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The Halloween Podcast

Lyle Perez

Welcome to The Halloween Podcast, where your hosts Lyle Perez and Meghan Cunningham delve into the eerie, the unexplained, and the downright spooky. Join us as we explore the chilling corners of Halloween, delve into spine-tingling ghost stories, and uncover the secrets of haunted houses. Each episode brings you a mix of fascinating folklore, paranormal phenomena, and interviews with special guests who share their own creepy encounters. Whether it's the legend of the Jack-o-lantern, classic Halloween nostalgia, tales from haunted hotels, or the history of the mysterious traditions that make Halloween so enchanting , The Halloween Podcast is you!

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  • Monday · 40 min

    Hey Arnold! Arnold's Halloween (1997)

    For today’s Xennial Countdown to Halloween, we’re heading back to Hillwood for Hey Arnold!’s wonderfully spooky 1997 Halloween special, “Arnold’s Halloween.”

  • Sunday · 46 min

    The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Sleepy Hollow (1949)

    Disney’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been haunting Halloween television for generations. Meghan grew up with Ichabod Crane, the autumn abundance of the Van Tassel farm, Bing Crosby’s unforgettable narration and, of course, the Headless Horseman thundering through those wonderfully spooky woods. Lyle, on the other hand, somehow made it to adulthood without ever seeing it.

  • Saturday · 33 min

    Halloween is Grinch Night (1977)

    In 1977, Dr. Seuss brought the Grinch back to television for Halloween Is Grinch Night, a wonderfully strange special that has been part of Meghan’s Halloween season since childhood. For this episode, Lyle watched it for the first time — and the 2 hosts came away with very different opinions about what they had just seen.

  • Friday · 16 min

    Is E.T. A Halloween Movie? (1982)

    Meghan presents the evidence, Lyle delivers his verdict, and then the case goes to the court of public opinion. You are the jury on appeal. When you see this episode on our social media, tell us whether you uphold Lyle's verdict or overturn it — and give us your best argument for why.

  • Thursday · 34 min

    The Green Ribbon by Alvin Schwartz Explained

    Today on the Xennial Countdown to Halloween, Lyle and Meghan revisit one of the most unforgettable pieces of spooky childhood reading: “The Green Ribbon,” Alvin Schwartz’s eerie little tale from In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories.

  • September 8 · 1 hr 17 min

    The Halloween That Almost Wasn't W/ Gerry (1979)

    This time on the Xennial Countdown to Halloween, Meghan and Lyle are joined by Gerry from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast for a trip back to 1979 and The Halloween That Almost Wasn't — and Gerry actually handpicked this wonderfully strange little piece of Halloween television as the special he wanted to discuss!

  • September 7 · 1 hr 2 min

    Halloween at School: A Xennial Memory

    Lyle and Meghan kick off the Xennial Countdown to Halloween by heading back to the classrooms, hallways and school libraries of the late 1970s, ’80s and ’90s to remember what Halloween was like at school.

  • August 7 · 36 min

    Spooky Scholastic Books Top 5 | MiniSode

    The Scholastic Book Fair was more than a place to buy books. For many of us, it was where creepy covers, ghost stories, and strange adventures first turned reading into something exciting.

  • August 6 · 14 min

    The Dynamite Book of Ghosts and Haunted Houses | Haunted Thursday

    A forgotten Scholastic paperback promised young readers true stories of ghosts, haunted houses, and unexplained encounters from across America. Forty-five years later, we're digging into the mystery behind The Dynamite Book of Ghosts and Haunted Houses and the woman who claimed to have collected its stories from newspapers and eyewitnesses.

  • August 5 · 1 hr 4 min

    Scholastic Book Fair Memories

    The Scholastic Book Fair was more than a temporary bookstore. It was where many of us discovered the creepy covers, ghost stories, and strange adventures that helped turn a childhood love of Halloween into something lifelong.

  • July 31 · 45 min

    Profits Unlimited | Lights Out (1943)

    Long before Night of the Living Dead redefined zombies, radio audiences were introduced to a very different kind of undead. Join us as we revisit the 1943 Lights Out episode "Profits Unlimited" and explore one of horror's earliest zombie stories.

  • July 30 · 20 min

    Clairvius Narcisse Zombie? | Haunted Thursday

    In 1962, Clairvius Narcisse was declared dead, buried by his family, and then returned nearly eighteen years later claiming he had been turned into a zombie. Was it a medical mistake, the work of a powerful poison, or one of the strangest mysteries ever documented?

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