# Spooky Halloween themed speech **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-halloween-themed-speech/822421 "2018-10-04T13:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HotDogWater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-halloween-themed-speech/822421/1 "2018-10-04T13:45:41Z")
I have been invited to the local Toastmasters Club [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toastmasters\_International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toastmasters_International) meeting to give a prepared speech. They asked that it be Halloween themed, spooky if possible. I find the easiest public speaking come from personal stories, but I’ve never has anything spooky happen to me. I have some Halloween memories, but they are either boring or have sexy cops (or nurses) as the subject matter. Probably not appropriate for a breakfast gathering 🙂 Anyone got a favorite I could use? A standard, canned speech I could rehearse? They said 10 to 20 minutes is the goal. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-halloween-themed-speech/822421/2 "2018-10-04T15:30:54Z")
\*Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark \*was the de-facto collection of scary stories to tell when I was a kid. [Someone put them all online!](http://www.scaryforkids.com/stories-to-tell/) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-halloween-themed-speech/822421/3 "2018-10-04T21:29:13Z")
Feel free to borrow this true story and embellish at will: Three Hallowe’ens ago, I was handing out candy when there was a knock at the door (of course). I opened it and beheld a tow-head young man in a business suit. Very dapper. He had an I.D. label attached to his lapel. The label said: Hi! I’m Donald Trump! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spooky-halloween-themed-speech/822421/4 "2018-10-04T22:01:58Z")
Dress like a mime. Hold up a sign that says 'boo" for 10 minutes.😉