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All Hallows' Eve in the North Star State
Halloween, aka All Hallows' Eve, is a celebration full of tricks or treats. MPR Archive presents this audio bag of old ‘spooky’ material to celebrate and shudder.
30 Collection Items
- Justin Miner on ghost hunting
Justin Miner joins MPR’s Cathy Wurzer for an interview on Morning Edition. He talks about his personal experience with ghosts and some places in Minnesota that are haunted.
- Grammar Grater: A Halloween Special
On this episode of the Grammar Grater podcast, we look at interesting words having to do with Halloween. We're joined by MPR News arts reporter and Scotsman, Euan Kerr.
- Real Stories: Gloria Weisgram remembers a scary Halloween moment
Gloria Weisgram, who lives in Moorhead, recounts "scariest night of our life." She vividly remembers one Halloween from her childhood when she dared to go trick or treating at the scariest house in her neighborhood.
- Farmer decorates land in appreciation of Halloween
Mainstreet Radio’s Bob Reha profiles Mel Nygaard and his haunted farm. The rural Moorhead farm is getting national attention for providing plenty of scares.
- North Dakota man tracks unusual phenomenon
MPR’s Bob Reha profiles William "Jack" Jackson, a North Dakota author who travels around gathering strange stories…like a dogfight with a UFO over Fargo, finding the back door to hell, and meeting a ghost named Sophie.
- "Pumpkin" by Nanci Olesen
Commentator Nanci Olesen got a couple of insights about the people who live near her. Olesen shares a Halloween memory, titled “Pumpkin.” It involves a third trimester and a very unique costume.
- Jeff Harrison wins costume contest at Llewellyn Publishing
Jeff Harrison, associate editor at Llewelyn Publishing, describes his prize winning costume in a company contest…Fate Magazine's alien abduction autopsy, with Harrison as one of the alien abductors. Employees at the downtown St. Paul publishing house take their contest very seriously.
- 6-year-old trick-or-treater Marisa Gage on the woes of Halloween in Minnesota
With wind chills for Halloween expected to hover near or below zero, Minnesota continues to prove in being the worst place in the world for trick-or-treaters. MPR’s Chris Roberts wondered whether this puts much of a damper on things for kids, so he sought an expert's opinion.
- Odd Jobs: Echo Bodine on ghost busting
For this Halloween edition of our Odd Jobs series, MPR reporter Mary Losure went out with psychic Echo Bodine on one of her ghostbusting jobs…at an ordinary house in the suburbs, where most of the ghosts were out in the backyard. If the ghosts don't feel like leaving, she also helps homeowners understand their ghosts, and learn to live with them.
- Ghost hunting with Dennis William Hauck
MPR’s Greta Cunningham takes a walking tour with Dennis William Hauck, author of Haunted Places. The two discuss Minnesota ghost hauntings at the Guthrie Theater, the State’s Capitol, and St. John’s University.