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Thank you for another horrifying season Better late than never, there are some people to acknowledge. Please keep your subscription current; I plan to return next year. And we can stay in touch on Facebook, Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. And email TheHalloweenHaunt at gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you. Tagged: Halloween, Halloween Haunt, Holiday, Podcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Halloween Wish, and not Just for More Candy In spite of everything, I seem to be unprepared for Halloween. If you haven’t had a chance, please listen to the last episode and learn about Harry Houdini. Find all the episodes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, and join us on on Facebook and on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. Tagged: candy, Halloween, Halloween Haunt, Trick or Treat Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Harry Houdini He died on Halloween, but wasn’t a believer in the supernatural. And yet he himself seemed supernatural. Hmm…. Learn about the life of one of the most interesting figures of the 20th century, and tell us who you would like to learn about next on Facebook, on Twitter  @HalloweenHaunt, or  HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Learn all about Mr. Houdini [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bloody Mary Cute children’s game, or doorway to the unknown? Or both? Learn about Bloody Mary, a topic suggested by listener Danny Kidwell. Tell us your favorite spooky game at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, on Facebook, or on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. Learn more about Bloody Mary from Wikipedia, About.com, Snopes, and Scary for Kids. Music: “Darkest Child var A” by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) Tagged: Bloody Mary, Creepy, Halloween, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two More from Thomas Lovell Beddoes We return to the troubled mind of T.L. Beddoes with two more poems: “Song on the Water”and “A Lament.” Tell us your favorite poet on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, on Facebook, or at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Some music: “Relent” by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) Tagged: Beddoes, Halloween, Halloween Haunt, Holiday, poem, poetry, Thomas Lovell Beddoes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two More from Thomas Lovell Beddoes We return to the troubled mind of T.L. Beddoes with two more poems: “Song on the Water” and “A Lament.” Tell us your favorite poet on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, on Facebook, or at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Some music: “Relent” by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) Tagged: Beddoes, Halloween, Halloween Haunt, Holiday, poem, poetry, Thomas Lovell Beddoes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Banshees By suggestion from Skyler on  Facebook, we discuss the mythical creature the banshee. Please don’t cry if we didn’t your favorite aspect, just let us know at the aforementioned Facebook, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, or at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. There are several websites that discuss banshees, like Wikipedia, Ireland’s Eye, and Your Irish. Rune Scape fans, this will tell about your banshees. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “Staley Fleming’s Hallucination” by Ambrose Bierce Our friend Ambrose Bierce has another tale of the weird. Pass along your thoughts and favorite authors/pieces at  HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Don’t forget our Twitter feed @HalloweenHaunt and our Facebook page. Read the story yourself here. Music: “Lasting Hope” by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) “The Mad Scientist” by David Chochoi (from Soundclick.com) “Pale Rider” by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) “65. Piano Darkation” by tschai (fr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vlad the Impaler With a moniker like “the Impaler,” you know he wasn’t someone to hang around with. This is a pretty intense episode, not for little ones. I would guess this would be appropriate for age 13 and older, but parents should decide for themselves and their children. Comment on HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, and join us on our Facebook page and Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vincent Price By all accounts, horror actor Vincent Price was a lovely man who, while somewhat eccentric, seemed to have lived a fairly pleasant life. We will discuss him anyway, because he is such an important figure in horror history. But don’t expect to be creeped out by this episode. Who is your favorite? Let us know on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “Dirge and Hymneal” by Thomas Lovell Beddoes I’ve missed Thomas Lovell Beddoes, so here is another poem from the gothic master. If there are any authors you would like to hear in the Haunt, please tell us at at Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, or on our Facebook page, or HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. If you would like to read along, click here. Music: “A New Morning” by Persona (from MacJams.com) “Misery” by The Danse Leviathan (Adam [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How to Carve a Jack O’Lantern A special double-sized episode that is perhaps the most family friendly ever in the Halloween Haunt. A comprehensive how-to, perhaps more for the younger, inexperienced knife-wielders than the grown folks. What’s your favorite thing to carve? Let us know  at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com,  Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, or on our Facebook page. Some written step-by-step instructions can be