The All Hallows Podcast

Feeling out of sync with humanity because you just can't manage any happiness at this time of the year? There's nothing wrong with you. But let's talk about whats going on...

Perhaps the best known example of Americana folktale, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been inspiring thrill and chill lovers for over two hundred years! Dealing with equipment failure and the like, here is a bare bones reading of the entire work for your enjoyment. I hope. Happy Hallowe'en!

A little history, a little reminiscing, and some advice! Dedicated to all our loved ones, wherever they are!

Let's get Halloween 2023 started? Some thoughts as we gear up to make this a fantastic year!

Did you know that Samhain isn't really Halloween? Although they get lumped together, they are really two very distinct things. Take a listen and start a dialogue!

Just a brief chat about ways you can catch a flavor of Día de Muertos. With such a rich history, I wouldn't presume to pretend to be an expert. I will say I've enjoyed celebrating it for the past 20 years or so, and with almost all of my loved ones in the Afterlife, it has a special place in my heart!

Just a quick "Happy Halloween!" and an encouragement to keep celebrating for the next few weeks (and my reasons why!).

I was a guest on the excellent podcast HAILING FREQUENCIES OPEN with my friend, Mike Jones and his co-host Damian! We were discussing the closest thing to a Halloween episode that the original series had, called CATSPAW . In doing the research for the episode, I discovered that Robert Bloch, the writer, based the script on his short story BROOMSTICK RIDE . Here for your listening pleasure is the s...

Picking up, dusting ourselves off, and returning to the Halloween community in 2022! Where did trick or treating come from, uniquely in the USA? LESLEY BANNATYNE's essay has the answers

Just not feeling Halloween this year...yet....

We're starting slow, stirring back to this idea ever so carefully, after a crushing year of dealing with the pandemic! Happy Early Halloween!

Just a quick chat  about the season.

Witches brewing, crow, wind, owl. Ideal for a scene with JUST witches (no ghosts).

This one has it all: wind, ghosts, monsters, clanking chains, and witches brewing!

Subdued witches brewing something in their cauldron, crow, wind, and ghosts.

Perfect for a graveyard or other desolate place: howling wind, church bells tolling midnight, and the whispers of ghosts....

Background loops for your Halloween displays! All on separate tracks so you can loop them on your playing device.

Just a quick chat about fear....

Just some musings on Halloween!

Enjoy poems and recollections, including my own!

Listen to guest Mark Westberg ( www. MarkCWestberg.com ) narrate two short pieces of poetry:  Puck, from A Midsummer Night's Dream , and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Haunted Houses."

The much-adapted short story by William Wymark Jacobs, published in 1902!

Carve that pumpkin and roast those seeds!

Want to know the convoluted history of our favorite orange friend? Lesley Bannatyne's article has the scoop.

Try this before the All Hallows Halloween 2020 meditation!