Halloween History and War Of The Worlds – Paranormal Podcast 112
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Lesley & John
Happy Halloween! Author Lesley Bannatyne teaches us about the history of Halloween, its origins plus myths and fun facts concerning this most unique holiday.
Check out Lesley’s books at Amazon.com:
Witches’ Night Before Halloween
A Halloween Reader: Poems, Stories, And Plays From Halloweens Past
Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History
A Halloween How-To: Costumes, Parties, Decorations, and Destinations
Also, you can find out more about Lesley here:
On part two of this super sized, Halloween special we talk to author John Gosling who tells us about the War Of The Worlds broadcast on this date (October 30th) and how Orson Welles played the greatest Halloween trick of all time…and how its legend departs somewhat from reality.
Check out his book on the subject at Amazon.com:
Here is John’s website on the subject: War Of The Worlds Invasion
Thanks Lesley & John!
–Audible–
We featured a clip from War of the Worlds
As a Paranormal Podcast listener you can get this Old Time Radio classic or another free audiobook at audiblepodcast.com/paranormal
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Check out the Anything Ghost podcast that I mentioned on the show here
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Hey people
I always download and enjoy your show every week, all the way from scotland, the original home of the castle and battle field ghost story and not forgetting the home of the monster, they are lots of great stories from the ancient land of scotland as you will know, just say the word and i will keep you up to date with all the latest news and whats going on here in the news and new links to scottish spooky niss week by week.
Regards
Darrell
Thanks so much! I will keep that in mind as we launch the project…it is a great idea to have listener submitted stories!
I’m wondering if maybe the “War Of The Worlds” episode wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea — not really “paranormal” — but it sure was MY cup of tea! As a huge fan of halloween, old radio shows and Orson Welles, it was the perfect opening to Halloween weekend. Very solid factual discussion that was nonetheless fascinating. Thanks so much, Jim!