Where do our American Halloween traditions come from? Trick or Treating, Jack-o-Lanterns, black cats, ghosts and bats? Where do all things come from and why do we celebrate this holiday the way we do?

35: The History of Halloween

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this episode was so much fun! Leslie Fear, author of the Graveyard Watchman trilogy and Atticus among other titles sits with me and shoots the shit. We talk about upcoming books, witchcraft, fangirl over each other a bit as well as our love for Hillbilly Horror Stories. Leslie was such a pleasure to have on, and offered so many interesting and valuable questions that I would've never thought to address!

65. Leslie Fear

This episode is definitely packed with a variety of stories. A flood legend, a massacre, a Baron of AZ, fraud, murder, treasure, bodies both with and without heads, and a secret order of Native Americans? there was so much here I couldn't even find the right background music to flow... sooooo enjoy the ride!Intro and Outro creditLove Turns HateBackground musicHalf Mystery by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5026-half-mysteryLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/SourcesMysteries of the SuperstitionMountains on Amazon PrimeLegend of the Superstition Mountains on History channelyoutube paranormal files featuring Corey Danielhttps://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheFloodonSuperstitionMountain-Pima.htmlhttps://www.grunge.com/80931/mysteries-superstition-mountains/https://www.ajpl.org/the-baron-of-arizona/http://superstitionmountaintomkollenborn.blogspot.com/2011/10/old-hermit-elisha-m-reavis.html?m=1https://www.ajnews.com/opinion/columnists/the-soldier-s-lost-mine/article_8fd16d36-df12-11e9-876c-9ba903603945.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20120228065645/http://www.theoutlaws.com/gold1.htmhttps://www.ranker.com/list/lost-dutchman-treasure-disappearances/lyra-radfordhttps://www.abc15.com/news/crime/death-row-diaries-woman-is-buried-alive-in-superstition-mountainshttps://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2016/01/22/superstition-gold-feud/

64.The Superstition Mountains

This week, the awesome Daniel Gamblin from This Week in History and I sit down and chat! We talk about some cockney slang, and some differences between our countries that we didn't even know.

63.England and the U.S.

this week Johnny Kuhn from Conspiracy Cafe joins me to talk about Zombies! we talk about our favorite movies, as well as some real-life examples of zombies in nature as well as how a Romero-Esque zombie could actually happen. Special Thanks to Johnny Kuhn from Conspiracy CafeIntro and Outro Music byLove Turns Hate

62. Zombies! with Conspiracy Cafe

We all know moms are amazing. So how about since it was just Mother's Day, we talk about some moms that risked their lives, and accomplished amazing feats in a desperate effort to protect their children. What would you do if you ran outside to see a cougar attacking your toddler? Or what if your 3rd-floor apartment was on fire with no way out? Thank you to all the amazing moms out there!Intro and Outro creditLove Turns HateBackground music creditPerspectives by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4207-perspectivesLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

35: The History of Halloween

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