Happy Hex Hollow Day Ninety-seven years ago tonight, on November 27, 1928, a troubled trio set out for the home of Pennsylvania powwow doctor Nelson Rehmeyer - a folk magic healer who the boys believed had placed a curse upon them.

It took FOREVER, but I finally pieced together all 32 volumes (plus some associated titles) in William Corliss’ massive-in-size-and-scope Science Frontiers Sourcebook Project. #williamcorliss #sciencefrontiers

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Beach Creeper record release/Hulaween party with Panic Problem and The Lushpockets last night at Ottobar upstairs. If you missed it and are interested in the new record, it should be available online within a week or so.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN - The new Beach Creeper record is out now! This thing glows in the dark, comes with a spirit board and guitar pick planchette, contains a spooky new surf song, a fun cover, AND an especially eerie & terrifying tale! Get yours tomorrow at the HULAWEEN HAPPY HOUR upstairs at Ottobar

Not ready for the magick of the season to disappear? Don’t miss Samhainfest this Saturday Nov 1 at Harmer’s Town Art Center in Havre de Grace. 𖣂 Paranormal Investigation 𖣂 Divination 𖣂 Dumb Supper 𖣂 Herbal Lore 𖣂 Candlelit Seance 𖣂 Live Music 𖣂 Guided Ancestor Journey 𖣂 Artisan Vendors

Disregard the incorrect date, Maryland Monster night with Matt Lake is TOMORROW (Tuesday, Oct 28) at the Perryville public library - see you there!

Opening night at the new-look The State Havre de Grace to see The Lost Boys on the big screen! Missing some old friends here, but happy to see it back open again and still offering things that appeal to local weirdos.

Mark your calendar, ghouls! The new Beach Creeper EP is about to materialize, and we’re celebrating with a Hulaween Happy Hour on Saturday, Nov 1 upstairs at Ottobar #beachcreeper #surf #punk #horror #surfpunk #surfrock #horrorsurf #monsters #horrorpunk #cryptozoology #cryptids #ottobar

Monster friends - is there a DIFFERENT Goatman, born from a DIFFERENT scientific experiment gone awry, from a DIFFERENT town of Bowie, in a DIFFERENT state beginning with the letter “M?” Or did the author of this book just royally screw up by assigning our beloved Maryland monster to Maine??

Officially scary stories season #scarystoriestotellinthedark #scarystories #stephengammell #stephengammellart #vinyl #cassette #halloween #books

Introducing the HARMER’S TOWN ART MONSTERS - ARTIE (in green), HUEBERT (in pink), and…a mascot (in blue) who still needs a name! Our monstous new mascots were created by local artist Jimmyo Burril Come see all the mascots in person next weekend on October 18 at our big Grawlloween event!

Finally got to visit the incredible American Treasure Tour museum this week with @dramaticpaws.bsky.social for her birthday!

Beach Creeper was in Philadelphia on Sunday for a fantastic show with Mismiths and The Cryptkeeper Five at PhilaMOCA - here’s a bit of it.

@dramaticpaws.bsky.social - From “Bride of Darkness” (2004 Fun World Halloween costume model) to Bride of Sunshine and Birds (on our wedding day last month)! Happy Birthday, I love you, and I can’t wait for your next tramsformation!

Ottobar live at the Baltimore By Baltimore waterfront music and market festival was outstanding - great music, cool vendors, perfect weather! I was busy running the PLRLS table, but here are just a few sights and sounds.

Starting October off strong and spooky with Beach Creeper, The Cryptkeeper Five, and Mismiths this Sunday at PhilaMOCA in Philadelphia.

What a fun night at The STAR Centre of Havre de Grace as Beach Creeper opened up for the legendary A Flock Of Seagulls! Thanks to all who joined us, and special thanks to Bambi, Jimmy, Joe, Bob, and everyone else at the venue for giving us a shot and supplying me with unlimited Twizzlers!

Beach Creeper is on the road back from shooting an appearance in THE BARN 3 and we’re all fired up for Thursday’s big show at The STAR Centre in Havre de Grace with A Flock of Seagulls! Thanks so much for having us, Scream Team Releasing! We can’t wait to see the flick!!

Friends and family, if you were in Havre de Grace for the wedding and are looking for a reason to return, how about seeing my band Beach Creeper open up for 80s cult classic A Flock of Seagulls at The STAR Centre on September 25? We have a discount code available - CREEP25 - that gets you 25% off!

WE GOT MARRIED! More to come, but here is a quick first montage of photos taken by friends and family at our big day on Saturday at Harmer’s Town Art Center. Thanks so much to everyone who came out, helped out, and had a hand in creating the absolute perfect day for @dramaticpaws.bsky.social and I.

Happy Flatwoods Monster Day - 73 years ago in Braxton County, Virginia, some folks saw a flash of light in the sky and had an encounter with the Monster. Here are my original 1960s/1970s and modern Flatwoods Monster lanterns and wood from the tree behind which the creature allegedly emerged.

SUBSCRIBE #ninja #ninjutsu #revolution

Muppets or Monsters? Can you identify the members of this gang? #muppets #sesamestreet #monstertoys #mexicanbootlegtoys #toys #bootlegtoys

I had a wonderful birthday with a perfect ending - my truck broke down in the grocery store parking lot just before it closed, I limped it to the mechanic where I ditched it, and then Elena and I carried our armfuls of groceries 1.8 miles home! Anyway, look at all the amazing stuff Elena got me!

