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Preserve Halloween Podcast

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2 weeks ago

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, partakes in the Victorian era tradition of Christmas Ghost Stories by reading A Strange Christmas Game by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, published in The Broadway Annual in 1868. Enjoy! Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell, known also as Mrs J. H. Riddell, and by her pen name F. G. Trafford, was a popular and influential Irish-born writer in the Victorian period. Bo...

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Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, partakes in the Victorian era tradition of Christmas Ghost Stories by reading A Strange Christmas Game by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, published in The Broadway Annual in 1868. Enjoy! Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell, known also as Mrs J. H. Riddell, and by her pen name F. G. Trafford, was a popular and influential Irish-born writer in the Victorian period. Bo...

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Episodes (20/92)

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Six - A Strange Christmas Game

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, partakes in the Victorian era tradition of Christmas Ghost Stories by reading A Strange Christmas Game by Mrs. J. H. Riddell, published in The Broadway Annual in 1868. Enjoy! Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell, known also as Mrs J. H. Riddell, and by her pen name F. G. Trafford, was a popular and influential Irish-born writer in the Victorian period. Bo...

2 weeks ago

27 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Five (Part Four) - Yule Want to Listen

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the last set of four days/nights of Yule: Eddas Night, Hospitality Day, The Yule Goat, and finally Nornir / Fate Day. This is part four of four in the series. Enjoy! Thank you to Rebecca Swanner for the wonderful article on The Pagan Grimoire. Read it here. Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find mor...

2 weeks ago

15 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Five (Part Three) - Yule Want to Listen

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the second set of four days/nights of Yule: Divination Day, Odin’s Night, Årsgång, and Winter Gods Day. This is part three of four in the series. Enjoy! Thank you to Rebecca Swanner for the wonderful article on The Pagan Grimoire. Read it here. Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at http...

2 weeks ago

14 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Five (Part Two) - Yule Want to Listen

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the first four days/nights of Yule: Mother's Night (Mōdraniht), Jólablót and the Solstice, Honoring the Vættir, and The Wild Hunt. This is part two of four in the series. Enjoy! Thank you to Michael Rockwell for the donation and to Rebecca Swanner for the wonderful article on The Pagan Grimoire. Read it here. Intro Music: Excerpt f...

2 weeks ago

15 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Five (Part One) - Yule Want to Listen

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the Dark Heart of Winter in this four part series. This is part one of four. 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 go...

2 weeks ago

20 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Four (Part Two) - The Long Night Watchers

Send 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 is part two of two. 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. Don...

2 weeks ago

16 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Four (Part One) - The Long Night Watchers

Send 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. Do...

3 weeks ago

17 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Three - More Whispers in the Winter Dark

Send 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. Gilbert The Old Nurse’s Story — Elizabeth Gaskell The Signal-Man — Charles Dickens The Haunted House — Charles Dickens (collection) At the End of the Passage — ...

3 weeks ago

29 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty Two: The Children of the Snow

Send 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 Folkl...

1 month ago

44 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty One: Whispers in the Winter Dark

Send 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 M...

1 month ago

18 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Eighty: The Winter Monster

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses Krampus, Krampusnacht, and the Dark December Demon. Enjoy! Here's the book list mentioned on the podcast: 1. Krampus: The Yule Lord — Brom 2. The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas — Al Ridenour 3. The Dark Side of Christmas — Peter Haining 4. Krampusnacht: Twelve Nights of Krampus — Various Authors 5. European Witchcraft and Dem...

1 month ago

19 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy Nine: Halloween's Grinning Knights

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses gargoyles, grotesques, and how Halloween is the perfect night for monster decoration. Enjoy! Here's the book list mentioned on the podcast: 1. The Gargoyle: History & Mythology — Adrienne Mayor 2. Gargoyles: Spirits in Stone — Lester Burbank Bridaham 3. Grotesque: The Gothic Carved Figure — Michael Camille 4. The Architecture o...

1 month ago

14 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy Eight: The Spirit Walkers

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses ghosts, ancestors, and how Halloween is one of the nights the dead return. Enjoy! Donate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the show Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandcamp.com/ Pink FinkDark analog funk straight f...

1 month ago

20 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy Seven: The Harvest of Souls

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses how death is cenral to Halloween, and how different cultures across time have kept this discussion and practice going. Enjoy! Donate to keep things going and allow me to do even more podcasts and research. Support the show Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find more at https://pinkfink.bandc...

1 month ago

13 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy Six - Anarchy, Anarchy

Send me a message. Suggest a topic. Say hello. Share your thoughts with us. Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses his Halloween night group viewing of Satan's Little Helper and the importance of sharing your favorites with friends. Also, who cares Halloween is officially over, we will keep celebrating 10-31-365! Speaking of, I have a donate link down below in the description and also to the right of the page. Any amount (even $1) would help me b...

2 months ago

19 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy Five - Whatchu Wearing: Halloween Edition

Send 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.com Intro Music: Excerpt from Pink Fink - Fear the Night (approved by artist)Find mo...

2 months ago

33 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy Four - The Black Cat, the Bat, the Familiar

Send 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 List Cats and Demons: The Mythic Origins of Fear by Barbara Kipfer Bats: Biology and Behavior by M. Bro...

2 months ago

14 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy Three - Cauldrons, Broomsticks, and the Black Hat

Send 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 F...

2 months ago

16 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy Two - Where the Dead Still Dwell

Send 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 st...

3 months ago

19 minutes

Preserve Halloween Podcast

Episode Seventy One - From Soul Cakes to Candy Corn

Send 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...

3 months ago

14 minutes