Halloween Nation

Have you seen this classic 1974 Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder film? While not technically about Halloween, it is definitely a Halloween coded comedy and a beloved spooky season tradition for may denizens of the dark. In this episode we tell stories from when this Frankenstein spoof was being filmed. Come laugh with us.

Have you ever wondered why we wear costumes for Halloween? How did it get started? What were early costumes like? How have they changed? Take a trip with Joshua and Leah through the decades of Halloween's funnest custome of costumes. Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Folk Round", "Distant Tension", "Waltz of Treachery", "Music to Delight", "Sock Hop", "Stringed Disco", "Overcast", "Rock Hybrid", "Highlight Reel", "Magic Escape Room"

Denizens of the Dark! Do you have what it takes to survive a zombie apocalypse? Don't worry. This episode your Lantern Bearers will guide you through the sea of undead. We cover the history, fighting methods, suvival and society buildng you will need to see the full moon rising over another Halloween.

Happy Holidays with a generous helping of spooky spice, dear Denizens! As in years past, we bring to you the spooky side of the jolly holidays. This year we present to you the story and history of Hans Trap the Christmas Canabal Scarecrow, as told in yes.... a delightful Pumpkin Vine Theaters. Grab the popcorn and turn off the lights.

Welcome to our Friday the 13th Bonus Episode. We can tell you that as Podcasters, there is always going to be episodes you look back on and you have some regrets. Well, lets give the stage to Leah as she seeks some redemption for out Holiday Made for TV Movie episode. If you enjoyed that, you will love this one as well.

Happy Halloween, all ye Denizens of the Dark. Please stay safe while enjoying your spookiest night of the year! 

If you are looking for something charming to watch this autumn, look no further. Over the Garden Wall is an artistic treasure that should be seen by all. Take a step into the unknown with me as I review this holiday cult classic. Grab your traveling cape and your lantern, and we will walk these woods together.

Ricky is back with a list of the best moves to watch throughout the month, leading up to The spookiest of nights. These 10 movies are chosen specifically to get you in the mood. Grab your popcorn and blanket, turn off the lights, and get ready to be Halloweenified, dear Denizens!!!

Feeling more Halloweeny than usual, so for this Friday the 13th episode we are reviewing the origins and other fun facts about some of our beloved Halloween icons and traditions. Join us for this whirlwind of fast past facts.

In a previous episode we talked about the legendary Queen, now we review the cult classic movie that made her a house hold name. Join us as we discuss everything that made this 1980's film both magic, and tragic. We also talk about the failed Elvira TV Pilot and put our wishes out into the universe, for the future of our spooky Mistress. Instagram: halloween.nation Facebook: Halloween Nation Pod Email: halloween.nation@gmail.com Website: rocktopusnetwork.com/halloweennation Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "The Path of the Goblin King v2" "Ghostpocalypse - 8 Epilog" "The Snow Queen" "Magic Escape Room" "Shaving Mirror" "Divertissement" "Dark Hallway" "Graveyard Shift"

A popular vacation destination is always a beach or another shoreline of the ocean. However did you know that your tranquil retreat could also be a popular spot for ghosts, curses, and all other kinds of nautical mysteries? In this episode, Joshua and Leah explore the paranormal side of this mystical barrier between the land and the sea.   Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "The Path of the Goblin King v2" "Spring Thaw" "Strength of the Titans" "Past the Edge" "Echoes of Time" "Evening Fall - Harp" "Fantastic Dim Bar" "Shores of Avalon" "Dark Dance" "March of the Mind" "Long Note Two" "Graveyard Shift"

Are you a fan of rattan furniture? Do you eat cheesecake out on the lanai? Join Joshua and Leah as they review the Halloween Episode of everyone's favorate princesses of the twilight years, the Golden Girls. Season 4 episode "Thank Boo for Being a Friend". Just please keep in mind that this episode of Halloween Nation Podcast is being released on April 1st (wink, wink).

Join Joshua and Leah as they discuss the history of Cassandra Peterson AKA Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Find out what goes into creating a Halloween icon and a Queen of this dak holiday. Are you a fan of the Hostess with the Mostest? We hope so, because this entertainer has a lot more heart than you might realize.

Join us, your Lantern Bearers, as we travel to the Alps mountains in Europe for this year's creepy holiday figures. From snow skiing gnomes to judgemental witches, its a fun listen for a dark winter's night, or any time of the year.

