By Pumpkin's Light

This week, Mike and Miranda welcome fellow podcaster Baker, G/Host of Hauntcast, into the lair. Baker shares a bit about his love of monsters as a kid, which was the gateway to becoming a home haunter and, eventually, a podcaster sharing his passion with his community.  

If you've run across The Spoops in your social feeds this spooky season, here's your chance to meet their creator! AJ LoCascio joins the lair to talk about how his love of 90s Halloween specials led to a life-long love of October 31st and the accidental creation of his characters, The Spoops, which are now featured in a best-selling children's book.

Ghoul at Heart's Lori Castellon drops by the lair to chat about her new book, "Scare-cuterie," out now! She also shares how her childhood love of Halloween inspired her to transform an everyday cooking blog into a spooky one, how she celebrates Halloween, and her all-time favorite recipes she's ever shared.

Another Midsummer Scream is here, and Mike and Miranda have gathered their spooky crew to share their best tips and tricks for the world's largest Halloween and horror convention. Hear why our guests started attending, what their hidden gem is, and what they're looking forward to most for 2025.  

Ready to get into collecting Halloween artwork? Mike and Miranda welcome Jorene from Shivers of Delight into the lair. As a longtime art collector and Halloween lover, Jorene shares her favorite holiday memories, her tips for collecting, and the exciting new project she's launching this summer.

Dive into the world of Halloween village collections with Doug Welker from SpookyVillages.com. In this conversation, Doug shares how 90s Halloween cartoons fueled his early love of the holiday, how he got into collection Lemax and Department 56 pieces, and his best tips for newbies just starting their collections.  

If you've loved horror movies since childhood, you'll love today's guest. Meet Mandy from Mandy's Morgue of Horror! She joins us to discuss how her love of Halloween has evolved from childhood to adulthood, how her dad instilled a love of horror in her from a young age, and the horror movies she's most excited to see this year.

Artist and decor collector Laura Lee joins Mike and Miranda in the lair to talk about her childhood Halloweens in New England, how she approaches her all-out decorating ideas each year, and why she decided to expand her artwork to Halloween motifs.

Need just a splash of spooky in your every day? Then you'll love meeting Melissa España! Since 2020, her website has been a resource for all things fall and Halloween. In this episode, she shares why she started it during the pandemic, the fun Halloween tradition she created for her son, and why Chicago might be the spookiest city of all.

Writer, artist, and self-proclaimed autumn person Corrine Phillips enters the lair today to talk about her unique familial connection to Halloween, why "The Halloween Tree" is her favorite spooky piece of literature, and how October's natural world inspires her creativity.

If you love Halloween parties, goth-it-yourself projects, and Edgar Allan Poe…meet Ali Walden from Me and Annable Lee. This blog, started in 2016, is a hub for all these things and more. Ali shares her idyllic childhood Halloween memories, what drew her to Poe's work, and what she has in store for 2025.

In today's episode, we take a trip to Sleepy Hollow Country — home of Julia McCue. Julia shares how she strives to make her family-owned restaurant, Horsefeathers, a Halloween destination, her favorite spooky spots to visit in the Hudson River Valley, and what her ideal October 31st looks like.

Looking for the best way to celebrate halfway to Halloween? Then you're going to want to check out Jeff DePaoli's new event, Wicked New England. Mike and Miranda dive into everything about this Salem-based celebration, where Jeff's love of Halloween originated, and lots of 90s Halloween nostalgia.

There's a hidden spooky gem in historic Santa Ana, CA you may not have discovered yet: The Vogel Victorian. Mike and Miranda get to know its owner, Diana Vogel, and learn how she turned a passion project into her full-time job, hear paranormal secrets of the house, and even discover what will be this year's Halloween decor theme.

If you're in need of a solid dose of Halloween feels, come along with us to Los Muertos Cemetery in Santa Clara, CA—home of Señor Scary! Get to know this home haunter who was creating Halloween content back in the days of AOL, came to his love of Halloween later in life, and now celebrates with an over-the-top yard haunt that draws in thousands of visitors every October.

Whether it's a broom, a vacuum, or your Roombas, hop a flight to Salem today to talk all things "Hocus Pocus." Wil Cuthbert and Ally Dubrosky from the podcast The Black Flame Society enter the lair to share their fave memories of the now-iconic Halloween film, how they started their podcast, and what they hope to see in a third installment someday.

Meet the most peculiar guest we've had in the lair to date: Nikk Alcaraz. This author, content creator, and food artist takes us inside his peculiar world in this episode where the cakes may kill you, the houses are haunted, and ghosts are never seasonal.

There'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago in this episode. Meet Jeff Belanger, a fellow podcaster, adventurer, killer storyteller, and author of "The Fright Before Christmas: Surviving Krampus and Other Yuletide Monsters." Jeff tells us a few holiday monster tales while talking about how his love of all things spooky led to a career of exploring the une...

If it's weird, spooky, unusual, scary, macabre, or haunted, you'll find Alex Matsuo talking about it. Mike and Miranda get to know the creator of The Spooky Stuff, hear about fun Halloween traditions she enjoyed as a kid living in a military town, and the moment following the death of a loved one that led to her interest in the paranormal.

We're REAL professional over here! Mike and Miranda might seem like they have it together when it comes to podcasting, but there have been plenty of blooper moments since starting By Pumpkin's Light. Sit back, relax, and enjoy these slips and flubs sure to haunt our hosts for the rest of their podcasting days…

We aren't ready to let Halloween go just yet in the By Pumpkin's Light lair. Join Mike and Miranda for a guest-less episode where they share the highlights of their 2024 Halloween season…

We're closing out October with a King Size episode with a killer creative guest: Brandon Hardy. He shares how his love of Halloween started — building haunted houses in his childhood garage — and how that eventually led him to becoming an artist working on Broadway. Brandon also shares some behind-the-scenes stories on making his iconic flying Sanderson Sisters and gives us a first peek at his pla...

Don't let trick-or-treating become a thing of the past! It's a rallying cry we hear often in the Halloween community…but is trick-or-treating dying? (And is trunk-or-treat killing it?) We've invited Danielle Gonzalez from Verona Black and Lindsay Keating from Cabinet of Curious Clay and Darksome Art and Craft Market back for a roundtable discussion about the state of trick-or-treating.

Looking to plan a trip to Salem during spooky season? Start now! Alyse Grimm from ThingsToDoInSalem.com joins us today to talk about all things Witch City, from how she started her resource website by chance to her favorite hidden gems around town. She also shares her favorite way to spend Halloween night in Salem.  

Have we hit the ceiling when it comes to Code Orange season? And…did it happen TOO early this year? We've invited Sam Stair from Halloween Happy and Lauren Kula from The Punkin Shop back into the lair to share their thoughts in this first-ever roundtable discussion episode.