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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses Krampus, Krampusnacht, and the Dark December Demon. Enjoy!

Here's the book list mentioned on the podcast:

1. Krampus: The Yule Lord — Brom
2. The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas — Al Ridenour
3. The Dark Side of Christmas — Peter Haining
4. Krampusnacht: Twelve Nights of Krampus — Various Authors
5. European Witchcraft and Demonology — Russell & Alexander
6. The Wild Hunt: History and Lore — Ronald Hutton
7. Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland — John Gregorson Campbell
8. Yule and Winter Traditions of the Old World — D. Armitage
9. The Masks of Europe — J. F. Thallon
10. Monsters of the Winter Dark — A. G. Parsons

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses gargoyles, grotesques, and how Halloween is the perfect night for monster decoration. Enjoy!

Here's the book list mentioned on the podcast:

1. The Gargoyle: History & Mythology — Adrienne Mayor
2. Gargoyles: Spirits in Stone — Lester Burbank Bridaham
3. Grotesque: The Gothic Carved Figure — Michael Camille
4. The Architecture of the Gothic Cathedral — Robert A. Scott
5. Gothic: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting — Rolf Toman
6. The Devil’s Cathedral: Demon Imagery in Gothic Art — Richard Kieckhefer
7. Faces of the Folklore: Masks, Monsters, and Memory — E. Richard Hershberger

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses ghosts, ancestors, and how Halloween is one of the nights the dead return. Enjoy!

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, briefly discusses how death is cenral to Halloween, and how different cultures across time have kept this discussion and practice going. Enjoy!

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses his Halloween night group viewing of Satan's Little Helper and the importance of sharing your favorites with friends. Also, who cares Halloween is officially over, we will keep celebrating 10-31-365! 

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back to his rambling roots, this time it's Halloween costumes: what's trending this year, and what was popular five years ago. Enjoy! 

The website I found this year's trends: https://frightgeist.withgoogle.com/

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Halloween familiars: creatures of Halloween night, elegant, silent, and misunderstood, walking the line between superstition and science, worship and fear...the black cat and the bat.

Book/Reading List
Cats and Demons: The Mythic Origins of Fear by Barbara Kipfer
Bats: Biology and Behavior by M. Brock Fenton
The Witch’s Familiar: Spiritual Partnerships for Successful Magic by Raven Grimassi
Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night by Nicholas Rogers
The Cat in Magic, Myth, and Mystery by Fernand Méry

Black Cat Rescue in Boston: https://blackcatrescue.com/

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's witches: mysterious, powerful, feared, and free, with echoes of the trials that still haunt America’s Halloween conscience, and one of the most popular images of the season....

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's haunted houses: a symbol of memory, of fear, of what lingers after life, a warning and an invitation, and one of the most enduring images of Halloween....

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Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Trick or Treating: from soul cakes to guising — from origins, folklore, and its importance to Halloween....

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