RFR Casket Crew Jigsaw Jim

The Devil Doll (1936)

Greetings Film Fiends and Deadites,

What can I say about this film, a cross-dressing Lionel Barrymore??? MGM’s “The Devil-Doll” directed by Tod Browning (of course) and starring Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O’Sullivan and Frank Lawton. This pseudo-sci-fi movie tells the story of a man who was falsely accused of murder, escapes Devil’s Island with a scientist, and with the scientist’s formula, clears his name by shrinking people. This is an early predecessor of the movie Dr. Cyclops. Available on Netflix’s Hollywood’s Legends of Horror.

American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #2

by: RFR Casket Crew Denise

American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #2

Vampire hunters Cash McCogan and Felicia Book get shot down over the mountains of Romania and find themselves trapped in the Nazi-occupied country. And as if these monsters weren’t difficult enough to contend with, they also need to worry about the vampires that stalk the night.

Do you remember this series? Well, I do and I’m still faithfully following it. However, instead of Sheriff Book, we follow special agent Felicia Book, his daughter. And she’s haunted by Sheriff Book’s old nemesis Skinner Sweet. Is Sweet still kicking around? Not sure, but his presence is still felt.

This time or this era, Felicia is not only facing vampires but maybe a more evil force – Nazis. And what’s worse – Nazis vampires.

Along with her partner, Cash McCogan, Felicia is on her way to rescue a scientist from the Nazis when their plane is shot down in Romania. Posing as American sympathizers, these two manage to get their destination in one piece. They meet the scientist they were sent to rescue but something far worse is waiting for them.

American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #2 was written by Scott Snyder and drawn by Sean Murphy. It is published by Vertigo.

Disney Family’s Website Offers Family Halloween Fun This Season

Parents can create their own Disney magic at home this year with 31 days of Disney-inspired Halloween crafts, decorations, treats, homemade costumes and more, now available on Disney Family.com. Featured on the site are easy recipes and simple craft instructions, as well as printable crafts and decorations based on dozens of beloved Disney characters including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Tinker Bell, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Phineas and Ferb, Jack Skellington, Kermit the Frog, and everyone’s favorite Hitchhiking Ghosts from The Haunted Mansion.

Disney Family Helping Celebrate Halloween

To enjoy a month-long Disney-themed Halloween celebration, Disney Family.com offers hundreds of ideas for dressing up the house in spooktacular fashion. Carve a Disney character pumpkin using free Disney pumpkin carving templates that can be printed right from the site. Twenty templates are offered for characters including Mickey and Friends, Jack Skellington, Tinker Bell, Phineas and Ferb, Perry the Platypus, and the newest Disney Princess, Rapunzel, among others. Other printable crafts include Disney Princess masquerade masks, Haunted Mansion Ghost masks, a Vampire Mickey candy box, Disney party invitations, cupcake toppers and more.

Disney Family.com also features recipes for Disney Halloween treats and spooky snacks including:

Mickey Mummy Cupcakes
Donald’s Candy Corn Cookies
Franken-Goofy Cupcakes
Jack Skellington Cupcakes
Pirate’s Skull Cookies
Jack Skellington Bento Box

For do-it-yourselfers, the site offers instructions to make Disney Halloween costume ideas for the whole family. Directions are also available for homemade Disney Halloween decorations, including a Mickey’s Pumpkin Patch, Tinker Bell Halloween Ghost and Oogie Boogie Monster, to name a few.

To check out all the Disney Halloween fun, visit DisneyFamily.com/Holidays

Maris Farms Haunted Woods Welcomes Jigsaw Jim

by: RFR Casket Crew Jigsaw Jim

Maris Farms Haunted Woods

Greetings Deadities,

I had the pleasure of visiting a great haunted attraction over the weekend in picturesque Buckley, Washington. Rising like something out of “Children of the Corn”, Maris Farms is a  real working dairy farm that every October tranforms into acres and acres of sheer terror. Based on the “crazy farmer in the cornfield” theme, Maris Farm’s Haunted Woods sends guests out into an almost 2 miles journey through a darkened corn maze (that includes lots of “suprises”) and 20 different sets.

