What a Weird Week Halloween Special 2023: Weird-o-ween!© Fri Oct 27, 2023

Hi Friends, I'm Scott. Welcome to our What a Weird Week Halloween Special! Usually we have a Top Ten Countdown of weird news, but this episode is weird Halloween stuff. Link: https://www.shownotes.page Now, Our Halloweird for Season 4, Episode 57 first published on Friday Oct. 27, 2023... ❿ Halloween costumes that will be popular this year... For 2023, Google Frightgeist says the Top Three costumes are 1) Barbie, 2) Princess, 3) Spider-Man ❾ 83% of people surveyed said they had some kind of paranormal activity in their home ❽ a quick and careful look at Ouija Boards... Steer clear of those things you guys! ❼ Some tips on Candy Hangovers... ❻ Most Popular Pet Halloween Costumes... ❺ Followup... In June we talked about the Ohio lady who made news for refusing to remove a nine foot tall werewolf statue... ❹ Followup... We had a pretty fantastic Halloweenish story the other day when that Chucky Doll was placed in handcuffs, arrested, and booked for crimes in Mexico... ❸ Redux... Steve from Missouri broke the Guinness World Record for longest journey by pumpkin boat! ❷ Followup... A few episodes ago we talked about that Big Ol' Pumpkin that broke the world record... over a ton! ❶ Headline from @GWR "Farm celebrates Halloween with giant Jack Skellington pumpkin mosaic" Bonus... Most people dressed in certain costume... largest group of zombies was 15458 zombies... scarecrows was 2495... then there were the 2018 skeletons... Fastest pumpkin carving record belongs to Stephen Clarke who carved one regulation size pumpkin in 9.4 seconds... most pumpkins smashed in a minute is 52! the National Retail Federation says spending for Halloween 2023 will surpass pre-pandemic numbers... we'll spend $12.2 billion on Halloween this year. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BE SAFE!! shownotes at ⁠https://www.shownotes.page⁠