Although
it is unclear whether Charlotte, North Carolina, is any more obsessed
with Halloween than other cities, there are some interesting people
there who take Halloween very seriously. Creative Loafing featured four
of those people and the ways they celebrate the holiday. Drew Badger,
pictured, is a haunted house consultant who also organizes the local
Zombie Walk, among other ghoulish activities.
Drew
Badger was only 10 when he inadvertently gave his first haunted house
consultation, in 1977. His elementary school was holding its annual
Halloween carnival, which included the "Tunnel of Terror." The "really
lame attraction," Badger recalls, was comprised of taped-together
refrigerator boxes and witches and ghosts made by first- and
second-graders. So, Badger and his friend decided to fix it up.
"I
cut a hole in one of the boxes, and my buddy got a bowl of ketchup,"
Badger says. "We smeared it on our arms and when the next group — a
group of fifth-grade girls — got to the hole, we reached through and
screamed and yelled. They screamed and yelled and got outta there.
Within five minutes, we had a line out the door. Something must have
clicked in me at that point."
Also meet a man who
makes giant monster costumes, a guy who drives a spooky hearse for fun,
and a woman who had a Halloween "shotgun" wedding.
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