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Hello!  If you’ve noticed a lack of blog posts lately, it’s because I was out of town, but I am back now and you can expect new posts every Monday and Friday as usual! 

In fact, this Monday I will have a very exciting interview with everyone’s favourite haunter, Kathy Sheife….Shief….Schiefer, um Kathy!  If you don’t know who she is, you will come Monday!  Really though, if you are a fellow haunter, you HAVE to know who she is, even if you can’t spell her last name!

As for an update on props for this year, that will come soon.  However, if you look to your right, you will notice that there are only 64 days left!!!!  I better get to the dungeon and finish some things!  I also want to quickly point out that Shopper’s Drugmart already has their Halloween candy out!  It’s almost here!

Now on to today’s blog post:  Haunt clubs.

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I am a member of the OHC.  This is the Ontario Haunters Club.  It’s a website, a forum, and even a monthly get together to meet up with some of Ontario’s finest haunters.  Victoria Wolf, founder of the club, is a super nice lady and all the members are really helpful when I get stuck on how to do something.  I don’t really go to the meet-ups, but I do chat with a lot of the members online and I find them to be a valuable resource. 

If you’re just starting out as a haunter or have been doing it for years, local clubs are a great way to meet fellow enthusiasts.  So, no matter where you live, if you are a member of a local haunters club, post below in the comments and let’s get the word out about all the clubs!

And don’t forget to check back on Monday for my interview with Kathy Schieferstein!  Look Ma, I did it, I think.

Hello and happy Friday the 13th!  This is going to be a very quick post.  I just wanted to let you know that Haunt on the Hill will be taking a short break next week and the following Monday while we are away on vacation, but fear not because we have some very exciting news to share with you upon our return.  In the meantime, why not join in the conversation on candy from last Monday’s post?  Lots of people have commented and you should too!

And a big thanks to all our new Twitter followers!

Rachel “Wednesday Addams” Brown

Hallowindow in action!

Today is full of greatness!  Or weirdness, either way it’s a good day at the haunt!  First I thought you should know that there are two more parts in my series on projection haunting still to come!  The first was last Friday’s interview with Hallowindow, the second will be on Monday when we take a look at The Bates Haunt and lastly, next Friday we talk to Andrew Grant of Scaremation.  So much projectiony goodness!

Now what’s been going on with Haunt on the Hill you ask?  You didn’t ask?  Well I’m telling you anyway!  I’ve been hard at work on props for this coming Halloween and have decided that you deserve a sneak peak at one that I am especially proud of. 

As any past visitor to the haunt can attest, we have never had an opening/closing coffin, although we have attempted to for the past five or so years.  Something always seemed to go wrong or break at the last minute, but I did not give up!  I got my hands on a MonsterGuts motor and set to work on the coffin.  It’s not done yet, some tinkering still needs doing and a good ole monster hand needs to be fabricated and attached, but otherwise, it’s working like a charm. 

Here is a video I took using my iPhone:

I’ll have more sneak peaks on props in the works over the next little while,  so keep checking back.  In the meantime, I must remind you all that I am looking for sponsors to help raise money for charity.  If you know of a company or business that would like to help out, please use the contact form on this site to get in touch with me.  Also, if you have a website, store, product, home haunt, etc… that you would like me to discuss on this site, drop me a line and we’ll talk.  I’ve already been receiving lots of emails from people, but would love to hear more from my fellow haunters!

Fangs for everything,
Rachel

Hello all.  Your friendly neighbourhood haunter here with exciting news!  Every Monday and Friday are new content days here at the site.  Come back on these days to read up on  the latest and greatest.  If you have any ideas of things you would like to hear about, be it Haunt on the Hill, another great home haunt, products, stores, etc… let me know and I’ll look into it.

Next on the taking care of business end, I would like to inform you all that as of this past June 28th, I became officially one year closer to death and while I have never been certain why we celebrate such a ridiculous thing, I do partake in the presents that come along with it.   Therefore I  thought you should all know that while I loved the dress my mom bought me, I loved the Ryobi circular saw even more!  Thanks to my parents for throwing caution to the wind and buying me power tools!  I also have a new shop vac, but more on that later.

And now, without further ado, here is the list! Read the rest of this entry »