EER!

Why isn't eer a word? There's eerie... but no noun version of it. I don't want to say "I like eerie things." I want to say "I like eer." I guess it would sound like "ear" when spoken and people would wonder why you like ears and then wonder why you said ear (singular) instead of ears. And then you would be that weird kid.
But, we are weird here at the trope, so I'm going to say it:
I like eer.
Aaand, since Mollie wrote a lovely post that was not about halloween and it's way past halloween (so now is obviously the time to post halloweeny things) I'm going to list some of the eerie things I like. (Also, I'm officially giving up on the idea that our posts won't be in list format)

*Twin Peaks- Duh. I figured I'd just go ahead and put that first since I'm sure you already knew it was coming and would just have been waiting for it. And what's the best way to enjoy Twin Peaks? (other than with your secret lover, obviously) With Twin Peaks-themed food, of course! Heavenly pie, damn good coffee, and creamy brie on baguette. Ok, so that last one was only in one episode, but it just sounded absurdly delicious. And so that's what I did! I could've probably used some donuts, too, but I am not a policeman--just a Dale Cooper and Peaks enthusiast.

*Travel Channel shows on America's "spookiest" and "most haunted" places. Pun-filled narration + vague visuals + over-dramatization + ??ghosts?? = quality TV for *any* season! To be honest I'm not entirely sure why I love these so much. The narration does amuse me quite a bit actually, and it's interesting to hear the backstories to these supposed ghosts. One of my favorite places they often list and discuss is...

Be careful with the door to nowhere!

*The Winchester Mystery House- While this is less of a story of a ghost than it is of a woman who believes in a haunting, the whole of it is really interesting.  The story goes that Sarah Winchester, a woman with a wealthy husband and beautiful daughter in the late 1800s, was so distressed after the sudden death of her husband and child that she sought out a medium in Boston.  The medium told her that the deaths of her loved ones were caused by spirits that haunted her family and fortune.  These were the spirits of men that had been killed by Winchester rifles--American Indians, Civil War soldiers, and others.  The medium stated, though, that there was a way to keep the spirits at bay.  Mrs. Winchester must move west and build a great house for the spirits, the construction of which must never stop or Mrs. Winchester's life would be in danger.  Sarah Winchester did just that, moving to San Jose, California and hiring construction workers to build a maze of a house without stopping even on weekends or holidays.  It is said that Mrs. Winchester conducted seances to decide what the construction plans would be.  The mansion is full of doors that open into walls, stairs that hit the ceiling, and secret passageways. If you want to see one of the travel channel segments about it, it's right here.