Goodbye to a Ghoulie Girl

Where, oh where, have the Ghoulie Girls gone? Like the mist fading from the cemetery grounds it would seem they have vanished with the dawn.

Pfffft!

It's been over a year. Did the passion for Halloween burn out?
Nope.

Did the ghouls get into a fight and find themselves in a heated court battle for the rights to the site?
Uh - no.

Well, what's the 411?
Simple, really. It's called life.

There are some changes coming and we'll be back. Well, one of us will be. The name will remain the same but there will be, for a while anyway, only one ghoul behind the scenes.

Tracy has experienced some significant life changes and is moving in another direction. I love her dearly and wish her all the best.

I hope to bring in another Ghoulie to give the blog a bit more bite! I have someone in mind but she doesn't know it. I must craft my approach carefully. Yes, sneaky and underhanded maneuvers will be required. Mwahahahah!

Now - enough of the sap. Onto the business of haunting!

In the News....

Stolloween recently completed his Boris the Troll project for Midland, Michigan’s 2011 Downtown Sculpture Series. This is a must see!

The Mad Lab is back up and running with TWO brand new contests for the haunt prop builder. Plus two very cool prizes. Worth checking out!

Free at last! Free at last! HauntCast is free again. That's right ghoulies. You can once again listen to the hauntalious crew podcast without a subsciption. But hey - don't be cheap! Support their sponsors so we can keep this thing going!

Home Haunt News rises from the abyss and will be launching a new edition on July 15. They are currently looking for submissions so if you've got something good to offer hit them up!

On a final note - As I was attempting to help a fellow haunter run down a prop how-to I stumbled across this:

The French Design Studio, Pool, recently debuted this plastic skull chair. Now tell me, what could be better than sitting in one of these watching the kiddos splash around in the pool? Love it!

The Mad Lab

MIA the past few days but I have a good reason for it. You see I have a personality disorder. Some would argue that's not my only problem but I digress.

Here you know me as one half of the Ghoulie Girls but some would better recognize me by my alter ego Jekyll and Hyde. Wait, that makes what? Three personalities in all right? Ah well, who's counting.

Anywho, I haunt various Halloween sites on the web under the J&H moniker. One place in particular is the haunting social network HauntSpace. I've been a member there since 2006 and have found it to be a great place to gather all sorts of inspiration and information regarding Halloween.

In August 2007 I thought it would be fun to host a prop building contest and The Mad Lab was born. The concept is simple. Every month a standard everyday object (aka SEI) is chosen and contestants build a prop using that item. At the end of each contest a winner is selected via popular vote and a prize is awarded. Anyone can enter to win and anyone can vote. (Hey, what can I say, I'm an equal opportunity haunter.)

Today The Mad Lab launched it's own site so now you can participate through either venue.

So, grab your glue gun, monster mud and duck tape and head over the Lab. We'll be waiting for you.....