Started in 2004 with a small commmunity theatre group, Plateau Community Players, that provided 20 actors for the show and had over 3,000 attendees for their first season. Maris Farm’s Haunted Woods has grown to be one its most popular yearly events, employing 40 – 50 actors and attracting over 16,000 visitors for the season. Taking over 45 minutes to traverse, this is one of the longest haunted attraction I have ever visited.

Maris Farms Haunt Crew

Open all weekends through October including Halloween. Ticket prices are $15 for general admission and $20 for fast pass. Tickets can be purchased on-line or at the farm.

A great big Rotting Flesh Radio thank you to Steve Templeman for all of his assistance and helping to put on one of the best haunted attractions in the pacific Northwest. Highly recommended for all Deadities!

http://www.marisfarmshauntedwoods.com

Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest Offers New Mazes, Scare Zones, Shows and Extended Park Hours Throughout October!

Six Flags Magic Mountain transforms from a “theme park” to a haunted “scream park” for its 19th season of Fright Fest, Southern California’s most thrilling Halloween experience. This season marks the biggest Fright Fest in the park’s history with four new scare zones, three new mazes, two new shows and extended park hours on Fridays and Saturdays.

Six Flag's Magic Mountain FRIGHT FEST

Six Flags Magic Mountain offers 10 more days of terrifying haunted mazes, roaming zombies and spooky shows and is adding a “twisted” element to some of its monster coasters by turning off the lights, leaving riders to face their fears literally in the dark. And, the Fright Fest exclusive that coaster fanatics wait for all year … the transformation of one of the largest, most celebrated coasters in the world … Colossus runs backwards! Running the remaining three frightfully fun weekends, Fright Fest at Magic Mountain leaves no tombstone unturned, bringing guests the ultimate sensory overload for every range of fear. For the little monsters, a Trick or Treat Trail, Kid Scaryoke and Halloween Crafts round out the activities.

The newest and one of the largest mazes in Southern California is “The Aftermath,” where brave souls enter a post-apocalyptic city inhabited by nomad warriors and the dead stalk the living. Also new this year is “Chupacabra,” where guests come face to face with an elusive blood-thirsty creature as it terrorizes the local Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) festival, and “Cursed,” featuring roaming gypsies and werewolves. Returning mazes include the popular “BITE II,” where sexy and sinister werewolves are out for a bite in this nest of the undead; and “Lecter’s Slaughterhouse,” a family-run business specializing in tasty human treats.

Spooktacular shows include hypnotists Chris Maybre and Suzy Haner, who put park guests in compromising scenarios in their hilarious stage show located in Golden Bear Theater, and the new “Off With Your Head,” a Pop/Glam Rock musical spectacular featuring the music of Bon Jovi, Rihanna and Michael Jackson. Additionally, the comical freaks of the new “Dr. Fright’s CarnEvil” perform the hits of Guns n’ Roses, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga in front of DC UNIVERSE, and be sure to dust off your thriller moves and join in the fun as the popular “DJ Demonic” and “gRAVE” return to the same area.

Fright Fest hours at Six Flags Magic Mountain are from 10:30 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays and Monday, October 31.

Six Flags Magic Mountain is located at 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia, north of Los Angeles off Interstate 5 at the Magic Mountain Parkway exit. The Park is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October as well as Monday, October 10. For information call (661) 255-4111 or visit us at sixflags.com for operating days and hours.

For more information on Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Fright Fest, visit: frightfest.sixflags.com/magicmountain

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is the world’s largest regional theme park company with 2010 revenue of nearly $1.0 billion and 19 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Six Flags Over Texas, the company’s flagship location, is celebrating its 50th anniversary season in 2011.

Follow them on Twitter at twitter.com/sixflags
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A Twisted Family Reunion Every Halloween Season

by: RFR Casket Crew Hatter 99

It’s here…Well, it’s here for me at least. Last week I reunited with my morbid “family” for some good old-fashioned pants-peeing fear-mongering. As I settled into my groove and became acquainted with my fellow scareactors, it reminded me of a fundamental reason why I love the industry so much.

Hat ON.

