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Surrealism, Halloween and a... barking spider?

12:39 PM Thu, Oct 18, 2007 |
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Jacek Yerka, The Walking Lesson

Surreal and prolific: Fascinating Worlds of Jacek Yerka at Dark Roasted Blend. More at Yerka's site.


Locally surreal: Today's Lifebeat section is full of Halloween -- things to do in the real world, especially if you're in Rhode Island.

Here are some spooky things to browse on the Web that aren't on everybody's route:


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The Museum of Supernatural History is divided into a number of departments, each of which focuses on a magical, malefic or fantastical area of study. Each haunted antique (hauntique) is a gateway between two worlds. Individuals known as 'sensitives' are the key that can open these gateways. Of course, activating certain artefacts in the collection entails a risk of triggering a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions.

The Haunted Museum: Ghosts of the Prairie's Chronicle of Ghost Research, from the Heyday of Spiritualism to the Modern Era.

How the Irish invented Hallowe'en


Poppycock! Balderdash! Cold water! The Skeptiseum: The skeptical museum of the paranormal.


And a ringer...

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