Truman State Lore
Which dorm hall is still occupied by Charlotte Burkhalter?
Ezra C. Grim Hall. Charlotte is known as a benevolent and kind ghost.
What Celtic festival does Halloween come from?
Samhain
True or False: The abandoned Rainbow Basin Ski Lodge exists?
True
What are the names of the three Sanderson sisters in the movie “Hocus Pocus”?
Winifred, Mary, and Sarah
Who plays the song "Monster Mash"?
Bobby Pickett
Urban legend says Sue Thomas is what supernatural creature?
A vampire
How much money did Americans spend on Halloween in 2023? (Within 1 billion)
Approximately $12.2 billion, per the NRF
What is the legend of the Devil's Chair?
If you sit in the Devil's Chair in Highland Park Cemetery at midnight on Halloween, you may die within the year or be pulled into the earth by a ghost.
How long did it take to make the movie “A Nightmare Before Christmas"?
Three years
Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?
William Shakespeare's “Macbeth”
Which dorm hall is said to be occupied by Joan Escobar?
Centennial Hall. It is said that her death was so swift that she doesn't realize it happened and still does her work as an RA.
From 1947 to 1969 the U.S. Air Force investigated unidentified flying objects, or U.F.O.s, as part of a project named what?
Project Blue Book
In what cemetery is a mass grave for executed Confederate Soldiers?
Forest Llewellyn Cemetery
What's the top grossing horror movie of all time?
"It"
What ghoulish 1984 song returned to the charts on Billboard's “Hot 100” in October of 2023?
Michael Jackson's “Thriller”
There is rumored to be a lamp made of what material in the Kirk building?
Human skin
Which U.S. president told a group of schoolkids that the White House was haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?
In 1989, George H.W. Bush jokingly told a group of children that Lincoln was rumored to haunt the White House
What shop on the square was used as a hospital during the Civil War?
Hidden Treasures
Who played Laurie Strode in the 1978 movie "Halloween"?
Jamie Lee Curtis
Besides horror, what other genre did “Dracula” author Bram Stoker publish books under?
How were books saved during the mysterious Great Truman Fire?
They were thrown out of windows
Whose tale inspired the tradition of carving jack-o'-lanterns?
The tale of “Stingy Jack,” a man who cheated the devil and was sentenced to carry a glowing ember in a hollowed-out turnip for eternity
What is the legend of the Dybbuk Box?
A.T. Still Museum Director picked up an old box for a friend when he started coughing, became covered in welts, and bled from his eyes. Later, (still in possession of the box), at a lunch with his mother, a chandelier shattered behind them.
He had bought this box from a Holocaust survivor who had managed to immigrate to America despite laws put in place by Harry Laughlin to keep Jewish people out. Harry Laughlin was a native of Kirksville and a former student AND faculty member of Truman State University.
He eventually donated the box to a Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Which movie tops Rotten Tomatoes' list of the Scariest Horror Movies Ever?
"The Exorcist"
The 1962 novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” was penned by what author?
Ray Bradbury