"What makes the spooky season such a special time of year is that it gives everyone permission to find their edge. For some, that's about trying on different personas via silly and inventive costumes. For others, that's confronting their fears: Scary attractions make thrill-seekers' hearts pound, but they can rest knowing that it's all fantasy. Meanwhile, true-crime enthusiasts get to explore the real dark side of humanity through gory tales. Others just get giddy having a green light to upend society's rules of decorum, even for a short window of time."
"Enchanting and a little eerie? You be the judge at Filoli's Nightfall, now in its second season. See the famous Dambo Trolls in the moonlight this season as Filoli doubles the size of its immersive event. The experience at the Woodside estate starts in the historic mansion, which has been transformed into a witches' Gothic apothecary. Follow the flickering jack-o-lanterns to The Meadow for games, music and seasonal food and drink around the firepits."
Spooky season encourages people to test boundaries through playful costumes, confronting fears at scary attractions, and exploring darker narratives via true-crime stories. Some participants enjoy temporarily upending social decorum and embracing personas or outrageous behavior. The Bay Area offers a wide range of Halloween experiences including death-dropping drag performances, inventive marionette shows, macabre murder ballads, and elaborate home-haunted displays. Filoli's Nightfall returns for a second season with moonlit Dambo Trolls, an expanded immersive route through a historic mansion turned witches' Gothic apothecary, jack-o-lantern-lit Meadow activities, and Redwoods attractions like a hay maze, blacklight mushroom forest, tarot readings, and a kids' zone.
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