** Being a compilation of dates ( births, deaths, happenings) significant to the season - a work in progress
JANUARY
1 James George Frazer (author, folklorist) 1/1/1854 (b)
1 Frankenstein by Marry Wollstonecraft Shelley published (1/11818)
3 William Harrison Ainsworth (author) 1/3/1882 (d)
3 John Ronald Reuel J.R.R. Tolkien (author) 1/3/1892 (b)
4 Doreen Valiente (author, witch) 1/4/1922 (b)
4 Seth Grahame Smith (author) 1/4/1976 (b)
12 The Wolfman movie release 2/12/2010
14 Thomas Tryon (author) 1/14/1926 (b)
19 Edgar Allan Poe (author) 1/19/1809 (b)
20 The Ghost and Mr Chicken movie release 1/20/1966
27 John Updike (author) 1/27/2009 (d)
FEBRUARY
1 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (author) 2/1/1851 (d)
2 Boris Karloff (actor) 2/2/1969 (d)
3 Ransom Riggs (author) 2/3/1979 (b)
4 William Harrison Ainsworth (author) 2/4/1805 (b)
5 Susan Hill (author) 2/5/1942 (b)
7 Charles Dickens (author) 2/7/1812 (b)
7 Neal Forsling (author) 2/7/1889 (b)
7 Elizabeth Robins Pennell aka Maddalena 2/7/1936 (d)
7 Frank Stewart Farrar (author, witch) 2/7/2000 (d)
10 Arthur Miller (author) 2/10/2005 (d)
11 Jane Hyatt Yolen (author) 2/11/1939 (b)
12 Cotton Mather (author) 2/12/1663 (b)
12 Gerald Brosseau Gardner (author, wiccan) 2/12/1964 (d)
13 Cotton Mather (author) 2/13/1728 (d)
21 Elizabeth Robins Pennell aka Maddalena (author, biographer) 2/21/1855 (b)
22 Edward St. John Gorey (author) 2/22/1925 (b)
22 Sybil Leek (author, witch) 2/22/1917 (b)
24 Don Knotts (actor) 2/24/2006
28 Henry James (author) 2/28/1916 (d)
28 Bartholomew Gedney (judge-Salem witch trials) 2/28/1698 (d)
MARCH
2 Peter Straub (author) 3/2/1943 (b)
5 Mark Z Danielewski (author) 3/5/1966 (b)
10 Lydia Dustin (died in prison-could not pay fees-Salem) 3/10/1693 (d)
10 The Ninth Gate release (3/10/2000)
11 Christopher Rice (author) 3/11/1978 (b)
14 Algernon Blackwood (author) 3/14/1869 (b)
15 Howard Phillips H.P. Lovecraft (author) 3/15/1937 (d)
16 Alice Hoffman (author) 3/16/1952 (b)
17 James K Morrow (author) 3/17/1947 (b)
18 John Updike (author) 3/18/1932 (b)
18 Lucius Shepard (author) 3/18/2014 (d)
20 Charles Godfrey Leland (author, folklorist) 3/20/1903 (d)
24 Harry Houdini (illusionist) 3/24/1874 (b)
26 Erica Jong (author) 3/26/1942 (b)
APRIL
1 Lon Chaney (actor) 4/1/1883 (b)
3 Washington Irving (author) 4/3/1783 (b)
5 Carrie by Stephen King published (1974)
9 George Oliver Onions (author) 4/9/1961 (d)
10 Montague Summers (author) 4/10/1880 (b)
11 Anton Szandor LaVey (author, occultist) 4/11/1930 (b)
12 Andrew Davidson (author) 4/12/1969 (b)
12 Witches of Eastwick by John Updike published (4/12/1984)
13 Lee Bennett Hopkins (author) 8/13/1938 (b)
15 Henry James (author) 4/15/1843 (b)
15 Gaston Lerou (author) 4/15/1927 (d)
15 Edward St. John Gorey (author) 4/15/2000 (d)
16 Margot Adler (author, witch) 4/16/1946 (b)
19 Daphne du Maurier (author) 4/19/1989 (d)
20 Bram Stoker (author) 4/20/1812 (d)
22 Jack Nicholson (actor) 4/202/1937 (b)
