Bat Brain and A Howl-lowing Thank you! #countdowntoHalloween2026

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You all are the best! Seriously! I had so many comments of welcoming back to the Crypt that it made my heart HOWLLLL. I seriously love you pumpkin, blood and guts, orange, monster, candy eating people! 

Time is broom flying over here in the UK. Did I mention I am here for a little bit? Anyway, there is a town nearby where they have their own resident witch and everything there is witchy. The odd thing is, they also tried to oust her at one point. Hmm...this sounds like a post to my own personal blog. Stay tuned for that.

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Where was I going with this? Oh the cobwebs in this bat brain of mine! UGh! Oh well, carry on my dear Halloween enthusiast. Tomorrow is day 10 with all new delights. I shall be around to see some of you.

NOTE: Dex did see some notices that links to some blogs were not working. Please check out your links and make sure they are. If not, post in comments and Dex will fix them pronto!

Happy Hauntings!

~Crypt Keeper, Michelle

PS> My friend, and guest host here in the UK brought me Twix today! She knows I like them. Ah, good friends like that in this crypt are keepers!

Happy October!

 

We made it!

It's "officially" Spooky Season!

Sign ups for the Blog-Along are closed but you can still sign up by emailing me at Dex1139(at)gmail.com.

Have a great season and don't forget to drop in on your fellow Cryptkeepers! 

2026 Countdown Badges

Flesh off the presses, the 2026 Countdown badges have arrived courtesy of dark artist Chad Savage.

 

So far we've only had about 30 folks sign up so if you know anyone that might want to join in our little internet block party, send em this way! I'm updating the 2026 Cryptkeeper list over on the right as people sign up. 

 

UPDATE To make sure everyone sees it: I update the Cryptkeeper list on weekends. If you sign up during the week and don't see your blog, check back on the following Monday. If it's still not there, let me know. 

 

As I'm working on my own Countdown stuff today, I'm rockin out to some heavy metal horror in the shape of Van Helsing's Curse: Oculus Infernum narrated by Dee Snider.

 

2026 Countdown

Sixty days to go and the Spirit stores are wide open! 

Sign ups are available over on the right.

 

As always, I'm looking for a volunteer, or two, to conjure up the blogger badges for this year. We typically have around 4-6 every year so even if you only want to contribute two, it's a big help!

 

I know a lot of us have our own Halloween traditions throughout the spooky season but is there anything you do to "officially" kick things off every year? For me, the first piece of macabre media I consume is The Story and Song from the Haunted Mansion album (Disney, 1969) starring lil' Ronny Howard. Join me, won't you?