Many of us involved in the haunt industry are not, as some would believe, vampires who sleep all day and stalk all night. Most of us have day jobs (or school responsibilities) during the “normal” waking hours, venues that are rife with politics, cliques, and endless drama. Spending all day, every day, with the same group of people is the ideal incubator for those social diseases that can suck a lot of fun out of life. In the haunt industry, though, I work with my fellow scareactors only a couple of days a week for only one and a half months out of the year. That’s not to say that it completely prohibits the growth of those social parasites; no, they are clearly alive and well, but between the limited hours, the finite season, the various characters we have to play, the masks and makeup and costumes that we wear, and the common goal of scaring the collective pee out of the unsuspecting public, the amount of room for such social barriers to develop diminishes greatly.

Goatman Hollow's Twisted Family (photo: HA Mag)

For the most part, then, we scareactors can enjoy our camaraderie and not worry about how our clothes look, whether our hair is fixed appropriately, if our voice sounds funny, or whether we’re being accepted into the “IT” crowd. As a result, the industry has a remarkable air of acceptance that is noticeably absent in most other facets of society as a whole, and to be able to escape into that alternate reality for a few hours each week is a breath of rotting-fresh air.

Hat OFF.

Charlie Brown and The PEANUTS Gang Joins the National “got milk?” Campaign to Encourage Everyone to Make Chocolate Milk the Official Drink of Their Halloween

Peanuts says "We Got Chocolate Milk for Halloween"

This Halloween, with the help of Charles Schulz’s PEANUTS Gang, the National Milk Mustache “got milk?”® Campaign is encouraging parents to celebrate with the Official Drink of Halloween and treat their little monsters to nutrient-rich lowfat chocolate milk. Chocolate milk is a nutritious treat in disguise – it contains the same essential nutrients found in white milk, with a taste that kids love. Experts agree that most kids need more key nutrients found in milk, and offering chocolate milk is one way to get them to drink more. Studies have shown that kids who drink flavored milk get more of the calcium they need and have better quality diets overall than those who do not drink milk. (1)

“At Halloween and throughout the year, I recommend swapping out sugary soft drinks for nutrient-rich drinks like lowfat milk – whether flavored or white. It has nine essential nutrients growing bodies need – including calcium, vitamin D and potassium, three of the four nutrients of concern for Americans,” says Deborah Mulligan, MD, FAAP, spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

The PEANUTS Cast Dons a ‘Stache

The PEANUTS Halloween-themed Milk Mustache Ad marks the first time in 15 years that all the main characters have appeared together in a US print advertising campaign. The two iconic campaigns have joined forces to remind parents chocolate milk is a great way to give their kids something nutritious around Halloween. The ad also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the Peanuts Halloween animated classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”

“Milk is an important part of a healthy diet for growing children, so PEANUTS is happy to support the iconic ‘got milk?’ campaign,” said Neil Cole, Chairman and CEO of Iconix Brand Group, which owns Peanuts Worldwide.

The ad showcases the beloved PEANUTS characters dressed in their Halloween best with one very important accessory – their chocolate milk mustaches. The print copy reads:

Your Trick. Their Treat. This year, milk is dressing up as the perfect Halloween treat: chocolate milk. Its nine essential nutrients make it delicious and nutritious. Scare some up and make it your official drink of Halloween.

It’s So Good, It’s Scary

At a time when there is often an increased amount of sweets in the house, chocolate milk is one treat that moms can feel good about, and it’s good for your kids. Each 8-oz. serving contains a full bundle of nutrients growing kids need.

“Lowfat chocolate milk provides the same nutrition as white milk,” Mulligan said. “As a substitute for candy and other sweets, it’s a treat you won’t have to trick your kids into liking, and it helps teach children about sensible nutrition choices.”

This Halloween, pick up some lowfat chocolate milk, serve it at your kids’ Halloween bash or create frighteningly fun Halloween-inspired recipes. Visit Facebook.com/MilkMustache to learn more about the benefits of lowfat chocolate milk and how to make it part of your Halloween celebrations and beyond.

Visit Facebook.com/MilkMustache to learn more about the health benefits of lowfat chocolate milk and how make it part of your Halloween and beyond.

The Haunted Tents – Yakima, WA

by: RFR Casket Crew Unknown Scare Actor

The Haunted Tents

Skellington in the Suburbs

by: RFR Casket Crew Claymation Werewolf

And welcome back to Coast-To-Ghost AM, and as always I am your host, Rhett Kahn. All month, we’ve been presenting a series of personal supernatural encounters. Tonight we have the owner of the Terror Trees Haunted Attraction and paranormal investigator Guy Elliot. He is the author of the new true life horror best seller “Mr. Unlucky”. I want to remind everyone that our sponsor tonight is Claymation Brand Werewolves! when you need werewolves fast and you need them to be doughy, cartoonish and un-intimidating! And now, let’s get to our guest.

