Halloween Curfews and info...
👾 DIEPPE has no official curfew but Dieppe has always recommended Trick-or-Treating from 4:00p to 8:00p. See their FB (https://www.facebook.com/dieppenb/).
** NOTE: In Dieppe they have a map of houses offering Accessible Trick-or-Treating. You can register your home as a place that is 1) Accessible to people with reduced mobility and 2) Allergy-friendly, or both. Register or see the map of Accessible Halloween Homes at THIS LINK.
If you'd like to display a Teal Colored Pumpkin to indicate that you have non-food treats available, see this link: https://www.foodallergy.org/resources/get-your-teal-pumpkin-project-printables
Other Halloween fun in Dieppe:
-- Halloween at the Park/ Trunk or Treat! On October 24 and 25 at Rotary St-Anselme Park the family can enjoy the spooky fun trails, live music, workshops and food trucks!
- Saturday, October 25 from 3p to 5p is Trunk or Treat (parking lot). Candy handed out from decorated vehicles. This is an accessible experience. It's free and everyone is welcome!
*UPDATE: Watch for Mary and Dawn in the New Country Cruiser handing out treats from Trinity and Dieppe Superstore!!
-- Dramatic tours at Doiron House! On October 25, 26, 29, 30, and 31 Doiron House will host special dramatized tours for participants 16 years and up. It's free but donations will be accepted. *Space is limited and registration is required!
See dieppe.ca/Halloween/en
Here's a video Scotty took last year in Dieppe...
👾 MONCTON has no official Trick-or-Treating curfew but has always encouraged Trick-or-Treaters to go out between 4:00p and 8:00p. See their FB (https://www.facebook.com/cityofmoncton.villedemoncton/).
👾 RIVERVIEW has no official Trick-or-Treating curfew and has been following what Moncton says. Some years they have recommended that you do it between 5p and 8p. See their FB (https://www.facebook.com/TownofRiverview).
👾 MEMRAMCOOK Trick-or-Treating between 4p and 8p in past years. Same this year. See FB (https://www.facebook.com/VillageMemramcook/)
👾 HILLSBOROUGH/ Fundy-Albert/ Alma/ Riverside-Albert has gone with a 9:00p curfew in past years. Their social media is at https://www.facebook.com/villageoffundyalbert
👾 SHEDIAC has recommended Trick or Treating from 4p to 7p.
👾 REXTON (Now Five Rivers) Trick-or-Treating between 3p and 7p. See their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057736440321
👾 RICHIBUCTO (now called Beaurivage): Trick-or-Treating from 3p to 7p. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/villedebeaurivage.
👾 Cap Pele/ Capacadie: Trick-or-Treating from 4p to 7p. Cap Acadie Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/capacadie
👾 SHEDIAC has recommended Trick or Treating from 4p to 7p.
👾 REXTON (Now Five Rivers) Trick-or-Treating between 3p and 7p. See their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057736440321
👾 RICHIBUCTO (now called Beaurivage): Trick-or-Treating from 3p to 7p. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/villedebeaurivage.
👾 Cap Pele/ Capacadie: Trick-or-Treating from 4p to 7p. Cap Acadie Facebook link https://www.facebook.com/capacadie
👾 Salisbury NB Trick or Treating info not available at publishing time. Check the Salisbury Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064738207340
👾 Sackville NB/ Tantramar Trick or Treating info not available at publishing time. Check the Tantramer Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TantramarNB
👾 Beausoleil (Cocagne, Grande-Digue, Notre-Dame, and Shediac Bridge - Shediac River) Trick or Treat from 4p to 7p. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/communauteBeausoleil and web https://mairie-beausoleil.ca/en/
👾 Three Rivers (Petitcodiac/ parts of Salisbury) No info available at time of publishing. Website https://threeriversnb.ca/ and their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561196441955
🎃 List of Halloween Houses! Every year the folks at Everything Unscripted have a LIST (https://www.everythingunscripted.com/halloween-displays-in-moncton/) and a MAP (https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Ml8G_gPuj_XQ688-xvgi4gyqp06eKVcr&usp=sharing) of Halloweeny houses to check out! You should subscribe to Everything Unscripted, they have some fun Halloween activities and ideas!!
