00:00Yeah, it's my collection of strange and wonderful things.
00:06There's a bit of magic, a bit of witchcraft, a bit of taxidermy, a bit of strange medical
00:11devices.
00:12There's something for everyone.
00:14Of course, Halloween is always the busiest time of the year for places like the Morbitorium,
00:19and Dave says it's really great that this year more locals have been involved.
00:23He's always been a bit of a tourist destination, but now people from South Wales are seeing
00:27the Morbitorium.
00:29Halloween is always my busiest period, so Halloween through to Christmas and New Year.
00:36This year in particular, it's got a lot busier.
00:39I think more people are finding out about me, word is spreading, so Halloween's caught
00:44me on the back foot a little bit, really, because I'm busy doing a lot of other stuff
00:48as well.
00:49Of course, with Halloween getting more and more popular, Dave thought he'd make the most
00:52of it.
00:53He's going to different markets, conferences, and hosting his own events at the Morbitorium
00:58this year.
00:59There's a Cywain Spectacular in Usk in Cawdor Blethin.
01:03It's a witchcraft conference and a market, there's speakers there, I'll be doing a workshop.
01:10There's some really big names, Maxine Saunders is going to be there, which probably will
01:14mean nothing to most people, but if you know, it's like, oh my god, Maxine Saunders.
01:19There's a witchcraft market in Newport Market on Sunday, that was really popular, we did
01:24one of those in the summer, and it was rammed all day, that was lots of fun.
01:29And then as soon as I'm back here on the Monday, the three days running up to Halloween, I've
01:34got evening events, we're doing, we're looking at some of the haunted items I've got here,
01:39we're doing a little mini seance and a little mini paranormal investigation as well.
01:44Dave is always adding new pieces to his collection, and this one he made all himself is, as you
01:49can see...
01:51And the one that I've built is a kind of a replica of the original 1970s Edward Woodward
01:58film, rather than the Nick Cage remake, and yeah, it's pretty big.
02:04I've been meaning to make one for years, and it was only this year that I just finally
02:08got around and thought, if I don't do it now, I never will.
02:11So it took me a couple of months, and yeah, I'm really proud of it, and it's too big to
02:15fit in the house, so he's got to live outside.
02:19Dave is going all out the week leading up to Halloween, so he says he wants to take
02:23the day itself easy and enjoy one of his favourite days of the year.
02:27Then we've got Halloween itself, where, to be honest, I'm taking it a bit easy.
02:33We're doing trick-or-treating, but I'm not open in the evenings on Halloween.
02:36Last year, it was absolutely bedlam in here, and I'm so busy, I'd like a night off.
02:43I'll be out the side, I'll have a fire going, I've got a few sort of little gimmicky things
02:47for the kids.
02:48But yeah, my sort of haunted shelter is all covered in spider webs, and that'll be fun
02:54for the kids.
02:55So yeah, I'll just sit there relaxing, doling out sweets.
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