Ghoulish Days


So, you want to be able to celebrate Halloween every day? Well, you almost can! Over the years, I've collected a number of spooky dates to celebrate and honor. Sometimes it's just by raising my glass in a toast or lighting a candle and, occasionally, I make the effort to gather people for a small party. The dark side of life and death should be looked at honestly, sometimes humorously, and acknowledged as part of life's cycle- not with reverence necessarily, but with respect. I hope you find this spooky calendar as a way to toast life. Please note that this is a work-in-progress.

P.S. I prefer to mark death dates rather than birth dates because remembering someone's death lets me honor their life's work.

P.P.S While you won't find murders here (except those surrounding Lizzie Borden), I do include witch trials because the women and men tried for witchcraft should be remembered as being falsely accused and a warning to not believe everything you hear (or read.)

January

February

March

April

May

  • 1 Beltane
  • 3 National Paranormal Day
  • 4 Alice goes down the rabbit hole in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • 5 Jonathan Harker meets Dracula in Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • 9 (1968) Marion Lorne Death Anniversary (Aunt Clara on Bewitched) (Actor)
  • 9 (1980) 1st Friday the 13th (franchise) film release
  • 11 My Birthday! (I'm afraid I won't be able to update with my death date)
  • 11 (1983) Zenna Henderson Death Anniversary (Author)
  • 12 (2014) Hans Ruedi (H.R.) Giger Death Anniversary (Artist)
  • 13 (2014) Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart Death Anniversary (Author and Priestess)
  • 14 (1878) Last Witchcraft Trial Held in the United States in Salem, MA
  • 16 (1985) Margaret Hamilton Death Anniversary (Wicked Witch in the Wizaard of Oz) (Actor)
  • 17 (1900) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is Published
  • 18 (1995) Elizabeth Montgomery Death Anniversary (Samantha on Bewitched) (Actor)
  • 19 (1780) New England's Dark Day
  • 22 World Goth Day
  • 23 (1980) The Shining film U.S. release date
  • 24 (2015) Tanith Lee Death Anniversary (Author)
  • 26 (1647) Alse Young of Windsor, CT was hanged for witchcraft in Hartford, CT (thought to be the first person convicted of witchcraft in the United States)
  • 26 (1897) Dracula by Bram Stoker Published
  • 26 World Dracula Day
  • 30 (1984) Eli Colter Death Anniversary (Author)

June

July

August

September

October

November

December



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