{"id":76884,"date":"2019-10-31T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=76884"},"modified":"2019-10-31T06:43:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T10:43:49","slug":"on-the-dark-side-meet-kandis-sinister-and-troy-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/on-the-dark-side-meet-kandis-sinister-and-troy-too\/","title":{"rendered":"On the dark side: Meet Kandis Sinister (and Troy, too)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Main image: For Kandis Sinister, embracing the darker side of life has allowed her to express her love for all things strange and unusual. Here, she sits in front of the Florence Street East home she shares with her husband Troy. They might get close to 200 candy-seeking kids tonight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s Halloween! Some people love it, others despise it. For Kandis and Troy Sinister, it&#8217;s not just a one-night affair. Halloween is embraced all year long in their unique Florence Street East home where it&#8217;s all about bones, skulls and antlers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Kandis Sinister isn&#8217;t afraid of anything.<\/p>\n<p>Not spiders or ghosts or impending doom. And that also extends to include goblins, ghouls and zombies.<\/p>\n<p>But on her front porch stands a six-foot tall werewolf, with big fangs and three-inch claws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat thing scares the hell out of me,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76875\" style=\"width: 946px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76875\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76875\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"936\" height=\"1338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone6-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone6-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone6.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s too late to change, says Kandis. And she wouldn&#8217;t want to, anyway. She&#8217;s had a fascination with the &#8216;darker side&#8217; of things since she was a young girl.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In every corner of the Florence Street East home that she shares with her equally eccentric husband, Troy, there is something to talk about. It&#8217;s a modern-day museum with a wide variety of the unusual and uncanny. Century-old keys that belonged to the Barton Street Jail in Hamilton hang by the front door. The &#8216;wall of death&#8217; is always a conversation starter with any new guest. It&#8217;s a wild assortment of taxidermy pieces Kandis has managed to score over the years (picture the head of a barracuda and a giant barn owl that appears to be swooping in).<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-76884 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-gallery-block'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone3-214x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"These keys are over 100 years old and came from a jail in Hamilton. Kandis and Troy appreciate the history of some of their unique finds.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-76886\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-76886'>\n\t\t\t\tThese keys are over 100 years old and came from a jail in Hamilton. Kandis and Troy appreciate the history of some of their unique finds.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone11-214x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"If you&#039;re friends with Kandis and Troy then it&#039;s likely you&#039;re familiar with the &#039;Wall of Death&#039;, Kandis&#039;s collection of one-of-a-kind taxidermy pieces.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-76880\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-76880'>\n\t\t\t\tIf you&#8217;re friends with Kandis and Troy then it&#8217;s likely you&#8217;re familiar with the &#8216;Wall of Death&#8217;, Kandis&#8217;s collection of one-of-a-kind taxidermy pieces. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone9-214x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"The skulls came from Cuba more recently and the wooden deer from Ukraine many decades ago.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-76878\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-76878'>\n\t\t\t\tThe skulls came from Cuba more recently and the wooden deer from Ukraine many decades ago. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Sinisters&#8217; collection of trinkets and knickknacks are tastefully\u2014and most of all beautifully\u2014displayed from one end of the house to the other. All three floors boast rare and unique finds. It&#8217;s the perfect blend of classy meets goth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>We call it sparkly cottage goth. There&#8217;s a lot of skulls, bones and antlers. It&#8217;s Halloween all year long in our house.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And that&#8217;s exactly what the Sinisters want. Because tonight, for them, it&#8217;s the best night of the year. Halloween means so much to Kandis and Troy. It&#8217;s a way of life, really. It&#8217;s become a part of who they are. The inside of their home in town tastefully matches the outside, except eventually everything outside will be taken down and stored away until next year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76876\" style=\"width: 1414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76876\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76876\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone7.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Troy with Vampira and Kandis with Count Barkula, the Sinisters&#8217; two adorable pooches. See?! Even their dogs are named after their love for Halloween.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe put so much work into it it&#8217;s a shame to take it down,\u201d says Kandis.<\/p>\n<p>The property is decked out to the nines and designed to intrigue even the tiniest trick-or-treater. There&#8217;s a mini-graveyard with a glowing skull and hands coming out from the earth. The deck is adorned with hanging skeletons in tattered clothing. Other weird ghost-like creatures are blowing in the wind. Beside the scary-as-hell werewolf is a larger-than-life Tim the Enchanter (taken from John Cleese&#8217;s character in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.) There&#8217;s two skeleton dogs and several glowing skulls and a black cat with piercing yellow eyes that peers out from underneath the front steps. Up top, on the the upper balcony, are several giant blow-up ghosts and two big glowing pumpkins.