Monday, October 19, 2026

Just hanging around for Halloween

Photos by Stacie Joy 

We've now spotted two East Village shops with Halloween decorations depicting bodies wrapped in black trash bags and hanging upside down. (At least, we hope they're decorations.) 

The effect is more macabre crime scene than traditional Halloween spookiness...
Anyway, let us know if you spot a third hanging body. We'll have a trend piece to pitch the Times!
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM

    There was another on St Marks I think between Ave A and 1st. Might’ve been outside of Bua if I’m remembering correctly.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM

    Whatever they want, and I’m not offended by most artful depictions of death, but no fan
    of this degree of macabre. Of course, “grown ups” hijacked Halloween long ago.
    How about putting some of the fun back and maybe not scare the kids and give the rest of us nightmares?

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  3. AnonymousOctober 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM

    Very disturbing. Looks to me like
    "strange fruit". All over the northeast where I just traveled.

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    1. Scuba DivaOctober 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM

      Agreed; what happened to all the firemen and princesses of Halloweens past?

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    2. AnonymousOctober 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM

      The NAACP in Bucks County, PA recently complained about one such display. Not hard to see why.

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    3. AnonymousOctober 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM

      Yeah, for this specific reason I'm not loving this decor choice.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 19, 2026 at 9:36 PM

    Just checked Amazon. You can buy these, shown both upside down and right side up.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 19, 2026 at 9:38 PM

    Ohhh please people

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