{"id":686,"date":"2008-10-21T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/?p=686"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:39:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T01:39:49","slug":"how-douchebaggery-killed-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/how-douchebaggery-killed-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"How Douchebaggery Killed Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freaky Frights on Forest, which I lovingly documented <a href=\"http:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/these-things-wont-be-around-much-longer.html\">here<\/a>, might be over.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month I <a href=\"http:\/\/isplotchy.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/oh-come-on-halloween.html\">complained<\/a> that Freaky Frights was only up for a few days this year, as opposed to prior years, when the wonderfully grotesque displays were viewable for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it turns out there&#8217;s a reason the schedule was limited, as I found this posted today on the Freaky Frights website:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freaky-frights.com\/\">The Things That Killed Freaky Frights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are so few people in the world that care about things deeply, that want to make the world a more interesting place.  And they get squashed.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Halloween.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freaky Frights on Forest, which I lovingly documented here, might be over. Earlier this month I complained that Freaky Frights was only up for a few days this year, as opposed to prior years, when the wonderfully grotesque displays were viewable for several weeks. 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