found here. Halloween queen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How to Carve a Jack O’Lantern A special double-sized episode that is perhaps the most family friendly ever in the Halloween Haunt. A comprehensive how-to, perhaps more for the younger, inexperienced knife-wielders than the grown folks. What’s your favorite thing to carve? Let us know  at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com,  Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, or on our Facebook page. Some written step-by-step instructions can be found here. Halloween queen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mercy the Real-Life (?) Vampire Learn the truly disturbing tale of a family in crisis and a suspicious populace who thought vampirism might be afoot. If you know of other horrific true-life tales, please share at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, on our Facebook page, or  Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. GhostVillage.com tells the story as well. Or you can read Rhode Island Monthly‘s account. Haven’t had enough? The Vampire [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Promo ’11 Well, now that we’ve gotten summer out of the way, we can move onto more pleasant things…like fear and terror–and Halloween…. All of the Halloween Haunt programs are at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, and you can commune with like minded ghouls and guys and communicate your desires on Facebook, and hear about Halloween all the time on my Twitter [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Here is My Appreciation I will let the recording do the talking, that is I’ll let me do the talking. Remember, I plan to return next year, so don’t unsubscribe to the show, and I’ll be lurking around Facebook, Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. And I have a new email address, TheHalloweenHaunt at gmail.com. If you think of something creepy [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Have a Halloween to Remember Can the big night be here already? Please listen to the terrifying treat I’ve served up for Halloween. If you haven’t yet, please listen to the last episode and learn about Robert the Doll. Find all the episodes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, and join us on on Facebook, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. Tagged: Halloween, Halloween Haunt, Holiday, Horror, Podcast, treats, Trick or [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robert the Doll A doll doesn’t sound too scary, unless  you’ve met this one. Learn his story and make plans to see him…if you dare. Thank you to Soonerthought for this thought. If you have any thoughts on Robert, or ideas for future topics, please tell us on Facebook, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, and at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. There are many versions of Robert’s story, including Wikipedia’s, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two from Thomas Lovell Beddoes We again descend into the dark mind of Mr. Beddoes with two poems: “To Night” and “Voices in the Air.” Share your favorite at Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, on Facebook, and on HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Read “To Night” or “Voices in the Air” yourself. Learn about, and perhaps join, the Thomas Lovell Beddoes Society. Background music: “Femme” by the Tempest Brothers “Wounded” [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lizzie Borden Poor Lizzie Borden is still thought of as a parent murderer…was she? And are there any ghosts in her story? What about yours? HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. And Facebook. Thank you, Tim and Kayleigh, for the suggestion. TruTV has a detailed history. PrairieGhosts.com tells the story as well. There is a virtual museum dedicated to Lizzie Andrew Borden. Wikipedia‘s article [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hawaii’s Night Marchers I bet you didn’t know there were ghosts in Hawaii, did you? Of course there are. Learn about one type, the night marchers, then march over to HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com to tell us your ghost story. And join us Facebook and on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. A few sites, including Wkipedia, have information about the Night Marchers. Background “80. Yeah, I Heard It” by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website That Horrifying House in Amityville, NY How could so much happen in one house in a lovely hamlet on Long Island, NY? Some houses have all the luck. Learn both scary stories, which are terrifyingly true in the latest episode. More is always at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. And join us on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and on Facebook. Amityvillefaq.com will tell you all about the murders and the haunting. The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “What the Moon Brings” by H. P. Lovecraft We delve into the fantastically frightening, with a dreadfully influential author of odd, H. P. Lovecraft. What’s your favorite Lovecraft story? Let us know on Facebook, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, and atHalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. If you want to read the story for yourself, Wikisource has you covered. Background: “Parle Moi” by Day OFF (from Garageband.com) “Zona de Truenos” by Hollywood Haunts from “Halloween [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lon Chaney One of the original, and still one of the biggest and best, horror actors in the cinema was the Man of a Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney. Learn the story of his emotional life, and then comment on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, on Facebook, and on HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. The official LonChaney.com covers both famous Chaneys, run by a current Chaney. