Dark Side of the Net

Here are my favorite Halloween background music and spooky ambience YouTube channels. Some are more relaxing than others; some of these channels lean really heavy into rain and crackling fire sounds, and some are better for background music at your haunted Halloween parties. Subscribe to a couple of channels so you have them ready for the spooky season! I work at home and often have one of these channels on in the background while I work on the computer. It helps me relax but also focus and get work done.

If you love chatting about Halloween and the spooky season year-round, you can join other Halloween enthusiasts in online chat groups, forums, subreddits, and Facebook groups. Here are some of the interesting communities for Halloween fanatics I've discovered lately.

Let's watch other people shopping for Halloween! Some of these videos show what people ordered and had sent to their house, some are what they brought home from the stores, and some are just tours of "Code Orange" Halloween items hitting the local stores. It's going to be a fantastic spooky season!

The Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride at Disneyland. Here are Haunted Mansion websites, resources, and cool products (toys, books, puzzles, games, decorations, and clothing) based on the attraction and the films.

It's time for Back to School, and we thought you might like to see some gothic and dark alternative school supply ideas! We call it 'Black to School.'

Here are the goth products I found that I'm excited to show you. There are books, toys, games, puzzles, calendars, candles, home decor, clothing and jewelry for the dark alternative and gothic lifestyle.

Here are my little goth books for babies. I created them with the help of ChatGPT to make the images, so these are AI-assisted ebooks. I plan to create a few more in the series. Some of them have a “crocheted doll” look, others have “puppet doll” and others are “needle felted doll” style.

I collect dark and spooky little books for babies and kids. Sometimes I'm allowed to read them to my grandkid! Here are board books, chapter books, picture books and the like for goth babies, wee darklings, and spooky toddlers.

Here are classic horror ebooks and short stories you can read online for free. Make yourself a mug of steaming hot tea, grab a cozy blanket, and settle in by the fireplace for a nice long cozy evening of reading.

Mary Shelley is the mother of science fiction. Her 1818 book “Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus” established the literary genre. Here are books about her, books by her, and pop culture products based on her and her creations. I especially like reading her letters - she was an avid correspondent, and a voracious reader.

Hallmark makes a line of “Itty Bitty” plush dolls, just 3 inches high. They're the perfect size to tuck into a pocket, your purse, laptop bag or backpack to take to school or work with you for company. I've chosen all the “darker” Itty Bittys based on books, movies, comics and games to showcase here for you. So many adorable options!

Here are pumpkin-shaped candles that really add a lovely element to your Halloween and autumn decor schemes. The fragrances fill your home with delightful autumn scents, and the candle containers are pleasing to the eye.

Here are some really cool spooky Halloween decorations, books about Halloween, Halloween plushies, Halloween costumes, creepy cute plushies, toys, games, puzzles and more fun products to help you celebrate the spooky season. We really enjoy finding these cool products for you to check out. Enjoy and happy haunting!

Pottery Barn went “all in” on ghostly decor this season (Halloween 2025). They added a lot of decorative ghosts to their porch and home decor offerings, plus several new ghost candles for your tablescape. There are also a couple of adorably spooky ghost pillows, and a ghost candy server. They've added glittery black trees to their porch and “Haunted garden” yard collections, and beefed up their offerings for your yard.

Since 1993 I've been curating links to websites about goth music, dark alternative, industrial and post-punk. (Basically anything in the dark alternative/goth music scene but not goth metal or metal music). On this list, I'll start adding my old links back in, and updating with new goth bands that have come out recently.