October 23, 1993 - Midday presents a broadcast of a local crime bill forum. Panelists Janet Reno, U.S. attorney general; Bruce Vento, Minnesota congressman; and William Finney, St. Paul police chief, share their views and answer audience questions.
October 23, 1993 - Twin Cities poet Michael Dennis Browne reads Potatoes, October.
October 26, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with American novelist and scholar Michael Dorris about his short story collection, Working Men. During segment, Dorris reads from book.
October 26, 1993 -
October 28, 1993 - A Midday broadcast of KTCA-TV Forum, featuring St. Paul mayoral candidates Norm Coleman and Andy Dawkins. The two discuss political issues and their individual campaigns.
October 29, 1993 - MPR’s Marianne Combs tours the Gibbs Farm Museum, where guide Ann Bruggeman tells a group of children about the Samhain and Celtic traditions behind items many know as Halloween related.
October 29, 1993 - Bill Kling, president of Minnesota Public Radio, talks about MPR’s SOS drive in support for the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
October 29, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Vusumuzi Zulu about the art and skill behind storytelling and a local Black storytellers celebration. During segment, shares the folktale Signifying Monkey.
October 29, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota mystery writer Brian Freeman shares a Halloween story that involves a ghost along the shore of Lake Superior and the sunken ships its waters contain.
October 30, 1993 - Local author and commentator Lawrence Sutin shares ghost stories and a remembrance for the late Algernon Blackwood. Sutin reads excerpts from The Wendigo by H. P. Lovecraft and M. R. James’ work, The Old Man of Visions.