Grab your hot pumpkin spice latte and your cozy blanket because this episode Joshua and Leah are pitching their ideas for Halloween holiday made for TV movies. You know the kind. It's seasonal romance with a spooky season twist. Enjoy this cinematic movie pitch experience. Music: "Ghostpocalypse; Dreamy Flashback; Sonata 17; Porch Swing Days - faster; Mysterioso March; Angel Share; Marty Gots a Plan; Scheming Weasel faster; Serpentine Trek; Wholesome; The Chamber; Frozen Star; Awkward Meeting; Comfortable Mystery 4; One-eyed Maestro; Crypto; Evening of Chaos; Shores of Avalon; Interloper; Epic Unease; Rumination; Sneaky Snitch; Unholy Knight; Comfortable Mystery 3; Almost New; Bossa Antigua; Two Together; Water Prelude; Comic Hero; Funin and Sunin; Ashton Manor; Fox Tale Waltz Part 1 Instrumental"  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Happy Halloween all ye Denizens of the Dark. Join us for this years collections of spooky stories submitted by Lantern Bearers and Denizens of this beloved Nation of Night. Have fun playing in the spookiest of starry nights. Climb on a broomstick and fly across the moon with us.

Yea, verily. Even we, the lovers of  All Hallows Eve, love it not in all things. For we do now unburden our black souls unto you, and maketh our Unhallowed Confessions. Halloween is a broad scope. It's impossible for anyone to love every little thing that is presumed to come as a "package deal" when you say that you love Halloween. This episode we review submissions from YOU, the Denizens of the Dark, as you vent your unpopular opinions and pet peeves about the dark holiday that, after all is said and done, we all STILL hold precious and dear.

It may be nostalgic, but we need to talk. Joshua and Leah review what's magic and what's tragic about this beloved Halloween classic. It's our "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" review episode. Every Halloween podcast has to have at least one, or we lose our licence. 

This year the Denizens of the Dark have come together to make you an hauntingly beautiful instrumental playlist. We hope this will become the sound track to your Halloween season. This list is perfect for the background to your Halloween party, home decorating, costume making, or handing out trick or treat candy. Enjoy. Spotify Playlist search for "Halloween Nation Instrumental Playlist 2023"

Do you know about the "so bad they're good" genra of film? Horror is full of B-Movie gems, and in this episode we are talking with Denizen of the Dark, Ricky and his list of top 10 creepy cult classics. This is going to be a fun one so relax and enjoy the chaos.

It's a rite of passage. Who hasn't stared into a candle lit mirror and called on Bloody Mary or other such flirtations with spirits, demons, or cosmic beings? This episode, Joshua and Leah explore the world of spooky games to dare your friends to play at sleepovers. What are ya, chicken? Well, don't worry kids, even the adults are too scared to play some of these. Just make sure that caution is always one of your playmates.

Ohhhhh, we're halfway there! Join us this episode for a colaboration with The Happy Halloween Podcast and it's host, Tony. Joshua and Tony trade Halloween trivia and learn some cool stuff along the way. Also, Leah tells another spooky story from Denizen of the Dark, Haunt Master Scott!

The movie that made us believe in magic, and spoke to the little witch in all of us. Joshua and Leah review this 1998 classic staring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. While not technically a Halloween movie, Practical Magic gives all of the cozy autumn feels and casts a spell of black cats and boiling cauldrons in our imaginiations and hearts.

Happy Friday the 13th, Denizens. Get to know your Lantern Bearers, Joshua and Leah, with these fan submitted questions. What was Joshua's favorite costume? What horror movie would Leah like to be in? What's the deal with tootsie rolls? The answers to these and more await you.

Yuletide greetings, Denizens! Winter holidays have plenty of past traditions to chill your bones. Fire up the yule log and listen as Joshua and Leah hightlight some of these traditions. Have you seen the Wild Hunt thundering through the December skies, or heard the haunting song of the Mari Lwyd?

