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Last 20 Shows I Must Say Thanks This has been a very exciting year in the Haunt, and I want to thank you for being part of it. I hope you will return when you need some Halloween during the year, and stay in touch on Facebook, Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. After all, we need to prepare for next year.
Tagged: Halloween, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Raven” by Edgar Allen PoeREMIXED: Presented in its entirety, this is the longest episode so far from the Halloween Haunt. 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 finally given a proper funeral, 16o years after his death. [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Halloween HopesIt is the big night, and I tell you what I wish for you this year. If you missed them, please download Horrifying and Hilarious Horror Hosts, and “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe. They are both available at HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com. We will also haunt Twitter @HalloweenHaunt and our Facebook page. I invite you to join [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Horrifying and Hilarious Horror HostsBefore 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 others [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “The Raven” by Edgar Allen PoePresented in its entirety, this is the longest episode so far from the Halloween Haunt. 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 finally given a proper funeral, 16o years after his death. I [...]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.
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“65. Dark Nation” by Too Far (from [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Promo ‘06The spookiest holiday of the year is on its way, and the new podcast, Halloween Haunt, is here! Learn where our Halloween traditions come from, the history of the holiday, and spooky poems and stories, all in bite-sized pieces–just like Halloween candy. Family friendly and appropriately creepy, it’s only on halloweenhaunt.wordpress.com.
[...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Halloween, A Quick HistoryWhy 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 Trick or TreatWhy 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 Those Cute, Scary, Ghoulish CostumesFor 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 Jack O’LanternScary 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 Random Pumpkin FactsPumpkins, 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 “The Bells,” A Poem By Edgar Allen PoeAs 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 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 VampiresWe 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 DraculaContrary to what many people think, Dracula is a fictional character. He was created more recently than you might think. 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 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 WerewolvesNice 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 Promo ‘07Even with lingering heat waves, there is a slight chill in the air. Can you feel it? And with the chill, return to the Halloween Haunt, where more fearsome history, stories and poems await. New family friendly but completely eerie episodes coming soon, to HalloweenHaunt.wordpress.com.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Witches Part 1A 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.
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Nocturne by Ekho (from GarageBand.com)
To delve further:
A history of witchcraft, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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