What are you doing for Halloween?

Ooh Halloween is my favourite time of year, a time filled with scents – the smell of leaves, crisp fall air, pumpkins and that pore-clogging Halloween make-up. For the first time in years, I am not spending my Halloween pulling off a charity fundraiser or (as was the case last year) trying to settle into a new place in a new city while battling pregnancy sickness. I considered throwing a Shot In The Dark Mysteries murder mystery fundraiser this year in Toronto, like I have done in previous... 

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3 quick and easy ways to set the scene for a spooky Halloween

Nothing says “Anti-Halloween” like a dark, undecorated house on Halloween. Most trick-or-treaters will skip a dark house all together. And yet, many houses go unvisited every year because of their outside decor, leaving many well-intentioned women with loads of candy to dispose of (usually in our mouths) at the end of devil’s night. Even a simple sign of pro-Halloween sentiment will show trick-or-treaters that your house is a Halloween candy hot-spot. But you don’t need to spend a fortune... 

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Throw a last-minute Halloween party in style!

Let’s face it, with so many other things going on in our lives – work, family, friends, bills, car maintenance… Halloween can sometimes fall by the wayside. Then, as the societal hype builds, we feel like failures because we did nothing fun for Devil’s Night, and swear next year will be better. But you don’t have to wait until next year! You can throw a great Halloween party on All Hallow’s Eve, put it together in less than a week and do it in style. The answer?... 

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On Facebook? Come take our new mystery quiz!

If you’re on Facebook, make sure you come by and take our new quiz, “What Murder Mystery Character Would You Be?” Go figure, when I took the quiz after creating it, I actually turned out to be the wife! Go figure. Here’s the link, and while you’re there, make sure you become a fan of the Shot In The Dark Mysteries.com page! Take The Quiz! Become a Friend!  Read More →