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Halloween Around the World Some random facts about how our favorite holiday is celebrated, or not, in other countries. Want more? Did we miss one? Let us know at  HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, on Facebook, or on Twitter@HalloweenHaunt. Learn more about Halloween around the world here, here, here, and here. Background music: “Classic Horror 2” by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) “Tenebrous Brothers Carnival – Act One” [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Death, a.k.a. The Grim Reaper We look at one of my favorite subjects, the persona of Death, as seen through the ages and around the world. How do you see Death? Inform us on Facebook, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, and on HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Wikipedia tells us about the personification of Death. Oh, and the metal band. Oddly enough, HowStuffWorks.com has some good [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Death, a.k.a. The Grim Reaper We look at one of my favorite subjects, the persona of Death, as seen through the ages and around the world. How do you see Death? Inform us on Facebook, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, and on HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Wikipedia tells us about the personification of Death. Oh, and the metal band. Oddly enough, HowStuffWorks.com has some good [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Vampiress” by Lord Lytton We begin this season with a chilling poem by Lord Lytton, an exceedingly popular British author and poet. Tell us what your favorite poem or story is at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, and on Facebook. If you would like to read “The Vampiress,” you can. Be careful, though, there is a picture of a vampiress [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Promo ’10 Another grueling summer has passed, and with it we hope the heat as well. Soon the leaves will fall, the harvest moon will shine, and the ghouls and goblins will emerge…from the Halloween Haunt. Tell me what you’d like to hear, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, on Facebook, and of course, HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where you will again find [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Promo ’10 Another grueling summer has passed, and with it we hope the heat as well. Soon the leaves will fall, the harvest moon will shine, and the ghouls and goblins will emerge…from the Halloween Haunt. Tell me what you’d like to hear, on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, on Facebook, and of course, HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where you will again find [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Horrifying and Hilarious Horror Hosts Before there were 2,500 channels and nothing on, we thrilled to late night hosts of horror movies on television. A quick overview, as suggested by Nathan on the Halloween Haunt Facebook page. Also at Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Wikipedia has a lot of information on horror hosts, including Vampira and Elvira, and all of the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe Presented in its entirety, this is the longest episode so far from the Halloween Haunt. Thank you for pushing me to do it, Natalie. Let us know what you think on Facebook, Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. For your own reading, you can turn to The Poe Museum, which is in Richmond, VA. Mr. Poe was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “A Nightmare on Elm Street” In 2009, Freddy Krueger’s first film turns 25 years old, so we look at ol’ claw hands. Christine from Denmark, thank you for bringing this to my attention at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. You can also find us on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and on Facebook. Wikipedia has lots on the film and Mr. Krueger. Music: “65. Piano Darkation” by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random Halloween Food We have looked at Halloween candy before, now we look at some other sweet food popular at Halloween.I think there is more ghoulish gastronomy to cover. What do you think? Let us know at Twitter @HalloweenHaunt or our Facebook page or the grandaddy, HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. If you need to know more about Count Chocula, I understand. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Haunted Beach” by Mary Darby Robinson There were so many great women Gothic writers, that it is about time that we present a piece from one: Mary Darby Robinson. This one will work in summer, too, when you need a little dreariness. Please share your favorite poems and stories at our Facebook page or Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and of course, HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Flying Dutchman Perhaps the most famous ghost ship in the world, the Flying Dutchman has been sailing the seas for hundreds of years, with no end in sight. Thank you, Skyler, for suggesting this at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Sail there or to our Facebook page or Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. Find out more about the Flying Dutchman at Wikipedia.com. Music: “Rebel” by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ghosts Part 2 What are ghosts? What are they made of? We explore these questions and more. Tell us what you think at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, also at Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and Facebook. About.com has quite the paranormal section where they discuss ghosts. Studiesoftheparanormal.com has studied what ghosts are made of. Music: “Land of the Dead” by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com) Tagged: Episode, Ghosts, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Snippet from “Death’s Jest-Book” by Thomas Lovell Beddoes Mister Beddoes was not known for his jocularity, but he seemed to be in a good mood when he wrote these lines for his play-in-verse, Death’s Jest-Book. More can be found at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Please join us on Facebook and Twitter @HalloweenHaunt. Read the snippet from Beddoes’s unofficial “fan club,” PhantomWooer.org. Read Death’s Jest-Book in its [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random Halloween Census Facts We are crunching the numbers, and there are many interesting things the U.S. Census Bureau knows, and now you will, too.  