Are You Afraid of the Dark?

          Being a 90's kid myself, Nickelodeon's recent decision to bring back its shows from the 90's in a new block called "The 90's are All That" on their Teen Nick network was possibly the greatest news that I've heard in a long time. The internet has been abuzz with petitions and Facebook groups begging the kids' station to bring back all of these programs since the day they were cancelled. Momentum has grown over the years and it seems that the channel's executives have finally heard the calls from thousands of fans: "bring back the 90's!"

     Well, you're probably wondering why I'm posting this on Cryptic Happenings. No, it's not just me gushing over the fact that we'll all get to have Clarissa explain "it all" to us again (while battling her evil, ginger brother of course), or that we'll get to see Doug chase after his beloved Patty Mayonnaise, or even that we'll find out how much Kel actually loves orange soda... On second thought, yeah, I am sort of gushing, but the main point in me even bringing this all up is because Nickelodeon has also said that it will be focusing on bringing back almost all of its classic favorites including "Are You Afraid of the Dark". Who can't recall that creepy show opening that terrified us all as kids, or the weird sand stuff they would throw into the campfire while telling the night's scary story, or even better yet, the infamous clown episode? 

       Sure, the acting on the show was horrendous and the effects were completely laughable, but as a kid, even I have to admit that show used to scare the hell out of me.


    Nickelodeon has yet to comment on when they will be airing this and many of our other classic favorites, but for now we'll just have to sit back on the orange couch with a bottle of orange soda and enjoy reruns of "Doug", "All That", "Clarissa Explains it All", and "Kenan and Kel". You can catch them all weeknights on Teen Nick @ Midnight EST.








Keep it Cryptic!
-Shawn

An Evil Night Together..

There's just something about Jill Tracy's music that I can't even begin to explain... I would even go as far as to say it's... cryptic? ;)



-Shawn

Creepy Vintage Photography

Anyone else find old pictures to be strange, bizarre, or just plain... cryptic?  Sure, you probably won't find any of these laying around in grammy's attic, but hey... someone did.

We're Baaaaa-aaaack

Sadly, posts have been slow lately here at Cryptic Happenings, but I plan on changing this very soon... Stay tuned for new surprises coming in the next few days...

Keep it cryptic!

-Shawn

Ghost Adventures Season Premier

The Ghost Adventures Crew returns this week for an epic season premier in the infamous haunted hot-spot, Gettysburg, Pa. I myself had some awesome experiences there, and of course, being the history freak that I am, started to get more and more excited the more I heard about this episode... 

Thanks to the awesome people at the Travel Channel, I was treated to a rough-cut pre-showing of the episode before it airs this Friday, and let me tell you, this was by far my favorite investigation to date! There was so much to investigate in Gettysburg that the team had to break the lock down up into 3 different parts: The Soldiers National Museum, The Jennie Wade House, and the Engine House. I don't want to give anything away so you guys will just have to wait to check it out for yourselves.

Don't miss this 3-part lock down season premier event on the Travel Channel this Friday 9 E/P!

 

Pennhurst Asylum - "The Fear is Real"

I woke up to some awesome news this morning.. The Pennhurst Asylum haunted attraction website is now up and running! You can check it out here. As I've said before, this haunt looks terrifying and really promising to say the least.

One thing that caught my eye was the description for Tunnel Terror: "After you visit this amazing haunted house, you are escorted into the bowels of Pennhurst and let loose to find your way home.. through the dank, dark underground labyrinth that surrounds the property. All of the buildings are connected by a tunnel system that is reputed to be haunted, so be careful as you wander home." We know about these tunnels being extremely long, dark, and haunted from basically every single ghost hunting show that has visited Pennhurst... Needless to say, this is probably going to be one of the best parts of the haunt.

Another note of interest is that the Bates Team is going to be using the haunt as a means to not only scare people, but to also preserve the sad history of Pennhurst through a new museum on the property.

Pennhurst Asylum is going to be running from September 24th - November 7th on Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-11, and on Sundays from 6:30-10. Admission is only $25 per "patient."

Be sure to add Pennhurst to your list of haunted attractions to check out this Fall.. I know I'll be there!

Gettysburg Evidence?

I was in Gettysburg, PA not too long ago taking pictures for a school project when I came across this...

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It's a picture of the monument in the National Cemetery around the spot where Lincoln is thought to have given his famous Gettysburg Address. If you look at the lower right-hand side, I have circled what I saw when I went back to choose the pictures for my project... I'm not sure if I'm just over excited about possibly catching something cool and it's just a tree limb blurred in the background, or if it really is, like I think, a soldier pointing... or something?

Here is that spot zoomed in:

Please comment with your opinions, I would love to hear what you think!!