Enjoy this 2019 episode exploring the ancient traditions behind today's favourite Halloween activities: trick-or-treating, jack-o-lantern carving, divination, and... communing with the dead.

This episode's music:

Intro Music: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods

2:09 “Nöstmo Halvar” by Per O G Runberg

7:04 “King Orfeo” by Alva

13:07 “Samhain” by Ron Allen

14:55 “Punkie Night” by Withe & Stone

17:11 “Tam Glen” by Jean Redpath

22:45 “Colcannon” by The Black Family

26:30 “The Wife of Usher’s Well” by Alfred Deller & The Deller Consort

31:38 “Souling Song” by the Watersons

38:10 “Faithful Johnny” by Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson

42:30 “Lyke Wake Dirge” by the Young Tradition

Image: Scotch Mist by John Duncan