BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026was contemplating the other day that most US regions have a rich history of haunted landscapes, local mythology, etc but all I could think of for the Midwest was CHILDREN OF THE CORN.Andrew Fear 🎃@andrewfleer.comIowa: We have nothing good! 261898
V for Vampire! Blah! BLAH! 🇬🇱🇨🇦🇵🇷🇲🇽🇵🇦 @vacca.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Lots of cryptids, like the Hodag, the Beasts of Busco and Bray Road, phantom kangaroos, and the Loveland Frog-Man. The legend of St. Urho is a distinctively Midwestern thing and while that's for a different holiday season, the real Ed Gein, Jeff Dahmer and H.H. Holmes are perfect for Halloween. 120
V for Vampire! Blah! BLAH! 🇬🇱🇨🇦🇵🇷🇲🇽🇵🇦 @vacca.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For ghosts there's Diana of the Dunes and the Gipper and plenty of ghost ships. And of course the legend lives on from the Chippewa on down--to make a long story short, the big fucking boat sank. (h/t @patmccurdy.com's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald [Abridged]") 020