The thing about cats being in a circus is that cats are not dogs. They’re sort of moody and like to run off into the audience sometimes. I suppose that’s part of the charm of The Amazing Acro-Cats, a Chicago-based performance troupe made up of several cats, one groundhog, two rats, a chicken, an admitted [...]
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An Afternoon at the Jail Expo
The Annual Training Conference & Jail Expo is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a convention where various jailers from around the country come and peruse the latest and greatest in restraint and imprisonment. You might not know this, but jailing people is a big-time industry. Think of all the things you need to keep [...]
Airline Motel — Muskegon, MI
The Airline Motel sits on Airline Rd. in Muskegon, Mich. It is one of three motels right in row — the Alpine Motel, and the Bel-Aire Motel are further from the highway. The Bel-Aire is quite picturesque, and the Alpine seems recently painted. Therefore, Airline was the obvious choice. Upon checking in, the clerk asked [...]
Monsterpalooza: Carnage… and Big Bird
Writer and haunted attraction reviewer Abel Horwitz went to Monsterpalooza last week in Burbank, CA. And he met an unlikely childhood icon… On the weekend of April 12 – 14, horror fans descended en masse to Burbank, California, to take part in Monsterpalooza. Monsterpalooza, the convention celebrating all things horror, is the brainchild of – [...]
A Quick Photo Shoot with Ashlie [NSFW]
I met with Ashlie for a quick Murder Motels style photo shoot last week. Please check out and support this crazy talented model’s page: https://www.facebook.com/AshlieLMurray
Great Horror Campout: the most extreme scavenger hunt money can buy
If you’re anything like me, what you’ve been missing in your life is the opportunity to be in a slasher film. Not as an actress, but in real life. I’ve tried my best. I’ve lured my friends to secluded hotels and motels in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm or blizzard. I’ve [...]



