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The Great Halloween Roundup

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First: This is what the Internet is for—an interactive map of Jersey Devil sightings.

Second: The diary of Matthew Hopkins, witchfinder general, is made public.

Third: If a haunted house isn't frightening enough for you, you could try this experience instead.

Fourth: Houston Press picks the top five Halloween warnings forwarded by frantic moms. On a related note, here's a handy link to to the Halloween page at Snopes.com.

Fifth: I'm pretty sure I've blogged this brilliant Cthulhu/Peanuts mashup in the past, but it's too good not to link to it again.

Sixth: Some Satan humor.

Finally: I missed the news in June that the great country-funk singer-songwriter Larry Jon Wilson passed away. In belated tribute—and, yes, in honor of Halloween—here's a spooky song he recorded in 1976:

Books Editor Jesse Walker is the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.