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s so much to see and some of the decorations even make sounds. A few minutes won&#8217;t cut it. You&#8217;ll want to stay awhile to really take it all in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the little ones stay at the bottom of the stairs looking pretty terrified. But the bigger kids always love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>It all started because of an urban myth&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When Kandis and Troy first moved to Florence Street they were warned of the possibility of their house getting egged or toilet papered on their first Halloween. They decorated, of course, but thankfully they didn&#8217;t get hit by the supposed vandals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>We hand out full-size chocolate bars so I think that earned us some brownie points. We&#8217;ve had as many as 200 kids some years, depending on the weather.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Every year since, Kandis and Troy have made it their mission to add something\u2014or a few things\u2014new to the outside of their home. To see what they&#8217;ve done in the last eight years is remarkable. Countless hours and thousands of dollars have gone into creating a visual Halloween masterpiece. Not having kids of their own makes the Sinisters that much more excited to see kids come to their door.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-76884 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-gallery-block'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone12-214x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"First, you&#039;ll have to pass the mini graveyard with this weird-looking skeleton coming out from the ground.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-76881\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-76881'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst, you&#8217;ll have to pass the mini graveyard with this weird-looking skeleton coming out from the ground.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone13-214x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"Yes, the werewolf is definitely scary as hell! Tim the Enchanter is just as creepy.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-76882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone13-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone13-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone13.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-76882'>\n\t\t\t\tYes, the werewolf is definitely scary as hell! Tim the Enchanter is just as creepy.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone8-214x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"Kids who decide to go to the Sinisters&#039; Florence Street East home for candy won&#039;t be disappointed. It is truly a sight to see.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-76877\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-76877'>\n\t\t\t\tKids who decide to go to the Sinisters&#8217; Florence Street East home for candy won&#8217;t be disappointed. It is truly a sight to see.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone66.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone66-214x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"There&#039;s skeletons, ghosts and glowing eyes everywhere. Beware of all things spooky!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-76889\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-76889'>\n\t\t\t\tThere&#8217;s skeletons, ghosts and glowing eyes everywhere. Beware of all things spooky!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI might not dress up but I&#8217;ll at least put on my witch hat,\u201d says Kandis.<\/p>\n<p>Kandis has spent almost all of her life embracing all things strange and unusual. It started with a puzzle she was given when she was just a little girl. It was of a haunted house complete with vampires, witches and other creepy creatures coming out of the windows. For years she obsessively pieced that puzzle together, over and over and over again. There was just something about it. Those fearsome creatures didn&#8217;t scare her at all. Rather the opposite. She was captivated.<\/p>\n<p>And then came music. As a teenager she was introduced to Duran Duran&#8217;s first album, which had \u201ca lot of spooky tracks on it.\u201d Next, she discovered The Cure, \u201cthe epitome of goth.\u201d And as Kandis got older, her fascination with things typically perceived as being dark seemed to grow as well. By the time she was in her 20s she was into casting spells and enchantments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of those spells would come to fruition. I learned pretty quickly you have to be very careful what you wish for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kandis is 49 but exudes the playful youthfulness of a girl in her 20s. She doesn&#8217;t own a stitch of clothing that isn&#8217;t black but that says nothing about who she is, truly and deeply.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76879\" style=\"width: 1414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76879\" class=\"wp-image-76879 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone10.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kandis might love all things dark and mysterious but she has a soft spot for her beloved dogs. There&#8217;s nothing like a good cuddle with Count Barkula. He rules the house with his sister Vampira.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This whole Halloween vibe the Sinisters have chosen to embrace is only reflective of their fun-loving, down-to-earth nature and genuine appreciation for the often misunderstood &#8216;dark side.&#8217; Dr. Seuss couldn&#8217;t have said it better: why fit in when you were born to stand out?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re not evil people,\u201d she says. \u201cJust because I dress in black doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m not happy. I&#8217;m probably one of the happiest people you&#8217;ll meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s optimistically dark and Troy&#8217;s pessimistically intelligent.<\/p>\n<p>Then she&#8217;s quick to add. \u201cWe&#8217;re esoteric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The perfect word to describe her and Troy&#8217;s love for bones, skulls and antlers and everything in between.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76888\" style=\"width: 1414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76888\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76888\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2019\/10\/kandis_johnstone4.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s not just Halloween, it&#8217;s the entire fall season that Kandis truly embraces. 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