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Vampires, Zombies, Dragons and More – Mythical Creatures We Wish Were Real

Chaz — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:07:35 +0000

We've all heard or read stories about mythical creatures, whether it be from the old Greek stories, or some that are a little more modern. Most, if not all, even inspire little kids to dress up as one for Halloween. Well, what if those mythical creatures were real? Here's a list of mythical creatures we [...]

Funniest Memes of the Week – Hipster Barista, Depressed Cat, and More

Hannah Gutenplan — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:48:00 +0000

The funniest memes of the week are back, and boy do we have some of the funniest memes that ever meme’d for you. Between ‘Intellectual Baby’ and a late Halloween meme, this week is bound to get you laughing. Not only did America re-elect Obama as President this past Tuesday, but multiple states passed important legislation. [...]

Jimmy Kimmel's Halloween Candy Prank Makes Children Cry

Emerald Catron — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:26:26 +0000

Jimmy “Man Who Hates Kids” Kimmel once again asked parents to tell their children that all of their Halloween candy had been eaten. And film it. Since the experiment was so popular last year, Kimmel thought he’d do it again. Fortunately for him, children aren’t cruising YouTube looking for old Jimmy Kimmel videos, so they [...]

Reverse Trick or Treating Prank Takes Candy to the Street

Emerald Catron — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:35:12 +0000

Here’s a nice, friendly Halloween prank. (We promise there’s no Slender Man involved.) A friendly group walked around with candy and a door with a sign on it (advising people to knock, we guess). Once people knocked, they were treated like Trick or Treaters and given candy and compliments. Perhaps the real prank was that [...]

'Pumpktris' Video Game Lets You Play With Your Food

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:41:30 +0000

Allow us to introduce you to perhaps the coolest game ever… Pumpktris! Seriously, somebody created a playable Tetris game inside a jack-o-lantern. If you’ve got time, patience and brilliance on your side, you can too. We don’t know what’s harder: playing the game or figuring out how to pronounce it! Best of all: the stem [...]

Funniest Memes of the Week – Scumbag Sports Fan, Socially Awkward Penguin, and More

Hannah Gutenplan — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:02:07 +0000

The best memes of the week are back, with whole new bunch for you. For all our readers stuck at home because of Hurricane Sandy, we know you need the entertainment. So look no further, we’ve got enough fresh memes to keep you laughing until the lights come back on (well, maybe not that long). [...]

Creepy Halloween 'Slender Man' Prank Is A Hilarious Hit

Emerald Catron — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:21:22 +0000

If you like watching people being frightened, this is the video for you. A man and his cameraman friend set up shop in an alleyway near Chicago's DePaul University. The guy was dressed up like Slender Man, a creepy faceless man/internet meme. His friend wa

Ghostbuster Does Back Flip on Cop Car, Immediately Arrested

Ben Chew — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:00:38 +0000

(Some audio is NSFW) Clearly some Halloween stunts are more successful than others. Also: Clearly some people are more intelligent than others. In the great white north of Canada, a guy dressed in a Ghostbuster costume decided it would be a pretty solid idea to do a back flip off of a cop car while [...]

Awesome 'Mario Kart' Costume Rules Halloween

Emerald Catron — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:14:43 +0000

Now this is the kind of Halloween story we love. TheFW reader Kevin Fritz saw our post on inspirational wheelchair costumes and was, in fact, inspired. He made this awesome costume of Yoshi from 'Mario Kart.'

The Best 2012 Celebrity Halloween Costumes

Emerald Catron — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:42:42 +0000

Maybe it's the $2,000 wig, maybe it's that we wound up using some really old makeup we found under the sink (thanks, Sandy), but something makes celebrity Halloween costumes seem more glamorous than ours. Here are just a few of our favorites from this year. And yes, that is Ellen DeGeneres dressed up as Sofia Vergara. And Miley Cyrus as Nicki Minaj. Apparently this year famous people decided that the scariest thing is themselves.

