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Alice Cooper Halloween 2026: Atlantic City Concert Review

November 4, 2026November 4, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffAlice Cooper, Alice Cooper Atlantic City, Alice Cooper concert review, Alice Cooper Halloween 2026, Alice's Attic Tour, Anna Cara, Classic Rock, Halloween Concerts, Little Steven Van Zandt, Nirvana, Nita Strauss, School's Out, Serpentorslair, Shock Rock, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Steven Van Zandt, Tropicana Casino0 comment

SERPENTOR’S LAIR LIVE MUSIC • CONCERT REVIEWS Halloween with Alice Cooper in Atlantic City By @gijoerepairshop Special Contributor • SerpentorsLair.com Alice Cooper shows always include horror and the macabre. But, an Alice Cooper show on Halloween is a unique experience! This year, this author left the neighborhood children to fend for themselves with two buckets of candy by the front door. Alice Cooper and his band were playing at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, a venue they have visited many times before, in support of the current…

A Day in the Life of Rajah: The Burden of Being Grand Duchess

November 4, 2026November 4, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffAnimal Lovers, Cat Lovers, Cat Stories, Domestic Shorthair Cats, Funny Cat Stories, Furbabies, Grand Duchess Rajah, Guest Columns, Life With Cats, Pet Humor, Pet Stories, Princess Rajah, Serpentorslair, W.J. Rabideau0 comment

Today’s article is about my favorite little beastie. Written in her POV. Not so much an article as a ode to our favorite furbabies. A Day in the Life of Rajah: The Burden of Being Grand Duchess By W.J. Rabideau By Her Royal Highness, Princess Rajah, First of Her Name, Duchess of the Staircase, and Supreme Ruler of the Two-Story Kingdom Her Royal Highness, The Grand Duchess Rajah. Being royal is exhausting. Particularly when you’re responsible for the emotional well-being of three hopelessly dependent humans. I am Rajah, a 14-year-old…

The 1986 Sears Wish Book: The Christmas Catalog That Made Every Kid Dream

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s Childhood Memories, 1980s Christmas nostalgia, 1986 Christmas toys, 1986 Sears Wish Book, G.I. Joe Terror Drome, M.A.S.K. toys 1986, Nintendo Christmas 1986, Sears catalog vintage toys, Sears Christmas Catalog 1986, Transformers 19860 comment

SERPENTORSLAIR.COM • 1980s NOSTALGIA THE 1986 SEARS WISH BOOK The Christmas Catalog That Made Every Kid Dream 40 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC • 1986–2026 By Adam Jared The original 1986 Sears Christmas Wish Book cover. Archived image via Rediscover the ’80s. There was a time when Christmas didn’t begin with an online shopping cart. It began with a thick catalog arriving in the mail. If you grew up in the 1980s, you know exactly what we’re talking about. Long before Amazon, online wish lists, smartphones, and social media, there was…

Farrah, Lynda, Lindsay & Jaclyn — The Women Who Made 1976 Unforgettable

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1970s television actresses, 1976 television nostalgia, beautiful 1970s actresses, Charlie's Angels 50th anniversary, classic TV leading ladies, Farrah Fawcett 1976, Farrah Fawcett swimsuit poster, Jaclyn Smith Charlie's Angels, Lindsay Wagner Bionic Woman, Lynda Carter Wonder Woman0 comment

SERPENTORSLAIR.COM • THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION FARRAH, LYNDA, LINDSAY & JACLYN The Women Who Made 1976 Unforgettable A 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION By Adam Jared The original Charlie’s Angels cast. ABC Television, 1976. Public-domain publicity photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Before Instagram influencers, streaming celebrities, and a thousand different entertainment channels, four extraordinary women captivated an entire generation. Their names were Farrah Fawcett, Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, and Jaclyn Smith. And in 1976, television would never be quite the same. Think about it for a moment. America was celebrating its Bicentennial.…

What America Was Watching on November 1, 1986: One Unforgettable Saturday Night of Television

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s nostalgia, 1980s Saturday night television, 227 NBC sitcom, classic 1980s TV shows, Facts of Life 1986, Golden Girls November 1986, Hunter NBC 1986, Life with Lucy 1986, November 1 1986 TV schedule, what was on TV in 19861 Comment

SERPENTOR’S LAIR PRESENTS What America Was Watching on November 1, 1986 One Unforgettable Saturday Night in Front of the Television BY DESTRO DESIGNS – VIPER DEN STUDIOS Forty years ago, on Saturday, November 1, 1986, millions of Americans settled into their living rooms, switched on their television sets, and enjoyed an evening of entertainment that we can never truly experience the same way again. There was no Netflix. No streaming queue. No pausing the show because your phone rang. You had three major television networks, a handful of additional channels…

