J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid’s books and horror novels. His nonfiction books include, among others, Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner) and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His latest book, the novel Twelve Nights at Rotter House, is out now.

He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing.

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J.W.’s favorite haunted house stories
Danvers State Insane Asylum
How to do Sleepy Hollow right
Poe’s history in Philadelphia
Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas
What J.W.’s watching this Halloween season
Plus, a special Halloween intro

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MUSIC

Vestron Vulture - “I Want to Be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder)”

Kill Yourself - Intro to “Let’s Halloween (2014)”

Splitbreed - “Walkers”

Ponzoo - “This Is Halloween (Trap Remix)”

Kaico and Cocosh - “Ghostbusters (Club Edit)”

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PRODUCTION & LICENSING

This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.

Executive Producers: Mauricio G., Daniel R., Kelly C., Bruce H., Christopher B., Timothy W., Nick F., Michael Q., Jamaica J., Mute Ryan, John W., Andy E., Colleen F., Saliyah S., Michael S., Kevin C., Megan B., Kaleb H., Dionisio T., Scotty R., CL, Raymond G.

REMINDER

Love yourself. Think for yourself. Question authority.