Please join us on Facebook, Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, and HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Music: “Gagool” by by Kevin McLeod (from Incompetech.com) Tagged: Census, Episode, Halloween, Holiday, Podcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde Victorian London is the scene of one of the most horrific tales of the nineteenth century, one which explores the dual nature of man. By suggestion from wolfemann, we go back to the beginning and trace the history of the two fellows. Tell me your two sides on Twitter @HalloweenHaunt, on Facebook, and HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. More [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Winchester Mystery House If you had more money than you ever dreamed of, would you build a house for nearly 40 years? You might, if you thought spirits had cursed your family and you were next. Find out about the strangest house in the land, in the Halloween Haunt. If you know of stranger, tell us at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The War of the Worlds” Radio Broadcast In this special extra-sized edition, we go back 70 years to a simpler, scarier time when people believed it just might be possible aliens from Mars would attack us.  It created quite a stir.  What Halloween hoaxes do you want us to look at?  Let us know at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Also, don’t forget to listen to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ghosts Part 1 Ghosts and spirits walk the Earth.  Many believe it.  Where do these beliefs come from?  We explore that question in this first section on ghosts. It is a big subject. Tell us about the spirits in your life, and tell us what you want us to focus on in the future, at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Wikipedia has [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Ghosts’ Moonshine” by Thomas Lovell Beddoes We return to Mr. Beddoes, again for a sort of love poem.  If you have any poems or stories you would like to share, or if you would like to read a version of the poem yourself (different books changed a word or two, believe it or not), do it at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Music includes: “Ghosts [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “Halloween” the Motion Picture Thirty years ago, we learned of the poor child grown into a terror named Michael Myers.  In this edition we learn a bit more, perhaps.  Find more information at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Did you know that Michael Myers has an official website? Did you know that Wikipedia has a lot of information on “Halloween?” Yes, of course [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Top Costumes for 2007 Just in time for 2008, we present the top costumes in the United States for 2007.  What costume are you wearing? Let us know, and find much more about Halloween and the origins of Halloween costumes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Also, Top 25 costume lists from Snopes.com. Tagged: Costumes, Halloween, Holiday, Podcast Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “An Arrest” By Ambrose Bierce We enjoy a tale from great American writer and all-around great guy Ambrose Bierce, the first such tale from him in the Haunt.  Hopefully it won’t be the last. What stories would you like to hear?  Let us know at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. You can read the tale online yourself. Learn all about Ambrose Bierce and find [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Zombies What exactly are zombies? Undead shambling freaks? Reanimated corpses? Or something else? Let us know your favorite kind of zombie at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where you’ll find much more information. Wikipedia.com has good articles on zombies and voodoo. For a philosophical view of zombies check the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. A review of Wade Davis’s book about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HMS Ontario Travel back in time to the American Revolutionary War and relive the Halloween sinking of a British warship.  The tale is not pleasant, but is that really what we are looking for?  Tell me your interest in ghost ships at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Also: You can see what the HMS Ontario looked like. The HMS Ontario made [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Old Ghost,” A Poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes Thomas Lovell Beddoes had an outlook on life perfect for Halloween.  He was obsessed with death.  