Mentally, we’re still in 1978, but the mortuary bill is getting closer.

In this special "Halloween in July" vault episode of The Gen-x-istentialists, Scott and Bunny trade the Mega Wheel for the Pumpkin Wheel of Majesty. They kick things off with a heavy, non-PC conversation about mortality—discussing why Bunny thinks about death once an hour and how his ten years working in a mortuary college stained his brain with the sights and sounds of the "slow march" to the end.

Inside this spooky deep-dive:

• The Mortuary Reality Check: Why caskets are buried in concrete vaults (spoiler: it’s not for the bodies) and the grisly details of the embalming process you won’t hear on a Hallmark special.
• The White Whale of the Subdivision: A look back at the suburban legends of the "house with the Star Wars figures" and why we always ended up with a roll of pennies instead.
• Candy Trade Wars: Why circus peanuts are "banana-flavored chimeras" that shouldn’t exist, and the controversial hack of putting Nerds on your breakfast cereal.
• The Cemetery Hangout: Why walking through a graveyard at 2:00 AM was just a standard Friday night for Gen-Xers in Georgetown and Bellevue.
• Witch Moms vs. Vampire Dads: A hypothetical debate on the utilitarian benefits of having a supernatural parent.

Whether you were a Stormtrooper walking the streets of Bellevue or a Godzilla in a kindergarten yard, this episode is a straightforward, jovial, and occasionally horrifying look at the holiday that shaped our existential outlook.

**Summer Rerun: What Halloween Was Really Like for Gen-X Kids? (Originally aired October 28, 2024)