Tis the witching season, so I just wanted to share some recent Halloween treats I’ve cooked up if you’re looking for something eerie to read about under the moonlight:

–“From Whence the Witches Came” Milwaukee Magazine (Sept. 2025). I wrote this feature about Whitewater’s spiritualist college, the Morris Pratt Institute and some of the legends that have spun out of it.

–“Will Milwaukee Public Museum’s Ghost Move to a New Museum?” Milwaukee Magazine (Oct. 2025). This is a short piece that was part of MilMag’s “Hidden Milwaukee” cover story speculating on the museum’s resident ghost, Dr. Stephan de Borhegyi.

–“Milwaukee’s Scream Queen: Performer Katie Kadaver lives the Halloween life 365” Milwaukee Record (Oct. 2025). A fun profile on horror burlesque producer and performer, model, podcast host, B-movie actress, and one-time mud wrestler Katie Kadaver.

–I contributed two stories to the Riverwest Radio Ghost Walk project, “The Bremen Street Triangle” and “A Haunting at Cafe Corazon.” You can buy a booklet for $10 (the money supports Riverwest Radio), read the stories (fiction and non-fiction) and walk to different houses and businesses that have decorated to reflect the story. Really fun project! It goes through Halloween, more info: https://www.riverwestradio.com/

I was on the Ghost Walk Spooky Talk show to read an excerpt and talk about the stories, you can listen to that here: https://soundcloud.com/user-240416425/2025-10-26

–This one is from 2023, for Atlas Obscura: “From Elvira to Svengoolie, Local Horror Hosts’ Frightfully Fun History” it’s about horror hosts. Speaking of, be sure to check out I’m Your Host, a documentary on Kenosha horror hosts I produced and now available online (it even comes with a download of a sheet of horror host trading cards and the posters): https://artforanti-villains.vhx.tv/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!