Enjoy a bit of culture in the Halloween Haunt, and let us know what poem or story you would like to hear at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Read the poem yourself and learn more about Mr. Beddoes at PhantomWooer.org. The music: “Remains [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bobbing for Apples They are crunchy and many are a delightful blood red color. And they’re the source of endless Halloween fun. Learn where the game bobbing for apples came from and other games you can play with the delicious fruit. Have an apple story? Tell us at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Links: Learn more details about bobbing for apples. Lots [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website History of the Ouija Board The Ouija board is a fun game to play, but can you really summon the passed-on with a toy? Find out how old Ouija is, and where it came from. Following up on the classic Ouija Board Story. Tell us your favorite Ouija story at HallowenHaunt.wordpress.com. If you want to learn more about Ouija: Wikipedia.org [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edgar Allen Poe’s “Spirits of the Dead” Here is another poem that feels right this time of year, by the inimitable Edgar Allen Poe.  It was published in 1827.  Please let us know what poems and stories you would like to hear at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Read it for yourself here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edgar Allen Poe’s “Spirits of the Dead” Here is another poem that feels right this time of year, by the inimitable Edgar Allen Poe.  It was published in 1827.  Please let us know what poems and stories you would like to hear at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Read it for yourself here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edgar Allen Poe’s “Spirits of the Dead” Here is another poem that feels right this time of year, by the inimitable Edgar Allen Poe.  It was published in 1827.  Please let us know what poems and stories you would like to hear at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Read it for yourself here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Day of the Dead Not all of Halloween’s focus is spooky. If you don’t celebrate it, the Day of the Dead may seem macabre, but it’s actually a joyous celebration. As much as I like macabre, you’d think I’d be disgusted, but I’m actually charmed by it. HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com for shownotes, and you can tell us there how you celebrate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Day of the Dead Not all of Halloween’s focus is spooky. If you don’t celebrate it, the Day of the Dead may seem macabre, but it’s actually a joyous celebration. As much as I like macabre, you’d think I’d be disgusted, but I’m actually charmed by it. HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com for shownotes, and you can tell us there how you celebrate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Day of the Dead Not all of Halloween’s focus is spooky. If you don’t celebrate it, the Day of the Dead may seem macabre, but it’s actually a joyous celebration. As much as I like macabre, you’d think I’d be disgusted, but I’m actually charmed by it. HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com for shownotes, and you can tell us there how you celebrate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thomas Lovell Beddoes’ Poem, “The Phantom-Wooer” The moon is making me feel romantic, so I present a poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes entitled, “The Phantom-Wooer.” Full shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, and please let us know if this made you feel romantic. To find out more about the sad life of Mr. Beddoes, please check the Literary Gothic. I found this poem in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thomas Lovell Beddoes’ Poem, “The Phantom-Wooer” The moon is making me feel romantic, so I present a poem by Thomas Lovell Beddoes entitled, “The Phantom-Wooer.” Full shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, and please let us know if this made you feel romantic. To find out more about the sad life of Mr. Beddoes, please check the Literary Gothic. I found this poem in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Headless Horseman By request, we look at the story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, as told by Washington Irving. Thank you, Janelly, for the excellent suggestion. Full shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Go there and tell us a story which makes you lose your head. Read “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Headless Horseman By request, we look at the story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, as told by Washington Irving. Thank you, Janelly, for the excellent suggestion. Full shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Go there and tell us a story which makes you lose your head. Read “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Headless Horseman By request, we look at the story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, as told by Washington Irving. Thank you, Janelly, for the excellent suggestion. Full shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Go there and tell us a story which makes you lose your head. Read “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Halloween TV Halloween is a special time, which is why there are so many specials and special episodes on television. Travel with us through the tube of terror, and let us know your favorite Halloween TV at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where you will also find shownotes. Music: “Gronk Patrol” by Derek K. Miller (He has a podcast, too) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Halloween TV Halloween is a special time, which is why there are so many specials and special episodes on television. Travel with us through the tube of terror, and let us know your favorite Halloween TV at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where you will also find shownotes. Music: “Gronk Patrol” by Derek K. Miller (He has a podcast, too) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Halloween TV Halloween is a special time, which is why there are so many specials and special episodes on television. Travel with us through the tube of terror, and let us know your favorite Halloween TV