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Window at Slims

I took this picture of a couple sitting in the window at Slim’s.

October: My Favorite Month for Photography

The radio ads for local haunted houses are already filling the airwaves. Here are a few photographs I took behind the scenes of The Frightmare last year.

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Hellzapoppin Sideshow Revue

Zamora the Torture King marvels the crowd with his ability to seemingly painlessly skewer his flesh with pins

A couple of pictures from the Hellzapoppin Sideshow Revue at Volume 11 Tavern Read more »


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