On Second Thought

With a week to go until Election Day, more than a million early ballots have been cast in Georgia. There are many Georgians who are voting for the first time, but some residents say the nastiness of the presidential race has tainted the experience.

For some, Halloween is about more than just candy and dressing up. It’s a day to think seriously about what scares us. Many of Georgia’s historic sites are also places where sightings of ghosts and apparitions have been reported. We share some real-life ghost stories from some of the most notoriously haunted spots in the state.

The longer a building has been around, the more likely people will say that it’s haunted. The Fox Theatre in Atlanta opened in 1929 and some say a few of the millions who’ve passed through those doors still remain. The theater hosts ghost tours this time of year. We sent producer Sean Powers to learn about spirits that refuse to leave...even after the curtain comes down. An interview with former Fox Theatre organist Bob Van Camp, whose ashes are stored in the Fox Theatre auditorium:

Ghosts aren’t just individual people who were once alive. They can also be entire towns – thriving communities that now only exist in memories, historical documents or the remnants of old buildings. We learn more about some of these communities from Lisa Russell, author of the new book, “Lost Towns of North Georgia.”

It's a Halloween themed On Second Thought! We first pay homage to the Kroger supermarket on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Midtown Atlanta. It's about to face the wrecking ball. After 30 years, the grocery store -- which many call by the controversial nickname “Murder Kroger” -- will be torn down and replaced by a $190 million office tower, with a brand new Kroger on the ground floor. We look back at the store’s checkered past, which includes the killings of three people and the discovery of a dead

Some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters over the past few years have something in common: their characters were born on the pages of comic books and graphic novels. Emory University’s College of Arts and Sciences has teamed up with the Department of Film and Media Studies to bring some of those films back to the big screen. The Emory Cinematheque series “Drawn to Film: From Comics to Cinema” is free and open to the public Wednesday nights on campus. We talk with Emory senior lecturer of film

It’s Friday! That means it’s time for our Breakroom gang to assemble and talk about the week’s news! We’ll talk about deaths of beloved TV characters, a new trend in Halloween costumes for young girls, and Shaq’s new business venture in Atlanta. Then, we talk about Eric Trump’s free-water cup scandal, Wonder Woman as a United Nations ambassador for women, and which Halloween candy is #1 in Georgia.

Mike Mills is a music legend. In 1980, Mills co-founded Athens-based R.E.M. They disbanded in 2011. Today, Mills is performing with his childhood friend, violinist Robert McDuffie. The two grew up together in Macon, Georgia, and have since gone on to achieve their own unique musical fame. Mike Mills and violinist Robert McDuffie will perform Mills' Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and Strings at Emory University Friday, October 28 at 8 p.m. Hear more from our Georgia Playlist here. https://www

Within the span of two months in 2015, four children living in or near Waycross, GA were diagnosed with similar types of very rare and aggressive cancers. Three of the four have the very same cancer, and one little girl had a kind that’s even more rare. She recently lost her battle with the disease. Their families and the community are still struggling to find out why and what, if anything, is being done to make sure other people don’t get sick. We talk with Andy Miller, editor and CEO of

A new book has fueled the indoor-outdoor cat debate by calling for the removal of all outdoor cats by any means necessary. The authors say feral and outdoor domestic cats are a threat to wildlife. We talk about the ethics of cat ownership with NPR animal writer Barbara King, who is an emerita professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary.