If you are haunted by the knowledge that Halloween is around the corner, then get on the Internet to find some really scary stuff. There are thousands of Halloween and ghostly sites, not all of them suitable for children, but here are two that are spooky and safe.
Booville at http://www.usacitylink.com/boo/, celebrates Halloween as the major holiday of the year. There are some silly jokes, scary pictures and a chance for those of you who have an irrational fear of knives or pumpkin guts to hack out your own jack-o'-lantern online.
What about the real evidence - pictures of ghosts, creeping along, bothering the living, teasing the unbelieving? Dave Oester and Sharon Gill, who make a living hunting ghosts in Oregon, have put together a fascinating and creepy site at http://www.aone.com/~starwest/.
There are ghosts who appear only to children. "A child has the ability to tune into the proper channel that can receive ghostly voices and images," the pair claims. There are pictures of the ghost dog of Hong Kong and other unnatural apparitions.
A word of warning: Just as you check your child's Halloween candy after going trick or treating, stay with them as they crawl across the Web's haunted homepages.