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Friday the 13th. It’s a superstition that goes back to the 14th century–or even earlier. But are you the type of person to buy into all of that? It’s not really one of scariest days of the year, is it?

What about tax day? Or even the day after Thanksgiving—when you’re either trapped in the house eating Aunt Edna’s questionable “surprise casserole” leftovers, or braving the crowds at the mall, wresting over $99 dollar flat screen TVs! Eek! Run for your life!

Black cats, broken mirrors, hats on bed…things that go bump in the night? Are you scared of those, too? Of course not! And if you are, don’t admit it! Geez.

Fear of Friday the thirteen is know as paraskevidekatriaphobia. Try saying that 5 times fast. If you can’t pronounce it, you must not have it, right?

Friday the 13th is next Friday (one of three Fridays to fall on the 13th day this year). And what better way to celebrate than to throw caution to the wind, and dare to be scared at a terrifying haunted house? Face your fears!

Grab your lucky rabbit’s foot, and plan to have a terrifying, heart-pounding freaky good time with our fiends—um, friends–at Cutting Edge Haunted House next weekend—there’s a special show Friday the 13th, and Valentine’s Day–Saturday the 14th.

Be there–if you dare!

Tomorrow is Halloween and you probably have it all ready. You have your costume. You have your perfect trick-or-treat course set out. You have your awesome party. You know all the tricks about how to use dry ice to make the party even better. You’ve got your Boo Berry Punch and your spider cookies and your white chocolate banana ghosts! You’ve carved the perfect pumpkin. You have as much party trivia about Halloween as you could possibly handle. You’re ready. You can hardly wait! It’s here in just one day!

If you’re like us, you’ve planned this month out completely, all in anticipation of Halloween night. Every movie, every craft session, every scare, was all leading up to this. And if you’re like us, you’re probably already thinking about next year’s costumes, about how you can go bigger, get scarier, go to even greater lengths than ever before, all for the sake of Halloween. Enjoy it! We sure have! Remember it’s not over quite yet!

Watch out for the ghouls in the Witching Hour, don’t crash too hard off of that sugar high. And join us at Thrillvania!

Do you have a name for the night before Halloween? You know, it’s like, tomorrow? Most people don’t have a special term for the night before Halloween. But in the past, it was almost as big as Halloween itself.

(Way) back in the day, probably in the 1940s, it became a day for playing “tricks” while Halloween itself was reserved for gathering “treats.”

Sometimes known as mischief night, or cabbage night...or gate night, trick night, goosy night or mat night. Which name you use depends on where you live. The tradition started in Britain, so these have even more names for it: tick-tack night, corn night, trick night or micky night.

And then depending on your name for it, or where you live, mischief night has even very particular kinds of mischief that goes on:

Cabbage Night in parts of the northeastern United States, where rotten vegetables are collected and left on porch stoops or smeared on doors and windows.

Mat Night  where kids steal doormats and switch them with the neighbors’. (!)

Gate Night, in the Midwest, where farmer’s gates are opened, leaving livestock to roam free.

Other popular pranks include the toilet-papering of homes and trees, soaping cars and windows and pumpkin smashing.

Join us this weekend at Thrillvania Haunted House Park  at 2330 County Rd 138, Terrell, Tx 75161.  We’ll see you there…..