25 Walter De La Mare (author, poet) 4/25/1873 (b)
29 Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (author) 4/29/1980 (d)
30 Alex Sanders born Orrell Alexander Carter (wiccan) 4/30/1988 (d)
MAY
5 Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice published (5/5/1976)
6 Gaston Lerou (author) 5/6/1868 (b)
6 L Frank Baum (author) 5/6/1919 (d)
7 James George Frazer (author, folklorist) 5/7/1941 (d)
8 Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Russian occultist) 5/8/1891 (d)
10 Sarah Osborne (died in prison-Salem) 5/10/1692 (d)
10 John Hathorne (Salem witch trial judge) 5/10/1717 (d)
13 Daphne du Maurier (author) 5/13/1907 (b)
15 L Frank Baum (author) 5/15/1856 (b)
19 Marion Weinstein (author, witch) 5/19/1939 (b)
19 Nathaniel Hawthorne (author) 5/19/1864 (d)
26 Dracula by Bram Stoker published (5/26/1897)
26 Peter Cushing (actor) 5/26/1913 (b)
27 Vincent Price (actor) 5/27/1911 (b)
27 Christopher Lee (actor) 5/27/1922 (b)
JUNE
2 Salem Witch Trials begin (Bridget Bishop) 6/2/1692
3 Marion Zimmer Bradley (author) 6/3/1930 (b)
4 Joe Hill (author) 6/4/1972 (b)
5 Ray Bradbury (author) 6/5/2012 (d)
6 Alex Sanders born Orrell Alexander Carter (wiccan) 6/6/1926 (b)
7 Christopher Lee (actor) 6/7/2015 (d)
9 Gregory MaGuire (author) 6/9/1954 (b)
9 Charles Dickens (author) 6/9/1870 (d)
9 Jonathan Corwin (judge-Salem witch trials) 6/9/1718 (d)
9 Johnny Depp (actor) 6/9/1963 (b)
10 Bridget Bishop (executed by hanging-Salem) 6/10/1692 (d)
11 Gene Wilder (actor) 6/11/1933 (b)
12 M.R. James (author) 6/12/1936 (d)
12 Witches of Eastwick released (6/12/1987)
13 Gerald Brosseau Gardner (author, wiccan) 6/13/1884 (b)
13 Audrey Niffenegger (author) 6/13/1963 (b)
13 The Shining released (6/13/1980)
14 Bartholomew Gedney (judge-Salem witch trials) 6/14/1640 (b)
16 Roger Toothaker (died in prison-Salem) 6/16/1692 (d)
16 Marie Laveau (voodoo queen) 6/16/1881 (d)
17 Starhawk (born Miriam Simos - author, teacher, witch) 6/17/1951 (b)
17 Wolf released (6/17/1994)
21 Increase Mather (author, Salem witch judge) 6/21/1639 (b)
22 Walter De La Mare (author, poet) 6/22/1956 (d)
24 Janet Farrar (author, witch) 6/24/1950 (b)
25 Alfred Noyes (author, poet) 6/25/1958 (d)
26 Colin Wilson (author) 6/26/1931 (b)
27 Dark Shadows (first TV episode) 6/27/1966
28 Frank Stewart Farrar (author, witch) 6/28/1916 (b)
28 Esther Louise Forbes (author) 6/28/1891 (b)
JULY
1 Marion Weinstein (author, witch) 7/1/2009 (d)
4 Nathaniel Hawthorne (author) 7/4/1804 (b)
7 William Stoughton (presiding judge-Salem witch trials) 7/7/1701 (d)
13 Margaret Alice Murray (author, folklorist) 7/13/1863 (b)
19 Sarah Good (executed by hanging-Salem) 7/19/1692 (d)
19 Susanna Martin (executed by hanging-Salem) 7/19/1692 (d)
19 Rebecca Nurse (executed by hanging-Salem) 7/19/1692 (d)
19 Elizabeth How (executed by hanging-Salem) 7/19/1692 (d)
19 Sarah Wildes (executed by hanging-Salem) 7/19/1692 (d)
21 Don Knotts (actor) 7/21/1924
24 Alice Borchardt (author) 7/24/2007 (d)
28 Margot Adler (author, witch) 7/28/2014 (d)
