Use web resources (Google and others) to solve clues leading to a final challenge. This puzzle has a Halloween theme, so think of the macabre and offbeat.

The answer to a clue will usually reveal the name of a new web page you must visit to make further progress. Use the answer in a URL string as a page name within this page's path, and append ".htm" to the name. There will be no capital letters, even when the answer is a proper name, no embedded punctuation (e.g. hyphens), and the words "a" and "the" will be omitted. For most names, both first name and last name must be supplied. Try variations on your answer if your first guess doesn't work.

Some guesses may lead to dead ends. Along the way you might learn some things you didn't know. I certainly did.

Good luck and have fun!
To begin, your first clue is "welcome."
Think you can handle it?
A sepulchral chuckle dies away...