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Pirate party! Who doesn't want to go to a pirate party???  There seems no better way to end this horror-in-the-sea month on GHT than to have a post about how to plot and plan a dream pirate-themed party! *Be sure to look for "links" to finding items online. The highlighted words are links you can click on to find where to get these items at reasonable prices* It's the perfect summer escape. Some might enjoy hosting it indoors, but I highly advise you enjoy the summer sultry weather and take it outdoors where it can take on the sweat and the grit of a real pirate mash up.  Consider putting down two long wide wood boards side by side from your back patio into the yard so people can "walk the plank" to enter the party. Make it even more awesome by taking some chain (fake or real) or rope and attaching it to the end of the board in the yard and then up to the sides of the house or porch awning up high so it looks like it was let down like a real plank -  The La

It's summertime and "Jaws" might be the first horror you imagine when you hit the ocean, but what about other horrifying fish of the sea? Barracuda The barracuda can grow up to nearly 7 feet in length. If that isn't enough, these saltwater fish can hide along reefs and shoreline reeds. If it's any consolation for swimmers, it is found in tropical regions from the eastern Atlantic region to the Caribbean sea.  Here is the account of a victim of a barracuda attack.  There have been only about 19 confirmed cases in the US in 100 years, Hawaii being the location. But, it is considered exceedingly rare and the only reason attacks happen is a barracuda mistaking something for prey, such as shiny jewelry and reflective camera equipment.  Piranha Piranha are found in South American waters, a freshwater fish fond in rivers. Interestingly, legitimate piranha are found in the Amazon basin as their originating source, but some have been found in a lake in Bangladesh and how

Neptune Memorial Reef is an interesting cremation memorial where you can put your loved one's ashes off of the shores in Miami. They get to become part of the reef. But, intended underwater burials aside, what about underwater cemeteries that were flooded?  Lake Texoma Texas In 2011, a drought brought the lakes to their lowest state, exposing a submerged cemetery. Camiguin   Phillipines An eruption from a volcano in the 1800s had this cemetery submerged. Today, it is a marine sanctuary. Lake Vyrnwy Wales The town of Capel Celyn is submerged. It was flooded in 1965 to make a reservoir. Lake Jocassee SC This cemetery was the impetus for the opening scene of "Deliverance" where they were disinterring graves for a lake coming in. This cemetery is now 115 feet underwater. Mayan Bones in Underwater Cave Mexico The floors of two chambers in a cave in Mexico has spooked the locals. Under the water inside, there are so many human bones, it makes their skin crawl. It was believed t

Photo source Isla de las Munecas or "Island of the Dolls" (popularly coined "Doll Island") is a thing of horror for many. Why would an island filled with dolls for decades, laid to waste by the elements and neglect, be terrifying? Well, let me introduce you to its most unsettling beginnings. Don Julian Santana was unhappy with city life and moved to an island on a canalway south of Mexico City for peace and quiet. It was there that the legend begins and takes on a life that is animated enough to bring the dead to life. Don reported that a little girl had drowned in the canal 50 years ago and he believed her spirit to be troubled and haunting his little island.  He said that he was out one day when he saw a doll floating in the canal and scooped it out, hanging it up on a tree near the drowning spot to make the girl eternally happy so she would not haunt and scare him.  He then became consumed with finding more and more dolls, fishing them out of the canal, sorting t