29 Jennet Preston (Yorkshire witch executed) 7/29/1612 (d)
29 Agnes Waterhouse (Chelmsford witch hanged) 7/29/1566 (d)
AUGUST
1 M.R. James (author) 8/1/1862 (b)
1 Jack Santino (author, folklorist) 8/1/1947 (b)
5 John Hathorne (Salem witch trial judge) 8/5/1641 (b)
7 Countess Elizabeth Bathory (murderess) 8/7/1560 (b)
8 Shirley Jackson (author) 8/8/1965 (d)
10 Montague Summers (author) 8/10/1948 (d)
11 Peter Cushing (actor) 8/11/1994 (d)
12 Esther Louise Forbes (author) 8/12/1967 (d)
12 Isaac Bonewits (author,druid) 8/12/2010 (d)
12 Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (Russian occultist) 8/12/1831 (b)
13 Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (author) 8/13/1899 (b)
15 Charles Godfrey Leland (author, folklorist) 8/15/1924 (b)
16 Bela Lugosi (actor) 8/16/1956 (d)
19 George Burroughs (executed by hanging-Salem) 8/19/1692 (b)
19 George Burroughs (executed by hanging-Salem) 8/19/1692 (d)
19 Martha Carrier (executed by hanging-Salem) 8/19/1692 (d)
19 George Jacobs Sr (executed by hanging-Salem) 8/19/1692 (d)
19 John Proctor (executed by hanging-Salem) 8/19/1692 (d)
19 John Willard (executed by hanging-Salem) 8/19/1692 (d)
20 Alizon Device (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
20 Elizabeth Device (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
20 James Device (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
20 Anne Whittle (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
20 Anne Redferne (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
20 Alice Nutter (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
20 Katherine Hewitt (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
20 John Bulcock (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
20 Jane Bulcock (Lancashire witch executed by hanging) 8/20/1612 (d)
21 Lucius Shepard (author) 8/21/1943 (b)
21 Countess Elizabeth Bathory (murderess) 8/21/1614 (d)
21 Neal Forsling (author) 8/21/1977 (d)
22 Ray Bradbury (author) 8/22/1920 (b)
22 Diane Setterfield (author) 8/22/1964 (b)
23 Dacre Calder Stoker (author) 8/23/1958 (b)
23 Increase Mather (author, Salem witch judge) 5/23/1723 (d)
25 Tim Burton (author, filmmaker) 8/25/1958 (b)
26 Lon Chaney (actor) 8/26/1930 (d)
27 Ira Marvin Levin (author) 8/27/1929 (b)
29 Gene Wilder (actor) 8/29/2016 (d)
30 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (author) 8/30/1797 (d)
30 National Frankenstein Day
31 Raymond Buckland (author, witch) 8/31/1934 (b)
SEPTEMBER
1 W.W. Jacobs (author) 9/1/1943 (d)
1 Doreen Valiente (author, witch) 9/1/1999 (d)
2 John Ronald Reuel J.R.R. Tolkien (author) 9/2/1973 (d)
4 Thomas Tryon (author) 9/4/1991 (d)
7 W.W. Jacobs (author) 9/8/1863 (b)
8 Jack Prelutsky (author, poet) 9/8/1940 (b)
10 Marie Laveau (voodoo queen) 9/10/1794 (b)
11 Silver RavenWolf, born Jenine E. Trayer (author, witch) 9/11/1956 (b)
12 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield published (9/12/2006)
16 Alfred Noyes (author, poet) 9/16/1880 (b)