🎃 Popular Costumes:
Your 2025 Top Overall Costumes based on Google Data: (good to know if you need a costume idea, and also so you're not confused about who those trick-or-treaters are.)
1) Rumi (from KPop Demon Hunters)
"Rumi is the top trending costume, with queries for "dragon braid" and "purple hair" being searched more than ever"
2) Zoey (from KPop Demon Hunters)
"Zoey's "space buns" are top trending in 2025"
3) Mira (from KPop Demon Hunters)
"Mira has the top trending "pink wig" and "yellow skirt" this year"
Scotty note: If you don't know all those demon hunters, scroll to number 6.
6) Chicken Jockey (from Minecraft)
1) Rumi (from KPop Demon Hunters)
"Rumi is the top trending costume, with queries for "dragon braid" and "purple hair" being searched more than ever"
2) Zoey (from KPop Demon Hunters)
"Zoey's "space buns" are top trending in 2025"
3) Mira (from KPop Demon Hunters)
"Mira has the top trending "pink wig" and "yellow skirt" this year"
Scotty note: If you don't know all those demon hunters, scroll to number 6.
6) Chicken Jockey (from Minecraft)
In 2024, Google Frightgeist said the Top Three costumes were 1) Shrunken Head Bob, 2) Raygun, 3) Catnap ...
From
Google: "#1 Shrunken Head Bob "beetlejuice shrunken head" is the top
searched shrunken head of all time ... #2 Raygun People searching
"raygun costume" are also searching for "green and yellow track suit"
and "green track pants" ... #3 Catnap "catnap" is the top searched Smiling Critter of all time."
Here's what some of the radio station staff wore for Halloween in the past ...
Scotty as Jelly Roll 2024 ...
👻 Our Formula for Excellent Halloween Costumes:
1) Think of a celeb
2) Think of something that rhymes
3) smoosh these 2 things together
(so like Tom Hanks + Spanx = Tom Spanx!!!)
**NEW FOR 2024:
1) Think of a celeb
2) Think of something that shares the name
3) smoosh these 2 things together
(Eg. KEITH URBAN PLANET!)
(Eg. KEITH URBAN PLANET!)
Some more costume ideas...
🎃 Halloween Safety tips from the Government: (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/home-safety/halloween-safety.html)
🎃 Thank you cheese slices for being the best Halloween treat ever!! (A message from the Dairy Farmers of Canada.)
Scotty note from 2022: First things first, I did not win the Company Costume Contest. Was I robbed by the people from Yellowstone? Yes. Yes I was. (*citation)
This Halloween Season say it with Dumpkins. #halloween #dumpkins pic.twitter.com/SGbTD8vRzl— scotty horsman (@scottyhorsman) October 31, 2022
BTW... after the pumpkin contest, I took the pumpkin home and we fixed it up so the whole neighborhood wouldn't be scandalized... (originally just had the "F" and "U") ...
Scary Stats:
- 83% of people surveyed said they had some kind of paranormal activity in their home
- Most common types of paranormal activity are hearing sounds, lights turning on and off, and hearing voices
- 1 in 10 people say they sold their home after a paranormal experience
- Good News, Split Level Home owners, your home is far less likely to be haunted!
https://nationaltoday.com/national-paranormal-day/
and https://www.cinchhomeservices.com/view-blog/-/blogs/americans-report-on-their-paranormal-experiences-in-their-home-survey
- 83% of people surveyed said they had some kind of paranormal activity in their home
- Most common types of paranormal activity are hearing sounds, lights turning on and off, and hearing voices
- 1 in 10 people say they sold their home after a paranormal experience
- Good News, Split Level Home owners, your home is far less likely to be haunted!
https://nationaltoday.com/national-paranormal-day/
and https://www.cinchhomeservices.com/view-blog/-/blogs/americans-report-on-their-paranormal-experiences-in-their-home-survey
- Steer clear of those things you guys!
