Chicago - A message from the station manager

The [Halloween] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Ah, the circle of life.

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1. Sheriff’s Office Conducts Halloween Checks On Sex Offenders.
Including the Boy Scouts, the Catholic Church and the NCAA.

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2. The Chicago Bulls Hope To Scare Away The Critics In Tonight’s Opener.
Boo birds will be out.

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3. Pumping The Experts For Tips On Using Fake Blood.
Tip 1: Chicagoans do not use ketchup.

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4. Watching Scary Movies Might Help Weight Loss.
So too might clicking on local TV news headlines making false promises.

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5. Antique Taco Dressing As ‘The Max’ For Halloween.
Also, the fat drunk guy at the bar really is Screech.

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6. Halloween Eye Candy Comes Out In The Gold Coast.
Because the 1% aren’t tormenting us enough.

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7. Remembering Dead With Food.
Oh no, not another scandal out of the Cook County morgue . . .

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8. Lincoln Park Tops North Side Costume Spending.
A lot of bankers going as humans this year.

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9. What’s A Teen To Do On Halloween?
Not to worry, there’s a new fiesta in the making as we speak.

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10. Halloween Can Be Scary For Pets.
No kidding.

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11. Chicago’s Political Halloween Party.
Rahm to go as a Democrat.

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12. Pumpkin In A Beer Bottle.
Don’t be afraid.

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13. Bands That Went As Bands.
The best part of Halloween is already over.

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14. Monstrous Movie Flashback.
Starring Bag O’Laughs.

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15. From The QT Archive Of Knowledge.
Fifteen thousand male witches were put to death in Europe between 1450 and 1750.

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16. Chicago Fire In Scary Knockout Game.
Going as a contender.

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17. Boo! It’s Pedophile Santa!
And we’ve come full circle.

The Beachwood Tip Line: Circular.

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Posted on October 31, 2012