19 Giles Corey (executed-pressed to death-Salem) 9/19/1692 (d)
21 Stephen King (author) 9/21/1947 (b)
22 Martha Corey (executed by hanging-Salem) 9/22/1692 (d)
22 Mary Easty (executed by hanging-Salem) 9/22/1692 (d)
22 Alice Parker (executed by hanging-Salem) 9/22/1692 (d)
22 Mary Parker (executed by hanging-Salem) 9/22/1692 (d)
22 Ann Pudeator (executed by hanging-Salem) 9/22/1692 (d)
22 Wilmott Redd (executed by hanging-Salem) 9/22/1692 (d)
22 Margaret Scott (executed by hanging-Salem) 9/22/1692 (d)
22 Samuel Wardwell (executed by hanging-Salem) 9/22/1692 (d)
25 Marion Zimmer Bradley (author) 9/25/1999 (d)
25 Carlos Ruiz Zafon (author) 9/25/1964 (b)
27 Raymond Buckland (author, witch) 9/27/2017 (d)
28 Wicked by Gregory Maguire published (9/28/1996)
30 William Stoughton (presiding judge-Salem witch trials) 9/30/1631 (b)
OCTOBER
1 Isaac Bonewits (author, druid) 10/1/1949 (b)
4 Anne Rice (author) 10/4/1941 (b)
6 Alice Borchardt (author) 10/6/1939 (b)
7 Edgar Allan Poe (author) 10/7/1849 (d)
12 Salem Witch trials end 10/12/1692 (b)
13 The Nightmare Before Christmas release (10/13/1993)
14 Patricia Crowther (occultist, wiccan) 10/14/1927 (b)
16 Oscar Wilde (author) 10/16/1854 (b)
17 Arthur Miller (author) 10/17/1915 (b)
17 Salem's Lot by Stephen King published (10/17/1975)
19 The Witching Hour by Anne Rice published (10/19/1990)
20 Bela Lugosi (actor) 10/20/1882 (b)
21 The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike published (10/21/2008)
25 Vincent Price (actor) 10/25/1993 (d)
26 Sybil Leek (author, witch) 10/26/1982 (d)
29 Anton Szandor LaVey (author, occultist) 10/29/1997 (d)
31 Harry Houdini (illusionist) 10/31/1926 (d)
NOVEMBER
5 Thomas Danforth (judge-Salem witch trials) 11/5/1699 (d)
8 Bram Stoker (author) 11/8/1847 (b)
10 Neil Gaiman (author) 11/10/1960 (b)
11 Interview with a Vampire released (11/11/1994)
12 Ira Marvin Levin (author) 11/12/2007 (d)
13 Margaret Alice Murray (author, folklorist) 11/13/1963 (d)
13 George Oliver Onions (author) 11/13/1873 (b)
13 Robert Louis Stevenson (author) 11/13/1850 (b)
14 Jonathan Corwin (judge-Salem witch trials) 11/14/1640 (b)
15 Elizabeth George Speare (author) 11/15/1994 (d)
20 Thomas Danforth (judge-Salem witch trials) 11/20/1623 (b)
21 Elizabeth George Speare (author) 11/21/1908 (b)
21 Christopher John Reuel Tolkien (author) 11/21/1924 (b)
23 Boris Karloff (actor) 11/23/1887 (b)
25 Arturo Perez Reverte (author) 11/25/1951 (b)
28 Washington Irving (author) 11/28/1859 (d)
30 Oscar Wilde (author) 11/30/1900 (d)
DECEMBER
3 Ann Foster (died in prison-Salem) 12/3/1692 (d)
3 Robert Louis Stevenson (author) 12/3/1894 (d)
5 Colin Wilson (author) 12/5/2013 (d)
10 Algernon Blackwood (author) 12/10/1951 (d)
14 Shirley Jackson (author) 12/14/1916 (b)
15 Young Frankenstein released (1974)
20 Andrei Codrescu (author) 12/20/1946 (b)
21 Raymond E Feist (author) 12/21/1945 (b)
26 Elizabeth Kostova (author) 12/26/1964 (b)
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