When did Halloween stop being fun?

In this week’s episode of Landline, Claire and I trade childhood Halloween stories, bad costume choices, and our first real brushes with fear. Both cinematic and emotional. From It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown to The Shining, we try to figure out when the most magical night of the year turned into Trunk-or-Treat in a church parking lot.

In This Episode:

* Why It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is the perfect film

* The trauma of scary movies (Scream vs The Shining)

* The infamous “REDRUM” tattoo that ruined Thanksgiving

* DIY costume disasters (Rock, Paper, Scissors edition)

* How our generation accidentally killed Halloween

Featuring: Madge the dog, a lot of chaos, and two women who still believe the sky in Charlie Brown is what fall should look like.

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