The Real Ghostbusters: When Halloween Was Forever Turns 40

November 1, 2026November 1, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s Saturday morning cartoons, classic 80s animation, Ghostbusters 40th Anniversary, Ghostbusters Halloween Episode, J Michael Straczynski, Real Ghostbusters 1986, Samhain Ghostbusters, Serpentorslair, The Real Ghostbusters, When Halloween Was Forever0 comment

THE RETRO TELEVISION VAULT | NOVEMBER 1, 2026 The Real Ghostbusters: When Halloween Was Forever Turns 40 — The Cartoon That Refused to Let Halloween Die By Destro Designs – Viper Den StudiosSerpentorsLair.com | November 1, 2026 Forty years ago today, a pumpkin-headed nightmare arrived on Saturday morning television, and Halloween would never feel quite the same again. Samhain, the frightening pumpkin-headed spirit introduced in the November 1, 1986 episode. Image: The Real Ghostbusters, via IMDb. © Respective rights holders. There was something extraordinary about Saturday mornings in 1986. We…

The Halloween Candy Scare That Terrified the ’80s: Razor Blades, Poisoned Treats, and the Truth Parents Never Knew

October 31, 2026October 31, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s Childhood Memories, 1980s Halloween candy myth, 1980s Halloween nostalgia, 1982 Tylenol poisonings, Gen X Halloween memories, Halloween candy safety history, Halloween candy scare, Halloween candy tampering, Halloween urban legends, poisoned Halloween candy history, razor blades in apples, razor blades in Halloween candy, Ronald O'Bryan candy man killer, Timothy O'Bryan Halloween murder, trick or treating history0 comment

SERPENTOR’S LAIR | THE NOSTALGIA FILES The Halloween Candy Scare That Terrified the ’80s Razor blades. Poisoned sweets. A murdered little boy. How one true crime and a cascade of alarming headlines taught an entire generation to fear what was inside the candy bag. By Adam Jared | Serpentor’s Lair | October 2026 | Nostalgia Investigates Halloween in America, October 1984. Photograph by Steven & Courtney Johnson & Horwitz, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. THE MEMORY THAT NEVER LEFT Remember that moment? Your plastic pumpkin bucket was finally full.…

Halloween in the 1980s: When Horror Meant a Trip to the Video Store

October 31, 2026October 31, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffBlockbuster, Freddy Krueger, Friday The 13th, Ghoulies., Halloween 1980s, Horror Movies, Retro Nostalgia, VHS, Video Stores, Vintage VHS0 comment

THE NOSTALGIA FILES • HALLOWEEN 2026 Before Streaming, Halloween Meant One Thing: A Trip to the Video Store The horror aisle. The terrifying VHS boxes. The Friday-night ritual that an entire generation will never forget. By Adam Jared | October 29, 2026 A real video rental store on Maple Street in New Orleans, October 1988. Image: Wikimedia Commons. See source page for licensing and attribution. There was a time when Halloween didn’t begin with opening a streaming app. It began with a trip across town, a few dollars in your…

Happy 84th Birthday, Bob Ross: The Wonderful Stories Behind America’s Happy Painter

October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s television nostalgia, Bob Ross, Bob Ross 84th Birthday, Bob Ross Behind the Scenes, Bob Ross Birthday, Bob Ross Paintings, Bob Ross PBS, Bob Ross Rare Photos, Bob Ross Tribute, The Joy of Painting0 comment

SERPENTORSLAIR.COM | SPECIAL BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE OCTOBER 29, 1942 – JULY 4, 1995 Happy 84th Birthday, Bob Ross The Wonderful Stories Behind America’s Happy Painter A celebration of the remarkable man, the forgotten moments, and the extraordinary legacy that continues to grow. By Adam Jared | October 29, 2026 A wonderfully candid moment: Bob Ross having fun behind the scenes with a television production clapperboard. Photograph published by Visit Indiana. Somewhere, you would like to think, Bob Ross is celebrating his birthday with a freshly cleaned paintbrush, a magnificent mountain, and…

Halloween Candy in the 1980s Was Better — And We’re Ready to Prove It!

October 28, 2026October 29, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s, Candy Corn, childhood memories, Halloween, nostalgia, Reese's, Retro Candy, Snickers, Trick or Treat, Vintage Halloween0 comment

SERPENTORSLAIR.COM | HALLOWEEN NOSTALGIA Halloween Candy in the 1980s Was Better — And We’re Ready to Prove It! From full-size chocolate bars and homemade popcorn balls to the Halloween candy nobody wanted, we’re going back to the sweetest nights of our childhood. BY ADAM JARED | OCTOBER 30, 2026 Before Halloween became an Instagram event, it was a neighborhood adventure — and the candy was everything. There was a moment every Halloween night in the 1980s when the entire world seemed to stop. It happened when you finally got home.…

Ali G: Who Iz I? Movie Review – The Return of Ali G

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffAli G, Ali G Movie Review, Ali G Who Iz I, Amazon Prime Video, Borat, British comedy, Comedy Movies, Movie Reviews, Pop Culture, Sacha Baron Cohen, Satire, SerpentorsLair.com0 comment

