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Creepy Japanese Things, Halloween 2014 Edition
My friend Robert, who is originally from the Iron Range and went to UMD, has lived in Japan for over a decade. He lives the costume, sci-fi loving, geek dream! Although not too creepy, I thought this...
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Halloween Banners
Time to send ’em in. Your creepy, comical, kooky Halloween banner photos, those long skinny photos at the top of the page. Click here for complete submission guidelines, but the basics are: 1135...
View ArticlePDD Video Lab: Halloween Edition
Happy Halloween, PDDers. Press play on the video above and select your favorite soundtrack below. And don’t forget, we’re looking for your Halloween banners. Send them to banners@perfectduluthday.com...
View ArticleScary Duluth Basements
There are so many potentially creepy houses in Duluth, especially along Greysolon Road. Aren’t you just dying to know what’s in the basement? Could be catacombs of dead people you weren’t aware of, or...
View ArticleHalloween Demon Interview
x http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmHs0sTQWaU I got to sit down in the new Kirby Student Lounge with the Duluth Demon early Halloween morning. He showed up in full costume, including his usual mask, a...
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For Your Halloween Listening Pleasure
Listen to Wolf Blood Wolf Blood rocked the CDs off the shelf on KUMD’s “The Local” last night. Listen to their performance/interview with DJ E on the Local podcast. The post For Your Halloween...
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Home dressed as the White house for Halloween
Be wary of any loose wall outlets, and don’t mind the smell of gasoline in the carpet. My wife and I decided to turn our front window into a Breaking Bad themed display so our house could dress up for...
View ArticleDo you remember Fox Night?
In Great Britain, Nov. 4 is Fawkes Night, but in Duluth in the 1970s and ’80s, the night before Halloween was “Fox Night.” It was a warm-up for Halloween, with no costumes and no candy — instead it...
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Halloween Banner Contest winner
The winner of the PDD Halloween Banner Contest of 2014 is Mark Ryan with this entry. Honorable mention goes out to the submissions below. Thanks to everyone who sent photos, all of the submissions are...
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Last Boo on Grandview
This is the last year the house on Grandview in the Chester Park area will be haunted. After 25 years, that’s sad, but thanks to the owners for such good times. Glad it was your house and not mine....
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PDD Halloween Banners
Got any spooky, silly or stupid Halloween photos you’d like to share with the world? It’s time for our annual call for Halloween banners for the top of the page. Keep in mind, the photos get cropped...
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Call for Halloween Banners
We want to see your Halloween photos at the top of this page as banners. Keep in mind the hauntingly horizontal format, it can be tricky to work with, but a treat when it works well. Sorry, that was...
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Halloween Banners
Time to go back one year and look through your pictures on your phone. We want to see your creepy, comical, kooky Halloween photos, we’ll add them to the banner rotation – those long skinny photos at...
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Lizzie Naganab’s Glowing Grave
The “old” cemetery off Reservation Road northwest of Cloquet. This book sparked a search into a Cloquet mystery from 87 years ago. I’m not sure how I acquired the book, but there it sat, on the...
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Ripped at the Boogieman Project in 1999
[Editor’s note: Before the NorShor Theatre became a spiffed up Duluth Playhouse venue it hosted a variety of concerts and parties, such as the annual Boogieman Project at Halloween time. For this...
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Countdown to Halloween: International Paranormal Society
Gloria Doescher (left) shows Chris Julien (center) and Adrian Lee a photo of what her thermal imaging camera picked up during one of the vigils at Fairlawn Mansion and Museum in Superior. The three...
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Countdown to Halloween: Lady Ocalat’s Paranormal Investigations
I’ve been to Lady Ocalat’s Emporium once, to buy some fake dove blood for purposes of writing with my new fountain pen. I don’t know entirely the relationship between the tarot reading services and...
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Countdown to Halloween: Twin Ports Paranormal Society
The Twin Ports Paranormal Society will “investigate the paranormal for people in need of help at no charge. Confidentiality will be respected.” The TPPS can be found on Facebook. But the real jam is...