R: “Hello Guy, how are you?”
GE: “I’m good, Rhett. I’m good and you?”
R: “Always doing great, Guy! And speaking of great; I’ve been reading Mr. Unlucky and it is absolutely riveting and you say that its completely real?”
GE: “Rhett, I swear this entire story is true.”
R: “It’s just that it really is fantastic but please, go on…We’re ready to believe you!”
GE: “Oh, okay. Thanks…Okay, well it all started out on Halloween night…I know that sounds a little bit cliché but it’s the truth. See, I run what they call a haunted hayride. It’s actually a pretty big deal in that part of Kentucky during October! We get about 5,000 customers a night and cover an area stretching across about 3 acres.”
R: “—Wow! That definitely does sound pretty impressive! I think we all enjoy a good haunted house, or in your case hunted hayride.”
GE: “Yeah, I know I do! Anyway, we had just completed a huge night and had even had a live broadcast from Jonathan Johnson and Rabid Badger of Rotting Flesh Radio…It was amazing! So it was about 3 o’clock in the morning and I was walking the entire haunt path, sort of reveling in my triumph you could say. Of course I had my Fisher Price Super Ghost Detector with me as I normally do if I’m out somewhere on my own. It’s an incredibly sophisticated piece of equipment and is sensitive to the wandering lost souls…spirits so ancient that mortal man cannot even name them. It can also play AM and FM radio and the whole thing runs on just two AAA batteries! So anyway; I was just passing the part of our little show we call the Halloween Tree when I heard a funny noise.”

R: “A noise?”
GE: “Yeah…well it sounded a little like a combination of a breaking tree branch and a creaking door. And a door is exactly what it was…There was a door opening right in the trunk of the Halloween Tree. A door in a tree! It was the damnedest thing!”
R: “—But the tree, you said it was part of your haunted attraction?”
GE: “Yeah. It was part of the tour but it was an actual tree. It’s huge! About six feet around and one of the creepiest looking trees you could ever see. We actually rerouted the path so that the customers would have to walk past it….So a door starts to open in this thing and the wind suddenly kicks up and this figure steps out of it…”
R: “A figure…what was it?”
GE: “That’s a good question; a monster?…A ghost?…All I know is it looked like a skellington, I mean skeleton…Super thin, and unnaturally tall. A skull for a head, bone hands and an black pin-striped tuxedo.”
R: “A tuxedo?”
GE: “Haha! Yeah, it was wearing a sort of tuxedo black gothic-ky outfit. I don’t know what it looked like exactly…The whole thing scared the living *expletive* out of me!”
R: “So did you run? Did you get out of there?”
GE: “Hell no! I had to find out what was going on! I mean it’s so rare that a paranormal investigator actually encounters the uh… the paranormal. And to have a haunted experience in an actual haunted house?!. Wow! That’s the kind of stuff they make terrible horror movies about! I had to follow the creature and see where it was going.”
R: “Yes! And maybe keep it from harming anybody?”
GE: “Uhhhhh Yeah…Sure… Protect people. Anyway, I started trailing this guy, this thing and it was acting very weird….It walked through the little bit of field and the highway that separated us from the town that borders our haunt, and to be honest I was having trouble keeping up. It wasn’t that he was necessarily walking quickly but he took huge steps. His legs alone were nearly as tall as me and they were stick thin; it was almost like watching a giant spider walk. So picture this…by this time it was 8 o’clock on a Saturday morning and I’m chasing behind this ten foot tall gigantic stick thin skeleton wearing a tuxedo. Everyone’s out and about doing what you do on a Saturday morning but no one seems to be noticing this craziness…It actually seemed like I was the only person that saw him. So I’m freaking out and he’s walking around like he’s in an amusement park; analyzing everything and acting like he’s never been in the suburbs before! He inspecting storm drains, picking weeds, taking the license plates off of cars.”

