The Weekender - October 30-November 1, 2020

If you need to burn off Halloween treats and repurpose that festive pumpkin...Try the Pumpkin Workout!  

Fitness trainer Danielle Pascente put together a 10-step workout routine you can do with the help of your pumpkin pal!

Let’s feel the burn! Pump, pump, pumpkin it up! 

If you want to listen to something creepy, check out the Haunted Places podcast. 

Each episode, you visit a different haunted place – mansions, cemeteries, hotels – they’ve got ‘em all! You’ll learn the spooky backstory of the place and take a chilling audio tour.  

This week, they’re talking about the location of one of Pennsylvania’s last witch trials!

To watch: Hocus Pocus! 

 

It’s the ultimate Halloween movie! And, in an interview on “Good Day New York,” Bette Midler confirmed that a sequel with the original Sanderson sisters and the rest of the cast is in the works! Give the original a re-watch!

Fun fact: Leonardo DiCaprio nearly played Max Dennison in “Hocus Pocus,” but he turned it down to appear in What's Eating Gilbert Grape instead. 

A creepy classic... “in a dark dark room” 

This throwback collection of children’s scary stories is still giving adults the willies.   

The story about the green ribbon will make you never look at choker necklaces the same way.