What a Weird Week: the top ten countdown of weird stories from the news. Check (https://podcast.scottyandtony.com/) for links to all the stories and usual podcast stuff.
For this episode we're going to circle back to the top Halloween stories of the season...
10 Giant skeleton in yard to promote Covid safety
9 Gizmodo's list of worst Halloween costumes for 2021 includes "Sexy Safari Guide", "Sexy Buzz Lightyear", "Naughty Nerd"
8 That four-year-old girl in California who loves Michael Myers from the Halloween movies. She had a Michael Myers birthday party... she even said "I Love You" to Michael Myers. That's weird, right?
7 Earlier we had the 'What not to dress as this Halloween' story... now here's 'What to dress as' ... from the National Retail Federation.
For kids, it's Spider-Man, a princess, and Batman.
For grown-ups, it's witch, vampire, and a ghost.
6 Once again science comes through just in time for Halloween season to tell us what movies are really scary! (https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3684982/scientific-study-determined-30-scariest-horror-movies-time/)
5 What is the best Halloween decoration?
I think we can all agree that it's the homemade graveyard with work gloves reaching up from the grave, right?
This survey came out... it says skeletons, then pumpkins and spiders.
4 Think Twice Before Carving that Pumpkin this Halloween!
In Boston, there's a neighborhood trying to get out in front of a rat infestation that they believe will occur when people put out carved pumpkins this Halloween
3 Google always has the top Halloween costumes and different trends on their Fright Geist page... we had some other Halloween stuff in last week's podcast if you click the show notes you can get to the website and check that out...
According to the latest Google data, the number one costume for adults and wee little babies is Squid Game.
Having not seen Squid Game yet I'm just gonna go with fat vampire again this year.
2 Candy corn infused sausage might be delicious...
1 Candy Corn Factory Hacked!
Who hacks a Candy Corn company?
Is it: A) Someone who hates Candy Corn
or
B) Someone who loves Candy Corn??
That's almost everyone. Almost everyone is a suspect. Authorities have named everyone a person of interest.
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