Season of Shadows Blog

The Encyclopedia Britannica is featuring their Haunted Library series, once again this year. They were kind enough to email me prior to Halloween, as this is an annual feature in October at their blog. Unfortunately, I didn’t have an opportunity to post their link sooner because of my haunt prep. The good news is all of the posts are still archived at their site. Each entry features a different section of domestic and international libraries, as well as a small write up on some of the ghostly phenomena occurring at each location. I was happy to see they had included a haunted library in my neck of the woods (New Mexico) as well.

The picture in this entry is of the A. B. Safford Memorial Library in Cairo, Illinois. Here’s an excerpt from the site regarding paranormal events at the library:

“A ghost nicknamed Toby reportedly hangs out in the special collections room on the second floor of this 1883 building. ‘I’m here a lot of times by myself at night, and I do hear many different sounds like someone walking around upstairs,’ director Monica Smith said. ‘Many times I come back and find the lights on that we turned off in that room. I definitely think there is a presence there.’ Former librarian Louise Ogg and another staffer once saw a ghostly light rise up from behind a desk, pass slowly by her office, and disappear into the book stacks. There used to be a rocking chair in the library that made creaking noises by itself, as if someone were rocking it. ‘You kinda get used to it,’ Smith said.”

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This giveaway has closed. I’d like to thank everyone for entering.

Update 12/18/08: Congratulations to Rose Eckhoff of Orlando, Florida. Rose’s number was drawn as one of the winners. I’m still waiting on the other winner to return my congratulatory email. If they don’t respond by Monday, December 22nd, then I’ll be drawing a new number.

In the spirit of continuing with Halloween and paranormal themed contests – I’m proud to present two great prize packages to be given to two separate winners. The awesome folks at the Travel Channel have been kind enough to present Season of Shadows with two 17 x 11.5 inch autographed Ghost Adventures posters. Both posters have been signed by all three Ghost Adventures investigators: Zak Bagans, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin.

The posters are dark and creepy and feature the show slogan: “Can you handle the Lockdown?” Along with the poster, each winner will receive a Travel Channel notebook and pen, both emblazoned with the network’s trademark insignia. Don’t forget to visit the Ghost Adventures section of the Travel Channel website.

I’d like to thank the Travel Channel, Ben and all the folks at “Room 214” for their generosity in hooking SOS up with these cool prizes.

All my best to everyone who enters!

Please, only one entry per household. Duplicate entries from the same IP will be deleted. This helps to make it fairer for everyone. There’s no catch here, everything is free - including payment of shipping and handling of the Ghost Adventures items - I cover all costs. To be entered, all you have to do is leave a spooky comment (or anything you like) below, signifying your interest.

Depending upon the volume of entries, comments may only be displayed under this post for a short time. As entries grow, I will remove comments from the post to make it easier for visitors to scroll to the comment box and enter.

When leaving a comment, be sure to include your correct email address. Each winner of the Ghost Adventures signed poster and Travel Channel notebook/pen will be contacted through the address that’s registered with their comment. I will never share email addresses, provided by entrants, with any third parties and you’ll never receive unsolicited mail when entering.

The Ghost Adventures contest will end at 11:59 PM (Eastern Time) on December 8th, 2008. All legitimate entries will then be assigned a number. Two numbers will be randomly drawn to determine the winners.

Both winners will then be notified, via the email addresses they provided, no later than December 10th. If one, or both don’t respond (with their shipping information) within a week, then one (or two) more number(s) will be drawn to determine the new winner(s).

If you would like to see your Halloween or paranormal website or business promoted through SOS and you have some great appropriately themed items to distribute, please contact me.