R: “Wow! So no one ever saw any of this besides you? That is hard to believe…Not that I would ever call a ghost hunter a liar but you must agree.”
GE: “Rhett, it would seem hard to believe if I hadn’t experienced it for myself. Fortunately for my credibility I was able to gather proof!”
R: “Did you catch the whole thing on video? Amazing!”
GE: “Well not actually on video, Rhett…As you might know; it is strictly against the bylaws of the International Ghost Hunters Association to capture any kind of irrefutable proof like clear video evidence or several respectable witnesses. Although we are allowed to capture blurry photographs or video that clearly shows random static-ky light orbs that look eerily like flashlights. We are also allowed to record audio! Most of the time this audio consists of garbled background noise interlaced with sounds that may or may not be people saying whatever we decide to write on the subtitles.”
R: “And those garbled audio tracks are always very compelling, but I understand you have something even stronger?”
GE: “that’s right, Danny!”
R: “Rhett.”
GE: “That’s right, Rhett…You see a few minutes in to this creature walking around in childlike wonder, it actually began to sing about what it was seeing. I have the whole thing recorded! It gets a little rough in some spots but you can make out most of it.”
R: “And what proof do you have that it was an actual ghost and not just you or someone else singing and recording it?”
GE: “Anyway, Rhett, I would like if I can to play some of the audio recording for you and your listeners.”
R: “Well I’m sure I speak for all of us when I say we would love to hear it.”

—-Begin Audio—

What’s this? What’s this?
There’s pavement everywhere
What’s this?
A shop that cuts your hair
What’s this?
I can’t believe my eyes
I must be **Unintelligible**

What’s this? What’s this?
There’s people cutting grass
What’s this?
The lower middle class

What’s this?
The streets are lined with
Steel and concrete storm-drains
Everybody seems so mundane
Have I possibly gone insane?
What is this?
What’s this?

There are children throwing litter
On someone else’s lawn.
And a place to take your valuables
That you might like to pawn.

There’s people doing taxes.
Though, I don’t know what that means
And I feel down but look around
To see suburban scenes…

Oh, look
What’s this?
They’re hanging yard sale signs, on poles.
Why they’re so poorly made, cardboard!
They’re putting letters in a box?
**static**

Oh look a stand for lemonade, how cute.
Now cops have shut it down.
And why?

They didn’t have a license, but
The cities got to get a cut.
They’ll ticket every car
That’s just a minute past its meter!
This looks grand!
This looks grand!
Oh, can I ever understand?
What’s this?

Oh my, what now?
A swimmer’s hair is green?
Their pool,
Has way to much chlorine!
No weeds, to ruin their perfect front lawns
Or stray leaves to fall and terrorize…
From nature they stay sterilized….
What’s this?

There selling soap door to door
That no one wants to buy.
And no one seems to even chase
That sweaty jogging guy.

I hear the screams of people
Watching sports on their TV’s.
It seems unreal that people place
Their hopes on things like these….

The drab! The plain!
Everything all looks the same!
I’ve never been quite this content!
Who ever could imagine I’d see so much white bread.
I won’t complain but it’s a shame I happen to be dead.

I want it, oh, I want it!
I’ve began to finally see
How unlucky
How unlucky
To be stuck in Halloween
Instead of this…
Planned…community.

—-End Audio—

GE: “So you see, Tim…”
R: “Rhett.”
GE: “So you see, Rhett…It couldn’t possible have been anything but a genuine paranormal experience. How else do you explain the word play and sophisticated rhyme scheme? This sighting has opened my eyes. Ghosts, goblins and everything that I’ve dedicated my life to is real…And all they want is what we already have! So I’ve decided to enjoy the things around me. The simple, the mundane…There is beauty in all of it and it’s time I learned to appreciate it. So I’ve decided to change my life! I’m leaving all of this ghost hunting behind. No more spirits, no more goblins and no more walking around at midnight in abandoned hospitals! From now on, it’s the plain life for me!”
R: “Are you also giving up running the haunt as well?”
GE: “No way! Haunted houses kick ass!”

And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen! A spine tingling tale of a life changing brush with “the other side”. And sadly, that’s all the time we have tonight.

If you’ve enjoyed tonight’s show half as much as I enjoyed bringing it to you, then I’ve enjoyed it twice as much as you have. Until next time, sit back, relax and rot away…and have a nice day!