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Preserve Halloween Podcast
Hosted by Halloween Preservation Society · EN
Hosted by Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, the Preserve Halloween Podcast is dedicated to conversations involving the education, appreciation, observance, and recognition of the diverse history and practices associated with the holiday of Halloween. Listen in as we discuss ways to #PreserveHalloween...
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Episode Eighty Four (Part One) - The Long Night Watchers
Dec 1900:17:06Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses Winter Spirits, Hearth Guardians, and the Folklore of Watching the Dark. This one is a two parter. Enjoy! Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Donate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the show Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Eighty Three - More Whispers in the Winter Dark
Dec 1400:30:37Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the Victorian Ghost Story once again. Enjoy!Here are some recommended books to explore and learn more: Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology — Michael Cox & R.A. GilbertThe Old Nurse’s Story — Elizabeth GaskellThe Signal-Man — Charles DickensThe Haunted House — Charles Dickens (collection)At the End of the Passage — Rudyard KiplingCanon Alberic’s Scrap-Book — M.R. JamesThe Judge’s House — Bram StokerGhost Stories of an Antiquary — M.R. JamesUncanny Tales — Vernon LeeThe Victorian Supernatural — Pamela ThurschwellDonate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the showIntro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Donate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the show Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Eighty Two: The Children of the Snow
Dec 1000:45:41Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses Lost Spirits of Children all over the world and through time. . Enjoy!Here are some recommended books to explore and learn more: - The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories — Michael Newton (Editor)- Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology — Michael Cox & R.A. Gilbert (Editors)- The Outcast Spirit: Ghost Children in Folklore — Lieve De Meyer- Ghosts of the Frozen North — Christine Daaé- The Mysterious North — Pierre Berton- The Dark Is Rising — Susan Cooper- Winter Ghosts — Kate Mosse- The Wild Hunt: Studies in Northern European Mythology — Ronald Hutton- Shadows in the Snow: Midwinter Hauntings — Alison Grant- The Turn of the Screw — Henry James- Ghosts of the Yuletide: Winter Tales of the Supernatural — Various Authors- The Lore of Winter Spirits — Petra SundströmDonate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the showIntro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Donate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the show Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Eighty One: Whispers in the Winter Dark
Dec 800:20:12Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses Victorian Ghost Stories (which will lead up to more in depth coverage on future podcast episodes). Enjoy!Some authors for you to enjoy: Charles Dickens, M.R. James, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Elizabeth Gaskell, Edith Nesbit, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Margaret Oliphant, Rhoda Broughton, Wilkie Collins, E.F. Benson, Amelia B. Edwards, and Mary Elizabeth BraddonDonate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the showIntro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Donate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the show Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Seventy Five - Whatchu Wearing: Halloween Edition
Oct 2400:33:37Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back to his rambling roots, this time it's Halloween costumes: what's trending this year, and what was popular five years ago. Enjoy! The website I found this year's trends: https://frightgeist.withgoogle.com/Get your membership here: www.preservehalloween.comIntro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Seventy Four - The Black Cat, the Bat, the Familiar
Oct 1700:14:28Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Halloween familiars: creatures of Halloween night, elegant, silent, and misunderstood, walking the line between superstition and science, worship and fear...the black cat and the bat.Book/Reading ListCats and Demons: The Mythic Origins of Fear by Barbara KipferBats: Biology and Behavior by M. Brock FentonThe Witch’s Familiar: Spiritual Partnerships for Successful Magic by Raven GrimassiHalloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night by Nicholas RogersThe Cat in Magic, Myth, and Mystery by Fernand MéryBlack Cat Rescue in Boston: https://blackcatrescue.com/Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Seventy Three - Cauldrons, Broomsticks, and the Black Hat
Oct 1400:16:05Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's witches: mysterious, powerful, feared, and free, with echoes of the trials that still haunt America’s Halloween conscience, and one of the most popular images of the season....Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Seventy Two - Where the Dead Still Dwell
Oct 1000:19:16Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's haunted houses: a symbol of memory, of fear, of what lingers after life, a warning and an invitation, and one of the most enduring images of Halloween....Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Seventy One - From Soul Cakes to Candy Corn
Oct 600:14:29Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Trick or Treating: from soul cakes to guising — from origins, folklore, and its importance to Halloween....Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
Transcribe →Episode Seventy - The Jack-o’-Lantern
Oct 300:16:22Tap to summarizeSend me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's the Jack-o'-Lantern: from Will-o’-the-Wisps to Pumpkin Faces — from origins, folklore, and its symbolism for Halloween....Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/Pink FinkDark analog funk straight from the horror boogie overlords and the depths of the underworld itself. Outro Music: Excerpt from Satin Danger by Kevin MacLeodFind more at https://freepd.com/horror.phpSupport the showFacebook: www.facebook.com/PreserveHalloweenInstagram: www.instagram.com/PreserveHalloween
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