at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where you will also find shownotes. Music: “Gronk Patrol” by Derek K. Miller (He has a podcast, too) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Ouija Board Story Fun party game, or gateway to the other side? Ouija boards are a staple of Halloween. We have a true Ouija story for you in this extra-sized episode. Warning: May be too intense for the little ones. Tell us your Ouija story at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Read the story yourself: The Letter D: D’s True Halloween Story [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Ouija Board Story Fun party game, or gateway to the other side? Ouija boards are a staple of Halloween. We have a true Ouija story for you in this extra-sized episode. Warning: May be too intense for the little ones. Tell us your Ouija story at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Read the story yourself: The Letter D: D’s True Halloween Story [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Witches Part 2 This time we get away from the ugliness of the general population towards suspected witches and look at real ones and witches from folklore and other fiction. Some of these do have pointy hats and green skin. Shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where we also would like to find out who your favorite witch is. For more [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Witches Part 2 This time we get away from the ugliness of the general population towards suspected witches and look at real ones and witches from folklore and other fiction. Some of these do have pointy hats and green skin. Shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where we also would like to find out who your favorite witch is. For more [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frankenstein’s “Monster” He is not just a bunch of body parts. He is the original science fiction/horror creation. We delve deep into the history of the Frankenstein monster and his creator, Mary Shelley. Assemble your thoughts and put them on HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where you’ll also find full shownotes. For more on Frankenstein visit: Wikipedia’s entry about Frankenstein and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Frankenstein’s “Monster” He is not just a bunch of body parts. He is the original science fiction/horror creation. We delve deep into the history of the Frankenstein monster and his creator, Mary Shelley. Assemble your thoughts and put them on HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com, where you’ll also find full shownotes. For more on Frankenstein visit: Wikipedia’s entry about Frankenstein and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Conqueror Worm” Some feel the poem by Mr. Poe speaks to the universal situation of man. We feel it’s another frightening glimpse into a deep, dark mind that only Edgar Allen Poe could really understand. But it’s fun to try. The poem was first published in 1845. We would love for you to worm your way over [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Conqueror Worm” Some feel the poem by Mr. Poe speaks to the universal situation of man. We feel it’s another frightening glimpse into a deep, dark mind that only Edgar Allen Poe could really understand. But it’s fun to try. The poem was first published in 1845. We would love for you to worm your way over [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random Halloween Treat Facts Yummy, yummy in my tummy. What are the most popular Halloween treats? Let’s take a big bite into your favorites and find out all about them. Let us know your favorite Halloween treats at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Full shownotes there, too. Take a bigger bite: If you’re the helpful type, click here for details about how you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random Halloween Treat Facts Yummy, yummy in my tummy. What are the most popular Halloween treats? Let’s take a big bite into your favorites and find out all about them. Let us know your favorite Halloween treats at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Full shownotes there, too. Take a bigger bite: If you’re the helpful type, click here for details about how you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random Halloween Treat Facts Yummy, yummy in my tummy. What are the most popular Halloween treats? Let’s take a big bite into your favorites and find out all about them. Let us know your favorite Halloween treats at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Full shownotes there, too. Take a bigger bite: If you’re the helpful type, click here for details about how you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Witches Part 1 A green face, a pointy hat, warts, that is how we used to see witches. I thought it was a cute look. But their history is much more complicated than that, and we only focus on Europe and America. Full shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Music: Nocturne by Ekho To delve further: Wikipedia focuses on the history [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Witches Part 1 A green face, a pointy hat, warts, that is how we used to see witches. I thought it was a cute look. But their history is much more complicated than that, and we only focus on Europe and America. Full shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Music: Nocturne by Ekho To delve further: Wikipedia focuses on the history [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Witches Part 1 A green face, a pointy hat, warts, that is how we used to see witches. I thought it was a cute look. But their history is much more complicated than that, and we only focus on Europe and America. Full shownotes at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Music: Nocturne by Ekho To delve further: Wikipedia focuses on the history [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Werewolves Nice doggy. The story of werewolves is actually many stories, from all over Europe. Were they ever real? We can only–scratch–the surface in this installment. Howl at us at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Werewolves Nice doggy. The story of werewolves is actually many stories, from all over Europe. Were they ever real? We can only–scratch–the surface in this installment. Howl at us at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thomas Lovell Beddoes’ “Dream of Dying” More poetry, this time from the dark and twisted mind of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, a favorite gothic poet. It makes us feel simply horrible. Please tell us how this poem affects you at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thomas Lovell Beddoes’ “Dream of Dying” More poetry, this time from the dark and twisted mind of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, a favorite gothic poet. It makes us feel simply horrible. Please tell us how this poem affects you at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dracula Contrary to what many people think, Dracula is a fictional character. He was created more recently than you might think, too. Learn all about the King of the Vampires in this latest installment, then let us know what you think at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dracula Contrary to what many people think, Dracula is a fictional character. He was created more recently than you might think, too. Learn all about the King of the Vampires in this latest installment, then let us know what you think at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vampires We have had bloodsuckers at least as long as we have told stories. Except that many people believe they were more than the subject of stories. Real or not, vampires continue to capture our imagination. Find out more about them, then let us know your own vampire story at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vampires We have had bloodsuckers at least as long as we have told stories. Except that many people believe they were more than the subject of stories. Real or not, vampires continue to capture our imagination. Find out more about them, then let us know your own vampire story at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Haunted Palace” We descend again into the deeply dark mind of Edgar Allen Poe, as he describes “The Haunted Palace” as only he can. Poe’s mind is a twisted place no one should have to go…but we love to dally there voluntarily. Please illuminate your dark mind at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Haunted Palace” We descend again into the deeply dark mind of Edgar Allen Poe, as he describes “The Haunted Palace” as only he can. Poe’s mind is a twisted place no one should have to go…but we love to dally there voluntarily. Please illuminate your dark mind at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Bells,” A Poem By Edgar Allen Poe As promised, a creepy, spooky poem from the disturbed mind of Edgar Allen Poe, author of the classic poem, “The Raven.” Please let us know what you think at halloweenhaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Bells,” A Poem By Edgar Allen Poe As promised, a creepy, spooky poem from the disturbed mind of Edgar Allen Poe, author of the classic poem, “The Raven.” Please let us know what you think at halloweenhaunt.wordpress.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random Pumpkin Facts Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere! We carve them at Halloween, eat them at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and forget about them the rest of the year. That’s not fair. There’s so much to love…. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Random Pumpkin Facts Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere! We carve them at Halloween, eat them at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and forget about them the rest of the year. That’s not fair. There’s so much to love…. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jack O’Lantern Scary faces are popping up on porches everywhere! Why do we carve scary faces into vegetables? And why do we call them “Jack?” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jack O’Lantern Scary faces are popping up on porches everywhere! Why do we carve scary faces into vegetables? And why do we call them “Jack?” Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Those Cute, Scary, Ghoulish Costumes For as long as most of us have been alive, kids all across America have dressed up in costumes, creepy and cute, for Halloween. Where did this tradition come from? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Those Cute, Scary, Ghoulish Costumes For as long as most of us have been alive, kids all across America have dressed up in costumes, creepy and cute, for Halloween. Where did this tradition come from? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Trick or Treat Why do kids around America, and in some other places in the world now, go around neighborhoods threatening a trick if they don’t get a treat? The answer lies within…the Halloween Haunt. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Trick or Treat Why do kids around America, and in some other places in the world now, go around neighborhoods threatening a trick if they don’t get a treat? The answer lies within…the Halloween Haunt. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Halloween, A Quick History Why do we celebrate such a creepy holiday as Halloween? Why at the end of October? These and other fascinating questions will be answered…. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Halloween, A Quick History Why do we celebrate such a creepy holiday as Halloween? Why at the end of October? These and other fascinating questions will be answered…. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website