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An assortment of pumpkins.

Diverse campus fashion changes with the fall

Quinn Cooper Dixon, Staff Writer
October 20, 2024

  UMKC students are bringing out their sweaters and winter wardrobes due to the recent changes in the summer-to-fall weather.    Throughout fall fashion changing, people express themselves in varieties of ways.  Now that summer weather is coming to a close and Halloween...

The Redcurve sisters.

“Saw” Director and Kansas City native Darren Lynn Bousman unleashes new immersive horror Experience in Kansas

Jazlyn Summers, Managing Editor
October 17, 2024

    Kansas City native and “Saw” horror movie director’s newest project is an immersive haunt “Exiled: Crooked Rose Woods,” located in Bonner Springs, Kansas.   Darren Lynn Bousman directed four of the Saw movies: Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV and Spiral. He...

The Epperson House is closed to visitors, but can be seen from the distance around campus.

The Spooky History of the Castle on Campus

Aurora Wilson, Lifestyle and Culture Editor
October 31, 2023

  Located at the corner of Cherry and 52 St., the Epperson House looms over UMKC’s campus, haunting students who dare to walk past it.    Construction on the 54-room mansion started in 1919 and cost over $450,000 to build to completion–over $13 million in today’s...

Browse the endless possibilities of chilling recommendations.

Seven Spooky Movies for a Halloweek-end In

Alexandrea Erisman, Staff Writer
October 30, 2023

  In a rut this fall season? Want to have a terrifying time, but don’t know where to start?    Search no further, mortals. The following spell, I mean list, will enchant your Halloween streaming needs long into the witching hour.  “Rocky Horror Picture Show”...

Worlds of Fun Haunt

Worlds of Fun Haunt

Cheeia Vang
October 18, 2022

Worlds of Fun hosts its annual Halloween Haunt from September 16th through October 29th. To read more about this event, check out Joely King's "How to Haunt" story in our events section. Photos by Cheeia Vang

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