True ghost encounters, Creepy Pastas, classic works of forgotten lore, good ol' spun yarns; Everything is on the table for this second annual Festival of Phantoms. Join Joshua and Leah and our legion of Lantern Bearers for a Halloween spooky story marathon. Happy Halloween everyone!   "Reign Supreme", "The Path of the Goblin King v2", "Lightless Dawn", "Ghost Processional", "Danse Macabre - No Violin", "Lift Motif", "Nervous Piano", "Scheming Weasel Slower", "Echoes of Time v2", "An Upsetting Theme", "Air Prelude", "Drums of the Deep", "Spring Thaw", "Dark Walk", "Ghostpocalypse - 6 Crossing the Threshold", "Ghostpocalypse - 5 Apotheosis", "Comfortable Mystery 3", "Hidden Agenda", "Come Play with Me", "Graveyard Shift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

A fun Halloween role play where Joshua's knowledge of our beloved dark holiday is tested by a mysterious Fairy Game Show Host. Take a listen. Would you win the grand prize and be crowned Halloween Royalty?   "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Act One" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Aquarium" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Air Prelude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

There are many spooky towns and cities, but which one would earn the right to the title of Halloween Capital? Join us for a magical tour as we review some possible candidates for the best Halloween destinations, and the things that make them spooktacular! "Frost Waltz (Alternate)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

Are you a friend of Trick or Treater Sam? This is a classic Halloween anthology and Joshua and Leah review it in full SPOILER detail. A Halloween movie made for adults. What could be better?   "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Ossuary 6 - Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Ghostpocalypse - 8 Epilog" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

What better way to get into the Halloween mood than with a playlist? Join us as we create a list from traditional favorites, fan submissions, and personal picks. You can find our finished playlist on Spotify under the name "Halloween Nation Playlist 2022". We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

We've all heard about razorblades in apples, but is it true? Are strangers really trying to poison your kids, or is Halloween just taking the heat for murders and false news reports? We talk about this and other Trick or Treat tales. "Ossuary 6 - Air" "Division" "An Upsetting Theme" "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This episode is all about talking to the dead! Who are the Fox Sisters and what do they have to do with the Victorian era movement known as Spiritualism? Where does the Ouija Boards come from, and how is it used? Find the answers to all of this and more. Also did we mention there is a new installment of Pumpkin Vine Theater? You don't want to miss it!

Happy Friday the 13th! To celebrate, Joshua and Leah are opening up and confessing some Non-Halloween secrets.

For many of us they are a magical wonderland full of creapy, spooky, darkly delightful things. Join Joshua and Leah as they take a brief moment to discuss Spirit Halloween and other seasonal pop-up stores. Instagram: halloween.nation Facebook: halloween nation pod Email: halloweennationpodcast@gmail.com Website: www.rocktopusnetwork.com/halloweennation/    

Grab your friends for a watch party of two classic ghost movies. Lady in White and The Woman in Black. Listen as Joshua and Leah review both these movies and more! Facebook: halloweennationpod Instagram: halloween.nation Email: halloweennationpodcast@gmail.com Website: www.rocktopusnetwork.com/halloweennation/  

We welcome Tifany Jorgensen, an experienced Ghost Hunter and Professor of Paranormal Investigation, as she takes us through some basics of this delightfully spooky hobbie.

Festival of Phantoms is the Halloween Special episode of Halloween Nation Podcast. Grab a warm beverage and some trick or treat candy and enjoy these ghost stories and spooky poems. Happy Halloween, Wiotches!

Join us on a quest to make a Halloween feast that could become a yearly tradition. Who's hungry? Also, raise your hand if you know what a "Dumb Supper" is. We'll discuss all of it in this episode.

Join us for some fun history and facts surrounding this iconic symbol of Halloween, the Jack o' Lantern. Listen to our first even Pumpkin Vine Theater as we perform the story of Stingy Jack.

We are honored to have one of the foremost experts on Halloween in the country as a guest for this episode. Lesley Pratt Bannatyne talks with us about the modern Halloween and the people who celebrate it. She has written 5 amazing books on Halloween. Check them all out today. iskullhalloween.com.

In this episode we discuss the three influential Halloween movies that all came out in the year 1993, making it the year of Halloween, thus proclaimed by Joshua's neice. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Hocus Pocus The Halloween Tree

Welcome fellow Denizens of the Dark! Listen in for the first episode of Halloween Nation, a podcast revolving around all things Halloween. Whether you'd get a tattoo to prove your Halloween love, or maybe you just think that candy corn is the bees knees, we're happy you're here. Join Joshua and Leah, your Lantern Bearers though the counter culture of this dark holiday.