Hallowe'en tricks and haunted cars

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We've written about Rolls-Royces in the days leading up to All Hallows' Eve before, specifically the Silver Ghost, Phantom and Spirit models. We've even tackled the Phantom Corsair and could go on to more modern stuff here such as that curious one-off Fiat 8V Démon Rouge, or even the Lamborghini Diablo and Lotus Esprit if we were to continue investigating paranormal naming activities.

This year, though, we have finally succeeded in capturing on camera a genuinely haunted car. Yes, of course it’s an American Hallowe'en decoration, dating, we believe, from 1938. Getting dressed up in the build-up to 31st October is nothing new and even decorating front gardens and houses is something people have been doing for decades. Simple tricks can work particularly well, as we can see from pictures like this one, when people had to use their imagination and nothing more elaborate than standard household items rather than shopping for gimmicks at the party shop or online. Why not place some props covered with sheets in your car, light them up from the inside and see how it turns out? As for the model of this ghostly car? You tell us.

Do ghost cars really exist? Some folk will tell you they do. When the French police stopped Catholic priest Philippe Laguerie in January, 2000, he declared that his BMW, on his way to church, had become all of a sudden ‘possessed by the devil’. According to the saintly man, the machine was taken completely out of his control and started speeding all by itself. Laguerie claimed he was scared to death himself. He was banned from driving on Sundays nevertheless…

Be careful out there.

Words: Jeroen Booij
 

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