Halloween Tricks & Treats
Fall is here and it’s here with a vengeance. Great weather has finally came our way in the great state of Oklahoma. Fall and the cooler weather means one thing.. Halloween!!
Halloween is a busy time of year for paranormal researchers. There are a lot of events taking place. Tours and ghostly walks are popping up every time we open the newspaper or a local magazine. Halloween is almost here! For some teams, Halloween is busy mainly because they feel it’s an opportunity to “get their names out there” to the general public while others are attending speaking engagements, sharing their ghostly tales from across the state.
No matter what kind of team it is, it is still a very busy season.
The days of getting on the local news broadcast, attempting to convince the general public that what we do is “scientific” and “legitimate” are over (for me & my team). Why? Because it’s HALLOWEEN! Some teams may not understand this, but Halloween is not the best time of the year to “get their names out there” as some hard core scientific research group. No matter how hard they try, the local news stations will always play the spooky music as an intro, or say “who ya gonna call” or the best of them all, having a snickering news anchor follow up your “scientific” investigation footage with a comment like “I bet she DOES see dead people”. There is a trick to Halloween media, it’s still ignored by thousands of teams across the nation that are oh so serious with what they do. What is the trick? Have fun! It’s Halloween! Nobody is going to take you serious this time of year, people should just stop trying. Teams that do fun, adventurous segments, those are the teams remembered. The smiles, and the raised eyebrows are already there, so the snarky remarks and howling moon music they play, well, it won’t appear as you just got “owned” by an anchor.That’s the best treat of all! Getting a teams name out? Well, that’s important yes, but Halloween is the worst time of the year to do that. Why? After Halloween, the teams name, what they offered as “science” and the evidence and effort they put forth, well, it’s going to be replaced with the Holiday Season. Those teams hard work had just been replaced with Thanksgiving turkey and Christmas shopping! All that “hard work” has just went to pot! Just tell the story of the haunt, no need to make a big fool out of yourself while you do it! So, I invite you to watch local teams show up on the local news stations and I challenge you to see how hard they try to be “official” this time of year! Watching these teams, well that’s another treat all by itself!
Fun- This is the best time of the year for families. It allows adults to behave like children and children to get away with eating way too much candy and well, behaving like little monsters, literally. This time of year allows people to feel more comfortable taking about their “ghostly visitors”, so in turn, it may open up some potential investigation locations, but that’s about it.
Ghostly fun! My team just conducted an investigation at one of Oklahoma City’s well known travel and adventure locations. I will post the results of our findings before the end of next week, just in time for Halloween!
So, I will have many blogs up this month!
Until then, here are a few events I will be speaking at! Time to gear up for Halloween!
County Line Restaurant- October 10th & 17th. Reservation only. BBQ & Banshee’s dinner and ghost hunt. www.ghouli.org for details. Seating is limited!
Moore Public Library- Teen’s go Beyond series! I will have a paranormal research lecutre for teens, and even adults on October 19th.
TapWerks- Bricktown OKC- Sometime this October!
October 23rd- Chisholm Trail Book Festival
Enid Oklahoma Public Library- AM lecture- October 10th.
Just to name a few!
Stay tuned for our investigative report of one of Oklahomas biggest and most fun attractions! You will be suprised with what we discovered!!!
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Comments
I like Skittles best. But the good old standby Butterfinger rocks too. Even better – apples with razor blades mmmmmm.
Excellent blog, Tonya! As investigators, most of us have families that should come first. I want my kids to experience and love Halloween just like I did as a kid. I don’t want them thinking that Halloween is Mommy’s busy time.
This article was brilliant. My team and I have been asked by another group to speak at an engagement that will have members of the press for halloween and I just can’t bring myself to do it. If it were for fun….maybe but not for recognition. It’s hard enough as it is now to be taken seriously in this field.
GREAT article!!
Why do some people not understand that what the media wants is for you to perform for them this time of year. All that comes to mind is the organ grinder and the monkey. What we do is a hobby and the majority of the groups out there are clubs not educational entities. For the most part all they are doing is regurgitating what they have heard someone else say. This is not a seasonal hobby and those who only do things during the Halloween season are only out for themselves.
I think all that you said is very true. Its great that you put that kind of information out for the public eye. Way to go girl!!!!!!!!!! =0)
Tonya, that was very well said… OUTSTANDING!!! It is always and inspiration to read your articles and to observe professionalism at its finest.
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You have seiously hit the nail on the head! From Oct.1-Nov. 1, the talking heads of local news have their check firmly planted in their cheek. Events or groups at this time of year are the equivilant of the “Kick Me” sign slammed on that certain kid in school. Enjoy the holiday, dress up, play, and maybe help out the community through civic projects – but save the serious PR for later.