View ArticleCountdown to Halloween: Nopeming
https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/nopeming-sanatorium-preview-0229492 Nopeming has a special place in the paranormal of Duluth. The Travel Channel sent a team in 2015, as featured in the link...
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Halloween Banners
Got a great costume this year, or been to a good Halloween party already? We want to see your creepy, comical, kooky Halloween photos. And we’d love to add them to the banner rotation — the long...
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Countdown to Halloween: Duluth Paranormal Society
The Duluth Paranormal Society has been featured in the Duluth News Tribune. Most interesting is its research into Sir Benedict’s Tavern on the Lake. The DNT article includes links to other resources:...
View ArticleThe Slice: Haunted Ridge
The Haunted Shack has been bringing the scare to northern Minnesota for 26 years. The year’s spookenings are at Ru-Ridge Corn Maze in Carlton, about 10 miles southwestish of Duluth. In its series The...
View ArticleZombie self defense at UMD
What better place to find big juicy brains to feast on than an institute of higher learning. UMD Chief Information Officer, Jason Davis, explains how to defend against a zombie attack using principles...
View ArticleVideo Archive: WDIO-TV Halloween Weather Report
From the haunted film vault comes this 1970s clip featuring WDIO-TV weatherman Jack McKenna, two mice and Dracula. Also featured at the end are anchorman Dennis Anderson and sportscaster Bill Stefl....
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Halloween Banners
Got some photos of awesome Halloween memories? Want to share them with the PDD ghouls and goblins? Send them our way, we will add them to the banner rotation — the long skinny photos at the top of the...
View ArticleThe Slice: Spooky Scenes at Two Harbors Lighthouse
The Lighthouse at Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast in Two Harbors gets a little eerie on stormy days near Halloween. In its series The Slice, WDSE-TV presents short “slices of life” that capture the...
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Halloween spookiness awaits at the Icebox Radio Theater
Recently, a post appeared on my Facebook feed announcing the Halloween season of the Icebox Radio Theater in a creepy way. Jeff Adams, artistic director of the community theatre company that records...
View ArticleThe Slice: Touring Spooky Halloween Homes
Pumpkins, witches, lights and ghouls adorn lawns and houses in the Duluth area decorated in the spirit of Halloween. In its series The Slice, WDSE-TV presents short “slices of life” that capture the...
View ArticleSteve’s Overpopulated One-man Band –“Ranger Things”
Straight from the Iron Range comes this Halloween medley by Steve Solkela. The music was recorded at Kaleva Hall in Virginia. The medley includes: “Ranger Things Parody,” “Ghost of John,” “Play that...
View ArticleSpooked in Duluth
Oopsy Annie tells spooky tales from her recent visit to Duluth — featuring ghostly tales from Fitger’s, Old Central and Glensheen. The second video doesn’t maintain the “spooky” theme, but does delve...
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PDD Quiz: Halloween Happenings 2022
Get your spooky on with this week’s quiz about upcoming Halloween events! For more seasonal hijinks, check out the Halloween filter on the PDD calendar. The next PDD quiz will review this month’s...
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Philip Blackburn’s Ghostly Psalms
I hadn’t heard of Philip Blackburn until I found this recording online. Blackburn “was born in Cambridge, England, and studied music there as a Choral Scholar at Clare College (BA, MA). He earned his...
View ArticlePeople are Strange
For your Halloween viewing pleasure, a video montage of retro creatures, compiled by Duluth’s Jean Kirwan and set to the Doors’ “People are Strange.” The post People are Strange appeared first on...
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PDD Quiz: Halloween Happenings 2023
This week’s quiz previews area Halloween hijinks. For even more spooky events, check out the Halloween category on the PDD event calendar. A current events PDD quiz comes your way on Oct. 29. Submit...
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Spookin’ at the Irvin: An Inside Look at the Duluth Haunted Ship
All photos by Erik Poffenberger Most Duluthians can say they have taken the Duluth Haunted Ship tour, but how many have been on the other side? Every year this haunted attraction reaches out to invite...
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