SERPENTORSLAIR.COM | MOVIE REVIEWS Movie Review: “Ali G: Who Iz I?” Ali G returns after more than twenty years for a chaotic new adventure. By Serpentor’s Lair Columnist @GIJoeRepairShop | October 28, 2026 Back in July, this author published an article on the cultural significance of Ali G. Well, Ali G is back now after more than twenty years in which, in his words, “the world has gone to crap. There’s been wars, COVID, and Ed Sheeran.” His new movie, “Ali G: Who Iz I?”, was only in cinemas October 23rd…

The 10 Scariest Action Figures of the 1980s: The Toys That Gave Gen X Nightmares

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s action figures, D'Compose, G.I.Joe, Gen X nostalgia, Halloween 2026, Hordak, Inhumanoids, Masters of The Universe, Metlar, Mon*Star, Nemesis Enforcer, Scare Glow, Silverhawks, vintage toys0 comment

SERPENTOR’S LAIR | HALLOWEEN 2026 | GEN X COLLECTING THE 10 SCARIEST ACTION FIGURES OF THE 1980s From Cobra-La to Scare Glow—and the one toy that still gives Gen X nightmares. By Adam Jared | October 28, 2026 | SerpentorsLair.com Original boxed 1986 Inhumanoids action figures. Photo: Pook & Pook / Bidsquare. There was a time when the scariest thing in your bedroom wasn’t under the bed. It was standing on the dresser. Long before action figures became highly detailed collector’s pieces, the toy aisles of the 1980s were home…

Jason, Carrie, and Derry… Oh My!

October 24, 2026October 25, 2026 Serpentorslair StaffCarrie 2026, Crystal Lake, Friday The 13th, Halloween 2026, Horror Television, IT Welcome to Derry, Jason Voorhees, Linda Cardellini, Mike Flanagan, Peacock Crystal Lake, Pennywise, Prime Video Carrie, R.A. Rayne, Stephen King, Stephen King Universe0 comment

Jason, Carrie, and Derry… Oh My! By: R.A. Rayne We all love prequels, sequels, remakes, and TV adaptations. Whether done well or poorly, they take us back to our favorite places and expand the worlds we love. With the rise of streaming, franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, and DC have expanded their universes, and horror franchises are now joining the fray. While sequels, remakes, and TV adaptations aren’t new to the horror genre, what is new, or at least feels new, is expanding these franchises into a larger…

The Devil in the Toybox: How 1980s Evangelicals Linked He-Man, G.I. Joe and the Care Bears to the Occult

October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1980s nostalgia, 1980s Satanic Panic, 1980s toy history, Cabbage Patch Kids 1983, Care Bears, Christian toy controversy, Dungeons and Dragons, G.I. Joe 1980s, He-Man controversy, Phil Phillips 1986, Rainbow Brite, Saturday morning cartoons, Smurfs controversy, Thundercats, Turmoil in the Toybox, vintage toys0 comment

SERPENTOR’S LAIR | SPECIAL INVESTIGATION THEY SAID OUR TOYS WERE EVIL! The Rainbow, Baphomet and the 1980s Evangelical War on He-Man, G.I. Joe and America’s Toybox THE COMPLETE 40-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE | OCTOBER 2026 BY ADAM JARED The original 1986 book that accused popular children’s entertainment of introducing occult and New Age influences. Source: Cartoon Brew archival retrospective. In the 1980s, a controversial circle of evangelical authors claimed that occult symbolism was entering America’s homes through something parents considered perfectly harmless: children’s toys. The evidence they presented ranged from a rainbow…

Eve Plumb at 68: The Untold Life Beyond Jan Brady

October 22, 2026October 24, 2026 Serpentorslair Staff1970s television stars, Brady Bunch behind the scenes, Christopher Knight Eve Plumb, classic TV celebrities, Dawn Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Eve Plumb, Eve Plumb 2026, Eve Plumb biography, Eve Plumb breast cancer, Eve Plumb childhood, Eve Plumb family, Eve Plumb husband, Eve Plumb life story, Eve Plumb memoir, Eve Plumb paintings, Eve Plumb parents, Eve Plumb sister, Eve Plumb then and now, Happiness Included, Hollywood nostalgia, Jan Brady, Ken Pace, Neely Plumb, The Brady Bunch0 comment

SERPENTOR’S LAIR • CELEBRITY LIFE & LEGACY Beyond “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”: The Extraordinary Life of Eve Plumb The woman America knew as Jan Brady opens a new chapter, reflecting on her remarkable childhood, devastating family losses, unexpected romance, survival, and the happiness she found beyond Hollywood. Eve Plumb in a 1973 ABC publicity portrait. Photo: ABC Television / Wikimedia Commons, U.S. public domain. For millions of Americans, Eve Plumb will forever be the little girl who stood somewhere between Marcia’s seemingly effortless perfection and Cindy’s irresistible cuteness. She was Jan…