October 2005: Quicklinks
For quicker surfing, here are the URLs mentioned in the October 2005 issue of The Genre Traveler.
- Gadgets on the Go:
Hollywood USA — www.ctlss.com. - Attraction Update:
Tomb Raider: Firefall — www.KingsDominion.com
Curse of DarKastle: The Ride — www.buschgardens.com/buschgardens/va/
Batman Begins Stunt Show — www.sixflags.com/parks/magicmountain/ - Singing Hobbits, Wizards and Orcs, Oh My!: www.lotr.com
- Ghost Tours: Prowling for Phantasms:
Fell’s Point Ghost Tour — www.fellspointghost.com
Best Places for Ghost Hunting — www.marylandghosts.com/locations.phpAdditional Resources
- Tours and Sites Mentioned in this Article
- Fort McHenry: www.nps.gov/fomc/pphtml/planyourvisit.html
- The USS Constellation: www.constellation.org
- Davidge Hall: www.medicalalumni.org/davidge/
- Westminster Church and Catacombs: asylumeclectica.com/sightseer/us/md/poe/grave.htm
- Point Lookout: www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/pointlookout.html
- Ellicott City: www.visithowardcounty.com/ghost_tours/index.html
- Greenmount Cemetery: (410) 706-2072
- Gettysburg, Va.: www.ghostsofgettysburg.com
- Frederick, Md.: www.marylandghosttours.com
- Maryland Ghost and Spirit Association: www.marylandghosts.com
- Ghost! magazine: ghostmag.com/
- American Ghost Society: www.prairieghosts.com
- Ghost Research Society: www.ghostresearch.org
General Ghost Hunting Resources
- Bringing the Moors to Life:
Master of the Moors — lists.topica.com/lists/MasteroftheMoors/read
Kealan Patrick Burke — kealanpatrickburke.com
Dungarvan, Ireland — www.dungarvantourism.com
The Ring of Kerry — www.ringofkerrytourism.com - Star Wars: Where Science Meets the Immagination:
The Exhibit — starwars.mos.org
The Museum of Science — www.mos.org
The Royal Sonesta Hotel — www.sonesta.com/boston
Exhibit Comanion Book at Amazon — Coming in October, Sug. Retail: $30
Boston Athenaem — www.bostonathenaeum.org
Forest Hills Cemetary — www.foresthillstrust.org
Greater Boston Convention & Vistiors Bureau — www.bostonusa.com - Sleepy Hollow Legend Lives:
Historic Hudson Valley — www.hudsonvalley.org
DoubleTree Hotel, Tarrytown — www.doubletreetarrytown.com
Explore Park — www.explorepark.org - Celebrations of the Dead:
Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Vistors Bureau — www.visittuscon.org
Academic Tours in Oaxaca — www.academictoursoaxaca.com
Dia de Los Muertos — www.day-of-the-dead.org
Celebrate Life on Day of the Dead in Oaxaca — www.dia-de-los-muertos.com/festival.htm
Oakland Museum of California — www.museumca.org
Aspen Lodge Ranch Resort — www.aspenlodge.net/murdermyst.htm
Queen Mary College Pagan Festival — www.paganfestivals.fsnet.co.uk/paganfestivals.fsnet.co.uk/services.htm
Salem’s Festival of the Dead — www.festivalofthedead.com
Guavaween — www.cc-events.org/gw - Scene Around:
Photography by Wade Gupta — www.stanford.edu/~wgupta - Historic Moments and Observances with a Genre Twist:
World Space Week — www.spaceweek.org
Plan Your Epitaph Day — www.hardiehouse.org/epitaph - Travelin’ the Web: oceanic-air.com and oceanic-air.com/seatingchart.htm
- Convention Listings:
Archon 29 — www.archonstl.org/29/
The Fourth Conjecture — www.conjecture.org
Model Fest — www.modelfest.info
United Fancon XV — www.unitedfancon.com
Vulkon — www.vulkon.com
Anime USA 7 – www.animeusa.org
SMOFCON — www.osfci.org/smofcon/
MarsCon 16 — www.marscon.net