Noticed during a recent visit - I’ve been on the wall of the infamous Ocean Gallery on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, MD for close to 20 years. This photo of me, alongside Weird Maryland author/pal Matt Lake and Ocean Gallery madman Joe Kroart, was taken by my dad at Barnes & Noble in 2006.

Fun and hot trip to OCMD with @dramaticpaws.bsky.social - seashells, haunted house, and Boardwalk neon #oceancity #oceancitymaryland #boardwalk #trimpershauntedhouse

WE DID IT! Thanks to everyone who came out and supported Beach Creeper last night at Dr. Rocko’s Battle of the Bands at The STAR Centre of Havre de Grace - WE WON! In addition to this ridiculously large trophy and check, we get to open up the A Flock of Seagulls show on September 25! Get your tix!

Words of wisdom from unlikely places and with unfortunate grammar. #seashell #seashells #wordsofwisdom #grammar #havredegrace #havredegracemd

Want to see Beach Creeper open for A Flock of Seagulls? Visit the STAR Centre in Havre de Grace on SATURDAY (8/9) and vote for us in the battle of the bands for who runs (so far away) to the big opening act spot! #baltimorebands #surfrock #surfpunk #havredegrace #marylandevents #havredegracemd

We had a lot of fun at the August GRAW ALLEY ART PARTY. If you’re an artist of any medium and would like to exhibit, perform, demonstrate, vend at a Harmer’s Town Art Center program or event in historic downtown Havre de Grace, Maryland, get in touch and let me know.

Hulkamania Memories

Your friendly neighborhood surf monsters in Beach Creeper are paddling into Havre de Grace on August 9 for a BATTLE OF THE BANDS at the STAR Centre This is a great opportunity for local friends to come check us out …and also cast a vote for us (or your favored band of choice) that night.

Finger puppet monster by Zac Amendolia on his annual Tattoo Shooting Gallery tour stop at Eastern Pass Tattoo Co. in Philadelphia.

Just some stuff found on the street with @dramaticpaws.bsky.social at Blobfest.

Farewell to Blobfest and another crazy weekend with Aurora Gorealis and Beach Creeper at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA. That first photo by @jjmunden kinda sums it all up!

The scene on the street at BlobFest after Beach Creeper closed out the Friday night stage show and run out at The Colonial Theatre.

Tickets to the CAMP BLOBFEST: Friday Night Stage Show & Run-Out sold out long ago, but it’s still fun to watch the 600-person crowd come screaming out onto the streets as Beach Creeper closes out the night. Come check out the spectacle on Friday and the full Saturday Street Fair the following day.

Celebrate independent artists this Independence Day with an action-packed Graw Alley Art Party at Harmer’s Town Art Center on the 4th of July. See artists, musicians, our Public Art Obelisk, and the biggest beer garden in town thanks to Market Street Brewery! www.facebook.com/share/16ohGr...

Rock opera night at @holyfrijolesmd with @plrls and @prideandshamemusic

WAKE UP! It’s Figgy o’clock

Happy 13th, to those who celebrate. www.haint.blue/the-thirteen...

Thanks to all the artists and partiers who participated in our June 6 Graw Alley Art Party at Harmer’s Town Art Center. We had great music, live model painting, and the biggest beer garden in town thanks to Market Street Brewery. See you at the big 4th of July Art Party!

@krimeslugs.bsky.social @plrls and @theflyingfaders last night at @peabodyheightsbrewery in Baltimore. #krimeslugs #plrls #theflyingfaders #peabodyheightsbrewery #baltimore

It’s that day each year - now NINETEEN years ago! - when I’m reminded I once appeared in the internationally-televised documentary "666: Searching for Satan” talking about the Maryland Goatman. It aired on 6/6/06. Proof of me at 1:43, 6:14, 7:50, and 8:40. youtu.be/D4BfMn9UXr0

Rabid Groundhog and Raccoon in Forest Hill On June 3, the Harford County Health Department received confirmation that a raccoon near the 2000 block of Galway Road and a groundhog near the 1400 block of Bowles Terrace, both in Forest Hill, MD, had each tested positive for the rabies virus.

One year ago, the Beach Creeper album “In Surf Of” debuted. I have a limited amount of the sea glass-colored records, if anyone is looking to grab a copy in person and not have to worry about shipping. Bundle it with my “Monsters of Maryland” book for a discount and monstrous start to your summer!

On Friday, May 16, 2025, the Harford County Health Department received confirmation from the Maryland Department of Health that a raccoon found on Emory Church Road in the Street area of Harford County, tested positive for the rabies virus.

THREE more rabid raccoons found in Harford County, Maryland. The Harford County Health Department confirmed rabid raccoons were recently found in: ● 500 Block of Walters Mill Road, Forest Hill, 21050 ● 1600 Block of Carrs Mill Road, Fallston, 21047 ● 1000 Block of Rock Spring Road, Bel Air, 21014

We had a lot of fun at the first Graw Alley Art Party of the year at Harmer’s Town Art Center - tons of art, some hex signs, a Snallygaster skeleton, and Bryan Dunaway playing a Screeching Weasel song! Don’t miss the next party!

Merchandise catalog of my ska-punk band Subsist circa 1997-98. The King Hippo shirt (with 007-373-5963 on the back) was a best seller. Also: half-tone digital Jesus Shroud of Turin, Sasquatch “Manimal Rights,” the group of creatures from a ‘How to Draw Monsters’ book, and the flag-flying goblin army