Let's explore some Halloween sites on the Internet. Parents, some of the sites contain haunted houses, scary stories, and frightening graphics that may scare small children. You may want to surf these sites with your child. Personally, I recommend supervision for children in all areas of the Internet. Sometimes innocent searches can turn up some fairly wild links.  

Women in Technology International is sponsoring Take Your Children on the Internet the week of October 25-November 1. The event features a Halloween theme and will allow kids to explore the "haunted" regions of the internet, give tips on how to make a costume, and include several other fun and educational activities. This is a high profile event designed to encourage people of all ages to get online and explore the wealth of information available on the Internet. http://www.witi.com./TYCOTI/

Booville hosts a Trick net Treat Contest, haunted houses, Halloween activities, and much more. http://www.usacitylink.com/boo/ 

The Halloween Mazes site contains mazes you can print and do offline. http://www.islandnet.com/~bedford/h-mazes.html 

Halloween Mad Libs - Laugh Yourself To Death! Here's a site where you can print out copies of mad libs, then gather some of your friends together and play. http://www.islandnet.com/~bedford/h-madlib.html 

Halloween Games: So Much Fun You'll Die. At this site, your Halloween party is planned for you. They give suggestions on activities to do until everyone arrives, goodie bags, and games to play. Examples of the games include Play Musical Tombstones and Feed the Monsters. http://www.islandnet.com/~bedford/h-games.html 

At the Mystical Smoking Head of 'Bob', you can ask a yes or no question and discover some terrifying truths. http://www.resort.com/~banshee/Misc/8ball/ 

At Sylvan's Halloween Haunt, you will find Halloween shareware, clip art, puzzles, and crafts. http://www.gamesdomain.com/tigger/halloween/halloween.html 

The Sound Bytes site contains all sorts of spooky Halloween sounds. You can hear a ghost moaning, a werewolf howling, a monster's growl, and even a witch laughing. http://members.aol.com/harley101/private/hween/hhsound.html 

Send Halloween postcards to your friends online. http://www.ais.org/~alb/hall.html 

The Halloween mailing list was set up for people who have a great interest in Halloween decorating. If you wish to subscribe to the list, please send mail to listserv@netcom.com with subscribe halloween-l youremail@address in the body.  

At Halloween Spooktacular, you can read frightening tales of horror.http://www.bossnt.com/page12.html

The Halloween-L Archives features Halloween images, fonts, links to other web sites, mazes, party themes, plaster castings, masks, skeletons, and even vacuum molds. http://www.calweb.com/~bertino/halloween.html

Halloween links:http://rio.atlantic.net/~bdarl/hallow1.html

The Great Halloween Quiz: http://www.magicnet.net/~slybootz/

The Salem Witch Trials 1692: http://www.star.net/salem/memorial/default.htm

Next week, in honor of National Diabetes Month, we'll search the Web for diabetes sites. Until then, enjoy the Web!

Robin Nobles is a freelance writer who can be reached at robinnobles@robinsnest.com.

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