# Monthly Photo Competition #35– October, 2025 – “Spooky” {poll added} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** photo\ **Created:** [October 4, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670 "2025-10-04T13:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/21 "2025-10-25T16:53:58Z")
“There’s a light over at the Frankenstein Place” - Scotland, 2013 [![](https://i.ibb.co/dFDV9fn/515288023-10229607971528078-1173963181293227818-n.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/dFDV9fn/515288023-10229607971528078-1173963181293227818-n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/22 "2025-10-25T17:45:28Z")
[![](https://i.ibb.co/h1YyhdGf/DSC-0417.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/h1YyhdGf/DSC-0417.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/23 "2025-10-27T00:13:20Z")
This seems like the right night to start that new exercise routine & walk home…right now! Very quickly! [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54881251667_5043f8ec68_b.jpg "Trolley driver") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/54881251667/) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/24 "2025-10-27T00:24:02Z")
Rails To Trails outside of Monroe, New York. ASA 3200 B&W Negative. Abandoned family cemetery. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54881301562_d32e93c41c_b.jpg "26") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/203502448@N04/54881301562/in/dateposted-public/) ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Blaylock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_blaylock/32/3235_2.png) [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/25 "2025-10-27T00:46:40Z")
  Not quite in line with the theme, but close enough, I hope. Not _“spooky”_, but very _ **“Creepy”** _. [![](https://nikonites.com/forum/attachments/dsc_3074zn-jpg.185142/) ](https://nikonites.com/forum/attachments/dsc_3074zn-jpg.185142/) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/26 "2025-10-27T01:21:31Z")
A quick and friendly reminder from the rules: > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the** [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). Exception: discussion can commence in this thread after the poll has closed. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/27 "2025-10-27T01:57:20Z")
[![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMhdN14_UsWxekJREAjwHoNWY3L_t_g8AHzsaRid9NNAcN5WU-QhjjDwLmtFP_2P8DpQf4luKNP6wIG928WOICa3vaEx9xyXFSwMmy1YM4_x8VoY1-U9pLOEw_nCiOGgBS6j4CS8rh8wtvhcHPP_NNHRg=w1240-h1654-s-no?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMhdN14_UsWxekJREAjwHoNWY3L_t_g8AHzsaRid9NNAcN5WU-QhjjDwLmtFP_2P8DpQf4luKNP6wIG928WOICa3vaEx9xyXFSwMmy1YM4_x8VoY1-U9pLOEw_nCiOGgBS6j4CS8rh8wtvhcHPP_NNHRg=w1240-h1654-s-no?authuser=0) Limestone cavern ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/28 "2025-10-27T12:06:46Z")
**Competition #35 Poll, October, 2025 - “Spooky”** Please vote for your 3 favorite photos, using whatever criteria you feel is best. All Dopers are welcome to vote - you don’t need to have submitted a photo. **You cannot vote for your own photo**. Select up to 3. **The voting deadline is 11:45 p.m. US EDT** **on Friday, October 31 (appropriate!).** _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/28))_ ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670/29 "2025-11-01T10:00:33Z")
The spider, the chain, the green-ness! Congratulations to @Dung_Beetle, our Spooky winner! mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-35-october-2025-spooky-poll-added/1023670.md?page=1)