It's Always Halloween

Today we take a delightful hotline call about the most depressed cryptid in America and learn about how we can celebrate them in the hopes of cheering them up. We also get letters about Summerween and how to make your own low cost DIY pumpkin spice (see above). 

Mentioned in the Episode:

Squonkapalooza!

Ways to Celebrate Summerween

Music featured:

⁠Outsider - Myuu⁠

Silence - DJPOM888

The Curse - Mehul Sharma

⁠Witch By The Sea - Darren Curtis⁠

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Today we read a letter from a Lantern who writes a Halloween comedy show for kids with his high school theater troupe. We also hear about a Halloween party that helped another Lantern feel more comfortable in their own skin and get a response to last week's call about a new Trick-or-Treating trend. 

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Featured music:

Unspoken - Myuu

Down the Rabbit Hole - Myuu

After Midnight - Oak Studios

Today we hear about the harrowing journey one Lantern has on the Halloween Express and lament how disappointing professional Halloween themed jobs can be. We also get a FANGtastic call from a dad who has noticed a newer trend while taking his daughter Trick-or-Treating and read a letter from a mom whose young son has recently become obsessed with Halloween year round.

Mentioned on the Episode:

Get some Halloween stickers from Lantern Kia

Featured music:

Halloween Chaser - TeknoAxe

Adrift - Hayden Folker

Curse - Mehul Sharma

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This week we hear from Lanterns from three different generations and take a trip to Japan! 

Thank you Jennifer, Mia, and L.M. for contributing to this episode!

Mentioned:

Silent Hill

Where Did Halloween Come From? (Part 1)

Where Did Halloween Come From (Part 2)

How Halloween Became a Thing in Japan (Kotaku)

Halloween in Japan (I'll Make It Myself - L.M.'s Blog )

Starbucks Sweet Potato Frappuccino 

Halloween Sweet Potato KitKats

Japanese Heirloom Pumpkins

The JET Programme 
Halloween Advent Calenders

The Greenwood Art Collective

Featured music:

⁠Signal To Noise - Scott Buckley⁠

⁠Witch By The Sea - Darren Curtis⁠

⁠Outsider - Myuu⁠

⁠Krao - Yokai

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Today a very welcome ghost from the past rejoins the porch! Beware! You'll find laughter and a chilling rendition of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman within!

Read The Yellow Wallpaper for yourself here!

Mentioned in the episode:

The Trouble with Charlotte Perkins Gilman By Halle Butler - March 11, 2021 (The Paris Review)

Race, Pseudoscience, and “The Yellow Wallpaper"  By Erika Mills and Kenneth M. Koyle - May 16, 2024 (The National Library of Medicine)

Pete's Fiverr

Music featured in this episode is "Silence" by DJPOM888

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After a longer than expected hiatus, we're back(ish) with

Mentioned in the episode:

Best Places to Celebrate Halloween in Belgium

Kia's Puzzle Quest: Halloween Haunting
Kia Creates Website

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IAH Spotify Playlist

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Today we hear more of your stories from Halloween 2023! Yard decor, home haunts, DIY costumes, and trick-or-treating! This episode is jam packed with creative ideas and community spirit!

Check out the newest collaboration between IAH and Displaced Snail: The Raven!

Mentioned on the episode:

The Masque of the Red Death Reading

Red Letter Days

Follow Spooky Steve on IG @thecraftygoonie

Creepmas Creatures

Support your fellow Lanterns: Fibulalart on Etsy and IG @fibulalart

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GRIMtern Nathan joins me to look back on our favorite aspects of the Halloween 2023 season. We read your EEEEKmails and cover our top 10 seasonal moments. This is part 1 of 2. You can hear part 2 by subscribing on Spotify or Patreon. 

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Happy Halloween 2023!

Here's an extra special treat in your pillowcase: an It's Always Halloween/Farthouse Crossover Episode!

Farthouse is a monthly film podcast hosted by Cinephile Cuties (and Lanterns!), Casey O'Brien and Patrick Mallon. They watch arthouse movies, so you can pretend that you did. And today the three of us discuss The Shining, spooky bathrooms, and DIY Filmmaking!

We also read your EEEEKmails about artsy horror, film catchphrases, nude scenes in class, and bathroom ghosts and banshees!

Casey and I are making a feature film together, 14 Stories in a Bathoom! Read more and/or contribute to our fundraising campaign here!

Please note that this episode, much like The Shining, does contain adult language and situations and would probably be slapped with an R-rating if the MPAA had their say!

Happy October 31st, Lanterns! The veil is thin and the bonfires are lit, let the harvest celebration begin! 

This is a collection of close to 20 All Hallows Hotline calls and EEEEKmails pertaining to our day of days. I hope this helps set the mood. Sending you all my wishes for a joyful day filled with spooks, treats, community, and remembrance. You are ALIVE, don't let 'em forget it!

Please note, we are taking the rest of the week off to recover! We return 11/10! In the meantime, please tell us how you celebrated this year! Call the All Hallows Hotline at 802-532-DEAD or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected].

Mentioned in this episode:

Haunted Tents 2022 Walk Thru Video

Haunted Tents on Facebook

Haunted Tents on IG

Field of Screams 

Izzy's Spooky Season Playlist

Gwen's Mossy Fox Shop

Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More (Music Video)

Rob Zombie - Living Dead Girl (Music Video)

Vmpyr - L'invitation (Music Video)

Vmpyr - Carmilla (Music Video)

Follow Michael Lewis on IG: @mikelmas

Follow Charis on IG: @little_pretzel_witch

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Music for this mega episode was provided by: Mokka, Infraction, Toru Takemitsu, Lofi Geek, The Fletchers and, as always, Pete Byrnes.