It's Always Halloween

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It's Always Halloween episodes

September 08, 2023 Small Frights: Halloween Dessert House
Today we get swept up in a walkthrough of one Lantern's elaborately decorated, and highly delicious, Halloween party. We continue our discussion on the merits of trick-or-treating for your entire life and revel in the whimsy of youthful ghost stories. We also get a very clever Halloween costume idea from the hotline for all the spooky Swifties out there!
As mentioned on the episode:
Diego's Halloween Dessert House Walk Through Video
Diego's Famous Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Cake
Evidently, The Oriental Trading Company Halloween Magazine is still alive and well!
The History of the Slasher Genre: Live from The Ax Wound Film Festival
Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected]

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41 min
September 01, 2023 A Midwife and a Witch
This week I'm celebrating the birth of a new baby in my life with local urban legends submitted by a NorCal Lantern.
Mentioned on this episode:
Mumsterville
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mary the Wailing Witch in the Black Diamond Mines
Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected]
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Music this week by Pete Byrnes and Scott Buckley
23 min
August 25, 2023 Small Frights: Terror in the Music Room
Small Frights: Terror in the Music Room
On this episode, a Lantern calls in to tell us about a disturbing tradition his music teacher embraced every Halloween. We also take a call filled with trick-or-treat memories and read a ghost story from the UK! Mentioned in the episode:Jean Richie's Skin and BonesPrimary Sources for Musical Learning: Skin and Bones for Halloween - The Library of Congress blog
Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected]
⁠Scare your fellow lanterns this season! Submit your haunting tales,
photographs, art pieces, and/or recipes to Lantern's Way #2: There's a
G-G-G-Ghost! Email all submissions to ⁠[email protected]⁠
Submission deadline: 8/25
⁠Pre-Order The Lantern's Way #2⁠
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⁠Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon ⁠
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Music for this episode was provided by Alex Productions, Jean Ritchie, Alexander Nakarada, Dark Music Su and Pete Byrnes.
37 min
August 18, 2023 The Pale Man by Julius Long
The Pale Man by Julius Long

Today I tell you a tale about a summer vacation gone wrong in the hopes of chilling your too-hot day. The Pale Man was first published in Weird Tales Vol. 24, Issue 3 (1934). It is in the public domain and you can read it for yourself here.

Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries,
advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows
Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected]

⁠Scare your fellow lanterns this season! Submit your haunting tales,
photographs, art pieces, and/or recipes to Lantern's Way #2: There's a
G-G-G-Ghost! Email all submissions to ⁠[email protected]⁠
Submission deadline: 8/25
⁠Pre-Order The Lantern's Way #2⁠
⁠Order The Lantern's Way #1⁠
IAH Spotify Playlist
⁠Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon ⁠
⁠Support It's Always Halloween with a One Time Donation⁠
⁠Follow It's Always Halloween on Instagram⁠
⁠Join the Local Lantern Society⁠
Intro music by Pete Byrnes. Scoring for this episode was composed by Toru Takemitsu (Nostalghia, 1987) and performed by Yuri Bashmet.
29 min
August 11, 2023 Small Frights Friday: The Spooky Forest
Today we take a stroll down a wooded path filled with terrors! We read EEEEKmails about handmade Halloween decor and trick-or-treat memories. Plus, we get a letter from London!
Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected]

⁠Scare your fellow lanterns this season! Submit your haunting tales, photographs, art pieces, and/or recipes to Lantern's Way #2: There's a G-G-G-Ghost! Email all submissions to ⁠[email protected]⁠
Submission deadline: 8/25
⁠Pre-Order The Lantern's Way #2⁠
⁠Order The Lantern's Way #1⁠
IAH Spotify Playlist
⁠Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon ⁠
⁠Support It's Always Halloween with a One Time Donation⁠
⁠Follow It's Always Halloween on Instagram⁠
⁠Join the Local Lantern Society⁠

