CASTLE HALLOWEEN MUSEUM
A bride and groom done in the tradition of the Mexican Day of the Dead are part of the Crypt exhibit at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
A folk art doll graces the top of "The Pirate Bar" at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. The bar is full of Halloween theme cans and bottles. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
Pamela Apkarian-Russell, a leading collector of Halloween memorabilia, talks about her Zoltan machine at her Castle Halloween museum in an old school house onThursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
A display of Halloween noise makers spanning the 30's, 40's and 50's at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum in an old school house onThursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
A Mardi Gras devil head mask from the 20's is part of Pamela Apkarian-Russell's collection of Halloween memorabilia which she displays at her Castle Halloween museum in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
A vintage candy box is part of the collection of Halloween memorabilia at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum located in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
Flossie Fisher plates for Halloween parties are on display at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum located in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
A folk art puppet show at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum located in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
Bakelite Halloween figures from the 50's at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum in an old school house onThursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
The Crypt room at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. The room is dedicated to the way people have dealt with death over the years. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
Paper mache and ceramic devil heads are part of Pamela Apkarian-Russell's collection of Halloween memorabilia which she displays at her Castle Halloween museum in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
A wreath from 1861 made from the hair of the deceased at Pamela Apkarian-Russell's Castle Halloween museum in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
Pamela Apkarian-Russell, a leading collector of Halloween memorabilia, holds a pair of fragile celluloid figurines from the 20's at her Castle Halloween museum in an old school house on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 in Benwood, W.Va. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal)
