Ghastly greetings from Count Gregula! Guess vhat? The beast time of year for fear is here once again! This scare season is lurking to be vast, vicked and vild for several established haunted happenings including some brand new ominous offerings scheduled to be open for boo business in 2023. A few fang-tastic fears and fall frights are already getting going this macabre…
Interest is at a peak in antiques and vintage these days, as evident from the Wheaton All-Night Flea Market! This annual market brings around a hundred vendors, dealers, and purveyors of objects rare and fine. The collectors that arrive in droves to this event hunger for the thrill of the hunt. The main attraction is that you never know what you’ll find,…
Ready to have some summer shopping fun with Team Gregula? Count Gregula's Crypt will be one of the special guests along with stars Alison Arngrim (Little House on the Prairie), Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Thiemmen (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), Wisconsin-based Horror Hosts from Storm's Realm and the actor who brought Chicago’s Bozo the Clown (1984-2001) to life, Joey D'Auria…
It's been a hot summer so far, and it's only gonna get hotter because FAN EXPO Chicago is coming back to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont this weekend!!! Team Gregula will be attending this fang-bulous event filled with some of the most beloved celebrities of all time! FAN EXPO Chicago is the ultimate go-to event for sci-fi, horror, anime,…
The 2023 Wisconsin State Fair, presented by U.S. Cellular, opens Thursday, Aug. 3 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 13 at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis. Agriculture is the backbone of the Wisconsin State Fair and can be seen throughout the barns, milking parlor and educational exhibits on the fair grounds. Team Gregula cannot wait to make their annual road trip to…
Team Gregula both traveled overseas and backwards centuries of time, in this case, to England in the year 1574! The Count and family visited the Bristol Renaissance Faire held every July and August in Bristol, Wisconsin. This faire recreates the Renaissance and is a theme park that has rides, games, crafters, and live shows, among many other diversions. As a theme park,…
The iconic, summer-long Bristol Renaissance Faire will open the gates for the 2023 season, and Team Gregula is excited to return after a year off. Voted “Best Renaissance Faire” for the tenth consecutive year in 2021, the Bristol Renaissance Faire opened on Saturday, July 8, for nine weekends and closing on Labor Day Monday, September 4. The Faire offers an exciting, eclectic…
Ghoul Day, all! Team Gregula is excited to announce that we will be covering The Oddities & Curiosities Expo for our very first time. Da Count, Deadly Dex and I (your favorite Countess) are looking forward to indulge in the beast of spooky shopping!!! The Chicago edition of The Oddities & Curiosities Expo will be taking place this weekend (July 22-23) at…
We are officially HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN 2023! One of our favorite haunted houses is celebrating Halloween in May! The creators of The Old Joliet Haunted Prison are bringing a 2-day-only live event this weekend to celebrate the halfway mark to the best holiday on Earth - Halloween!!! The Old Joliet Haunted Prison will be setting an early precedent for what is sure…
Days Of The Dead (DOTD), one of most acclaimed and popular horror conventions in the USA, returns for a "sequel" vith their newest con All Monsters Attack. Started in Indianapolis during September 2022 and now moved this May 2023 to Illinois, All Monsters Attack 2 vill joyously celebrates Japanese kaiju, cartoons, sci fi and television from the 1970s and 1980s. Packed vith…