'A Christmas Story' Inspires Awesome One-Legged Halloween Costume

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:09:53 +0000

Josh Sundquist wears a lot of hats. He's a motivational speaker, a best-selling author, a vlogger, former member of the paralympic ski team and US amputee soccer team and the founder of a social networking website for persons with amputations.

He's also a cancer survivor, and it was that disease which took his leg at age 10.

Get Creeped Out By Zombie Pumpkins

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:47:54 +0000

Happy Halloween all you Halloweeners! Aside from the whole boatloads of candy thing, there are two awesome things we're excited about today: it's socially acceptable to dress up like a disgustingly gruesome zombie in public, and we get to nerd out over jack-o-lanterns. Could it get much better?! Surprisingly, yes.

Baby in 'Alien' Power Loader Costume Wins Halloween

Emerald Catron — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:09:50 +0000

Giving up hyperbole was a New Year’s resolution of ours, so you can be confident we mean it when we say this is quite possibly the greatest baby costume ever. The little lady is dressed up like ‘Aliens’-era Ripley — operating a power loader! Her dad carefully constructed the costume to be baby safe, then [...]

Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, The Misfits and More – 10 Rock Songs to Turn Up Loud for Halloween [VIDEOS]

Chaz — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:49:33 +0000

Halloween is here, and no matter what you have going on, you’ll need a spooky soundtrack for your party, or just to blast the little ghouls and goblins out that are coming to your door for candy. So, let’s look at 10 songs you can turn up loud for Halloween. 10. Misfits ‘Halloween’ This song [...]

Instagram Your Halloween Pictures Using Our Hashtag and They'll Automatically Appear on Our Website

Frank Pain — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:22:17 +0000

Look closely at that picture and you'll see 'Frank Pain' (left), 'Rudy Fernandez' (middle), and 'Dolly Parton' (right). 3 of my co-workers decided to get all dolled up this year and I have to say they did a dang good job.

Whether you dressed up last weekend or plan on dressing up tonight, make sure you Instagram your Halloween pictures using our hashtag so the pictures will show up in our Halloween Instagram Gallery.

11 Hilarious Halloween Memes

Emerald Catron — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:33:45 +0000

Aah! Halloween! Halloweenhalloweenhalloween! Just because it's our favorite holiday doesn't mean we can't have a little laugh at its expense. Or our own. Wait who's laughing at whom? What's going on? We ate too much candy corn and now everything is confusing. Happy Halloween, here are some memes!

Incredible Pumpkin Carving Tells a Story With Stop Motion Animation [VIDEO]

Chaz — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:10:32 +0000

We’ve all seen some pretty cool pumpkin carvings over the years, but I don’t know If I’ve ever seen a carving as cool as this. Check out this amazing pumpkin carving that tells a story using stop motion. The person in this video carved up 400 pumpkins to use for this stop motion scene that [...]

Leah Krystin — Zombie Babe of the Day

Jackie Mancini — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:07:35 +0000

We gave our Babe of the Day, Leah Krystin a little Halloween makeover, what do you think? We’d let her eat our brains, any day. When we posted the original version of this photo on our Facebook, you all loved it, duh. Then someone sent us a link to a site where you can give yourself [...]

The 10 Best Skeleton Dances Ever

Emerald Catron — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:00:59 +0000

Videos of old-timey skeleton dances are the best way to get a little spook-ified before Halloween without accidentally soiling yourself. That is a fact -- you can ask anybody. Oh, thanks for asking. Yes, that is a fact. From PBS to Disney and beyond, here are the best skeleton dances EVER to get you into the spirit of Halloween.

Tired of Pumpkins? Make a Krang-o-Lantern!

Emerald Catron — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:08:26 +0000

If a plain old pumpkin jack-o-lantern isn’t your style, or you’ve mastered pumpkin carving and are looking for a challenge, perhaps consider making a Krang-o-lantern. Website #MikeVDesign posted pics of the project, and we think it’s an excellent idea. Except for the fact that we can barely carve two triangles out of a pumpkin, let alone turn [...]