They’re some of Halloween’s most dreaded characters. Snakes, spiders, even menacing birds of prey that hover above our heads like a Hitchcockian nightmare come to life. The Halloween holiday is full of them. But this year, the Red River Zoo wants you to get to know its scariest critters a little better, and make friends with the frightening. Even zoo…
In the place where dark meets dreams, and fairy tales meet monsters, there lies the work of Monique Burgoz of Bad Witch Illustrations. The Minneapolis-based artist has Red River Valley roots. And today, she came back to the region this morning to sit down live in studio with the Morning Show’s Emily Welker to talk about her latest fine art…
The Rourke Art Gallery is bringing back the Masquerade in the Art Ghoullery for a second year. The gallery hosts a “Ghoullery” full of Halloween-themed art each year. The Masquerade celebrating the season is this Friday, October 25th. Artist and curator Mark Elton says the museum is adding more fun with live music and spooky puzzle games from Puzzled…
Ghost stories can take on a life of their own, with enough repetition. But if you really want to get to the bottom of rumors and reports of haunted houses, dorms, businesses and parks all around the region to see what’s actually happening there, you’ve got to call in the specialists. They are Joseph and Rachel Heinan, and they’ve been…
Halloween is a time when you really want to knock ’em dead, whether your look is freaky, fun or purely fabulous. But when it comes time to head out on the Halloween town, if you want your look to slay, there are some things you need to remember. Your makeup job has got to survive the evening’s festivities, and it…
If you’re looking to get in on the biggest pop culture event of the past 45 years in the Fargo metro area – you’d better head on over to ValleyCon. The region’s chief cosplayers, comic book lovers, sci-fi nerds and movie mavens are all converging there this weekend. The convention offers events that are both family-friendly and adult-only, including costume…
It was 1887, and in Otter Tail County, a jury was about to make history. A handyman had committed a murder so atrocious that their only recourse, they decided, was to sentence him to death. It would be the first-ever hanging in Otter Tail County, and it would also be the ending to one of the saddest and most violent…
It’s a stage show with enough chills, thrills, scares and spatter to get anyone in the mood for Halloween. “Sweeney Todd” takes the stage this week at Fargo’s FMCT, and the Morning Show was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the performance live in studio for our Ghoul Morning Halloween segment. If you don’t know the show, here’s…
If you’re a fan of Halloween — or of “Halloween,” the iconic 70s slasher film starring Jamie Lee Curtis in her first starring role — you know what a great scary movie can do for your overall Halloween holiday experience. This month, you can not only revisit the classics — you can see some of the greatest scary movies of…
The great thing about Halloween is that it’s a holiday for everyone, including adults. The not-so-great thing? Too many adult beverages, bar crawls, busy downtown traffic, and flimsy costumes in rapidly worsening weather this time of year don’t mix well. But police officers in Fargo are here to help. Fargo police public information officer Jessica Schindeldecker joined the Morning Show’s…
