⛪ Happy Thursday! On this date in 1907, Trinity Cathedral on Euclid Avenue was officially consecrated.

☀️ Today's weather: Sunny, with a high of 68 and a low of 52.

🎧 Sounds like: "Came Back Haunted" by Nine Inch Nails.

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It may not be October yet, but scary season has arrived.

State of play: Several of Northeast Ohio's most popular haunted houses open this weekend.

Here's everything you need to know about the biggest and scariest venues:

🩸 Bloodview

The intrigue: Performers from the Legion of Terror improv troupe make each trip through the Broadview Heights haunt unpredictable, with different themes throughout the season.

When: Through Oct. 31; 8pm-midnight Fridays and Saturdays and 8-10pm Sundays starting Sept. 27.

Where: 1010 Towpath Road, Broadview Heights.

Cost: Tickets start at $20.

😱 Forest of Screams

The intrigue: The sprawling 58-acre Medina attraction combines a milelong haunted hayride, walking trail and haunted house.

When: Select nights through Oct. 31; hours vary.

Where: 1662 Medina Road, Medina.

Cost: Tickets start at $35.

🏢 Blood Prison

The intrigue: The Ohio State Reformatory provides the backdrop for twisted inmates, guards and other creatures lurking inside the historic prison.

When: Sept. 25-Nov. 1; opens at 6:45pm Fridays through Sundays.

Where: 100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield.

Cost: Tickets vary by date.

🔥 7 Floors of Hell

The intrigue: The Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds scare-fest features multiple haunted attractions, plus escape rooms and other add-ons.

When: Select nights, Sept. 25-Oct. 31.

Where: 19201 E. Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights.

Cost: Tickets vary by night.

🏫 Haunted Schoolhouse & Laboratory

The intrigue: Two longtime Akron haunts come together, taking visitors through the multistory Haunted Schoolhouse and neighboring Haunted Laboratory.

When: Select nights (generally weekends) through Nov. 7.

Where: 1300 Triplett Blvd., Akron.

Cost: Tickets vary by date and entry time.

🧑‍🌾 Spooky Ranch

The intrigue: Five attractions include a haunted hayride, Haunted Barn, Extreme Nightmares, Blood Slingers Saloon and Monster Vision in 3D.

When: Select nights through Nov. 1.

Where: 19066 East River Road, Columbia Station.

Cost: Tickets start at $25.

More haunts

Cleveland is launching a new bureau designed to send unarmed health professionals instead of police to behavioral health and substance-use emergencies.

Why it matters: Creating the Community Crisis Response Bureau, housed within EMS, was the primary aim of Tanisha's Law that passed in February.

• It represents a big shift in how Cleveland handles nonviolent crisis calls.

Flashback: The law is named for Tanisha Anderson, a 37-year-old Cleveland woman who died in police custody in 2014 after her family called for help during a mental health crisis.

The latest: Maureen Malavé has been hired as the new bureau's first deputy commissioner.

• She'll build and oversee teams of clinicians, paramedics and other specialists who can stabilize residents and connect them with resources without the presence of traditional law enforcement.

What they're saying: "This work is about more than responding to a crisis in the moment," Malavé said in a statement.

• "It is about creating stronger connections to healthcare and community resources, improving outcomes and continually evaluating how we can better serve Cleveland residents."

What's next: The city will begin what it calls a "phased rollout" this fall, while police will continue responding alongside clinicians in a co-response model when law enforcement is necessary.

🍾 Taylor Swift announced she is releasing four new songs tomorrow, including a track titled "Cleveland!" (WKYC)

🚧 Cleveland plans to demolish the J. Glen Smith Health Center to make way for a new Glenville High School campus. (Signal Cleveland)

🍩 Local chain Goldie's Donuts is opening its fourth Northeast Ohio location, in Mentor. (Cleveland Scene)

🏥 Beck Center for the Arts opens its season with the premiere of a new comedy by local playwright Eric Coble about two unnamed health systems in Cleveland and a stubborn homeowner caught between them.

• Cough, cough. It's the Clinic and UH. (Cleveland.com)

"I'm not a Marxist," Derf Backderf writes in the author's note of his new graphic novel "The Dissidents."

• "I am, however, a cartoonist."

State of play: Derf's gripping book — published last week — chronicles the political cartoonists of "The Masses," an American socialist magazine that printed from 1911-1917.

• He melds the lives and work of historical leftist figures with a fictional German immigrant from Cleveland who travels to New York City to make his name as an artist.

Between the lines: The early-20th century America portrayed should be familiar. It's marked by racial tension, widening wealth inequality, labor militancy and the specter of a world war and a global pandemic.

Catch up quick: Derf's popular comic strip "The City" appeared locally in Cleveland Scene and was syndicated in alternative weeklies across the country until its discontinuation in 2014.

• His previous graphic novels "Kent State" and the award-winning "My Friend Dahmer" both drew on his personal experiences in Northeast Ohio.

What they're saying: Though Derf didn't grow up in the 1910s, this book feels just as personal. He writes of discovering the cartoonists of "The Masses" back when he was an Ohio State student.

• "Their work reached out to me from the forgotten past and grabbed me, inspired me and helped shape me."

Stop by: Derf will discuss "The Dissidents" at The Grog Shop on Oct. 7.

Axios Social Club is bringing readers together for dinner to Cleveland's Ohio City on Tuesday, Oct. 6.

Why it matters: Northeast Ohio is full of interesting people you haven't met yet.

• We're making it easier to change that.

How it works: Take a quick quiz, reserve your seat and we'll match you with five fellow locals for dinner at a restaurant we hand-picked.

• Come solo or bring a friend.
• Your restaurant and dinner crew stay a surprise until event day.
• After dinner, all the tables meet up at a surprise after-party with 👋🏻 Sam and 👊🏾 Troy.

By the numbers: More than 900 Axios readers across the country are already signed up to join us Oct. 6.

If you go: Dinner starts at 6:30pm. Tickets are $15.99 per person, with food and drinks purchased separately.

The bottom line: Bring a friend — or come make a few new ones.

Save your seat at Axios Social Club.

🍿 Sam is reeling after seeing the electrifying Korean blockbuster "Hope."

• Some of the most insane action cinematography he's seen in years!

📖 Troy is reading "Rock*," Chuck Klosterman's new book that imagines a world where the Velvet Underground (not the Beatles) became the biggest band in the world.

This newsletter was edited by Tyler Buchanan.