Halloween & Day of the Dead: Web Sites

A good source for Halloween recipes, includes how to properly use dry ice.

"The Society was formed in October 1973 by Bernard Davies and Bruce Wightman, to cater for lovers of the Vampire and his Kind - werewolves, mummies, mad scientists, and all the other monsters spawned by the Gothic genre - and specifically to enable members to meet and travel to regions such as Transylvania, which had scarcely been touched by package tours at the time of the Society's formation." The Society notes that it " is not concerned with psychic research or occult ceremony of any kind."

Information and photographs of the Village's famous Halloween parade.

Includes pumpkin carving tips, video, information on how Halloween is celebrated around the world, historic haunted locations, a list of superstitions, and links to information on other holidays.

"Haunted Happenings" is Salem's annual Halloween celebration. The site offers information on the Salem Witch Trials and related historic sites.

Facts and statistics on trick-or-treaters and other things Hallween and includes place names in the U.S. relevant to the holiday (such as Transylvania County, North Carolina and Tombstone, Arizona).

"Samhain is one of the major festivals of the Wheel of the Year, for many Pagans the most important festival of all. It is the third and final harvest festival of nuts and berries and a fire festival. All the harvest is in, all is complete, it is the end of the cycle of birth and growth, it is the point of death. The seeds of the harvest have fallen deep into the dark earth, they are unseen, dormant, and thus apparently lifeless."