Last week I posted a pic of a sign along the road pointing towards “Evil Dead.” I got curious, so today over lunch I investigated.

Driving down narrow country roads, I didn’t see any Evil Dead. In fact, it was strange to see no one at all–living or dead. Where did everyone go?

I finally came across …

I passed this creepy sign on the way home. It’s that time of year, when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin. Only this time, the dead are thoughtfully providing helpful signage.

Some of us love stories that leave us listening fearfully for shuffling footsteps in the dark, or movies that make us spray our popcorn about the room when the bogeyman leaps from the shadows, on reflection, we may wonder just what it is about scary stories that causes such fearful reactions. Those …