As with anything else, my house is the last thing to get attention when setting up for Halloween. We threw this together in about 3 hours and built the FCG from scratch because for some reason, my old one is missing.
 
This is my first Halloween in this house and I always try to break my [...]

Thanks for everyone coming out to make Poplar grove Plantation’s Haunted House and Hayride a success and so much fun to put on. We’re done for the year but be sure to check back with us well before the start of the 2010 season. Perhaps you could be one of the minions? Plans are already [...]

Our monsters did Poplar Grove’s Haunted Hayride and house proud! I have a bunch of photos to look at but we are looking for more. If you took a picture of any of us, please email it to us and we will be more than happy to add it to the collection!
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We had a good first weekend, albeit a bit chilly. The average temperature was 45 degrees. Not freezing by any standard, but for Wilmington, North Carolina in October, its down right cold.
 
People came out in droves, despite the weather and had a really good time. Here are some of the pictures we took while getting [...]

Thanks for everyone coming out to make Poplar grove Plantations Haunted House and Hayride a success for the first week. I took some short clips of the hayride and put them in a 40 second web commercial. Im not giving away any secrets in the film; so dont worry about it being a spoiler for [...]

Ok… there has been a lot going on the past few weeks and we have not had time to make a new commercial for the Poplar Grove Halloween Festival, however, I have been meaning to assemble some of the ‘not so good’ takes we did on the shoot. I had a lot more than this [...]

I met with Foz and Tina from the S morning show on Z107.5 in Wilmington, NC to talk about the Poplar Grove Halloween Festival this morning just after 7am. Not only are the energetic on the radio, they are positively ‘tweakin’ in person, on and Off the air. The were a lot of fun and [...]

So Horrorfind is six days away and I have both rough drafts of my seminars. I feel pretty good about both of them, I just have to get the timing down and find a way to keep everyone interested and amused for 40 minutes clips. I also have to make sure my stage combat partner [...]

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OK, I was going to wait a few days before putting this up, but it just Makes me giggle. Jeanne was gracious enough to let us poke fun and Hatfield made his own unique ‘contribution’ to his character. (Can you guess where?)
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Poplar Grove Plantation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to preservation, education and service to [...]

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I’ll be going to Maryland to speak on two subjects at a Horrorfind.com national convention on September 25 through 27 2009.
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Here are my topics:
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Friday Night at 7:00PM:
“Haunted Hayride Basics:”
Do you have 60 acres of land and a tractor and not a thing to do this October? Well you are already running late! Your first haunted [...]