This episode featured music by Naoya Sakamata, Myuu, Wee Free Music and of course, Pete Byrnes.
47 min
August 04, 2023 Pete's Frights Friday
Today is Pete's last episode as IAH's producer/audio engineer/editor. He, Lucé, and Yoshi (Pete's dog) gathered during the FULL MOON to share some behind-the-scenes stories. They also raided the Hotline and EEEEKmail bag together and Lucé cried! FUN!
Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected]

⁠Scare your fellow lanterns this season! Submit your haunting tales, photographs, art pieces, and/or recipes to Lantern's Way #2: There's a G-G-G-Ghost! Email all submissions to ⁠[email protected]⁠
Submission deadline: 8/25
⁠Pre-Order The Lantern's Way #2⁠
⁠Order The Lantern's Way #1⁠
IAH Spotify Playlist
⁠Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon ⁠
⁠Support It's Always Halloween with a One Time Donation⁠
⁠Follow It's Always Halloween on Instagram⁠
⁠Join the Local Lantern Society⁠
1 hr 44 min
July 28, 2023 EEEEK! It's Greg Nussen!
On this episode, we welcome our new producer and audio engineer, Greg Nussen! Greg has been a part of the team as a research assistant for the past year and now he's taking the reigns from Pete who's off to explore what tricks and treats await beyond Halloweenland.

Today we get to know Greg's Halloween history! What kind of candy does he like? What spooky movies are a must? Does he have any favorite costumes or trick-or-treat memories? Does he ever think about dying? We dive into it all!

Wanna share your Halloween memories or grill Greg? Call the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected]

Scare your fellow lanterns this season! Submit your haunting tales, photographs, art pieces, and/or recipes to Lantern's Way #2: There's a G-G-G-Ghost! Email all submissions to [email protected] Submission deadline: 8/25

Pre-Order The Lantern's Way #2
Order The Lantern's Way #1
Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon
Support It's Always Halloween with a One Time Donation
Follow It's Always Halloween on Instagram
Join the Local Lantern Society

1 hr 29 min
July 28, 2023 Creature from the Black Lagoon with Greg Nussen (TEASER)
I sit down with our incredible Research Assistant (and professional film critic), Greg Nussen, to discuss 1953's Creature of the Black Lagoon. Plus, we have a majorly fun (and spooky) announcement!

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15 min
July 21, 2023 Small Frights: Cozy Road Trip
On today's episode, one Lantern transports us to the perfect autumnal road trip from their childhood. We also take a call about travel plans for this October. Plus a follow-up to last week's Stanley Hotel Story and a question prompts everyone out there in Halloweenland to write or call in!
Mentioned in this episode:
√i by Martin Cahill
Shuck by GV Anderson
We All Fall Down by Ai Jiang
Grimalkin (in Tiny Nightmares) by Andrew Sullivan
Milk Teeth by Annika Barranti Klien

Scare your fellow lanterns this season! Submit your haunting tales, photographs, art pieces, and/or recipes to The Lantern’s Way Vol.2!

Email all submissions to [email protected]
Pre-orders open: 7/23!
Submission deadline: 8/25
Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to [email protected]
Order our HalloZINE: The Lantern's Way
Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon
Support It's Always Halloween with a One Time Donation
Follow It's Always Halloween on Instagram
Join the Local Lantern Society
38 min
July 14, 2023 Small Frights: Too Scary
On today’s episode we read one Lantern’s ghostly encounter story that truly puts the EEEEK in EEEEKmail. Plus we get recommendations for horror themed games and vampire themed newsletters!
Also one big announcement that is much too terrifying to bear! If you need me after today’s episode I’m cowering under the covers!
Scare your fellow lanterns this season! Submit your haunting tales, photographs, art pieces, and/or recipes to The Lantern’s Way Vol.2!
Email all submissions to [email protected]
Pre-orders open: 7/23!

Submission deadline: 8/25 Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEKmail to [email protected]
Order our HalloZINE: The Lantern's Way
Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon
Support It's Always Halloween with a One Time Donation
Follow It's Always Halloween on Instagram
Join the Local Lantern Society
36 min