- Legend: Ouija boards got their name when one of the investors of the product asked it "What's your name" and it spelled out Ouija.
- Legend: when they went to get the thing registered at the patent office they had to show the patent office guy how it worked and used it to spell out the patent office guy's name... "A patent file confirms she did a demonstration and the patent was issued on February 10th 1891"
- the things sold like crazy and they had to open more factories to produce them... in 1927 one of the guys running the company fell to his death from the roof of a new factory - one he claimed a Ouija board told him to build.
- Steer clear of those things you guys!
play with whatever this is instead. safer.
Some tips on Candy Hangovers...🍬 If you end up with a candy hangover the day after Halloween, consider eating pineapple... The article we link to says "The tropical fruit contains enzymes that aid digestion and break down proteins that usually cause bloat and also contains 180 milligrams of bloat-busting potassium per cup. Researchers have also found that pineapple can reduce colonic inflammation that may be leading to that distended stomach." https://www.eatthis.com/reduce-bloating-tips/
Other things to try if you have a candy hangover include: 1) have more candy and 2) try someone else's candy to see if it has healing properties. *citation needed*
Other things to try if you have a candy hangover include: 1) have more candy and 2) try someone else's candy to see if it has healing properties. *citation needed*
Some Halloween World Records...
- Most people dressed in certain costume... largest group of zombies was 15458 zombies... scarecrows was 2495... then there were the 2018 skeletons... and the 1607 witches... 1580 superheroes... 1369 vampires... 1275 angels... 878 fairies... 560 ghosts... and 252 dinosaurs.
*editor's note: what if a zombie apocalypse broke out while you were trying to set the zombie record?
*editor's note: what if a zombie apocalypse broke out while you were trying to set the zombie record?
world record attempt. artist rendering. or zombie apocalypse?
- Fastest pumpkin carving record belongs to Stephen Clarke who carved one regulation size pumpkin in 9.4 seconds... and also carved a ton of pumpkins in 3 hours, 3 minutes, and 49 seconds!
- most pumpkins smashed in a minute is 52!
- The oldest ghost in the world is a little bit controversial because... some people don't believe in ghosts... but the oldest ghost, unofficially, is 220 million years old. There's a ranch in New Mexico where people reported seeing this sort of snake-like ghost... people reporting sightings... then in 1947 a paleontologist discovered fossils of an animal that looks like the ghost. The animal is phytosaur.
These cool records brought to you by https://www.stikins.co.uk/blog/just-for-fun/name-labels-halloween-world-records/ and also https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/10/top-ten-most-festive-and-frightening-halloween-related-records-404091
- Most TP Mummies within a 3 minute time limit... In 2015, in London, 51 people got wrapped as toilet paper mummies in three minutes.
- Largest collection of haunted dolls in the world is at the Island of the Dolls, Mexico. Imagine thousands of broken, scary-looking dolls and doll pieces hanging from trees. The article I read says it started in the 1950s and the dolls were placed around the island to appease a ghost... also the legend is that these dolls come to life at night... I will not be investigating that one so no need to hit up our patreon for that.
nope
- Largest Ouija board in the world was 3158 square feet... record was set in 2019... unveiled in Salem, Mass. they called it "Ouijazilla"... the planchette alone weighed 400 pounds!
This Halloween, eat candy instead of summoning spirits. Fewer curses.
And finally... not sure what you're expecting for Halloween this year... but the National Retail Federation says spending for Halloween 2024 was over $11-and-a-half billion.
More trends here https://nrf.com/research-insights/holiday-data-and-trends/halloween
More trends here https://nrf.com/research-insights/holiday-data-and-trends/halloween
