Preserve Halloween Podcast
Hosted by Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, the Preserve Halloween Podcast is dedicated to conversations involving the education, appreciation, observance, and recognition of the diverse history and practices associated with the holiday of Halloween. Listen in as we discuss ways to #PreserveHalloween...
Episodes
77 episodes
Episode Seventy Five - Whatchu Wearing: Halloween Edition
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back to his rambling roots, this time it's Halloween costumes: what's trending this year, and what was popular five years ago. Enjoy! The website I found this y...
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Episode Seventy Four - The Black Cat, the Bat, the Familiar
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Halloween familiars: creatures of Halloween night, elegant, silent, and misunderstood, walking the line between superstition...
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Episode Seventy Three - Cauldrons, Broomsticks, and the Black Hat
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's witches: mysterious, powerful, feared, and free, with echoes of the trials that still haunt America’s Halloween conscience, ...
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Episode Seventy Two - Where the Dead Still Dwell
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's haunted houses: a symbol of memory, of fear, of what lingers after life, a warning and an invitation, and one of the most en...
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Episode Seventy One - From Soul Cakes to Candy Corn
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Trick or Treating: from soul cakes to guising — from origins, folklore, and its importance to Halloween....
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Episode Seventy - The Jack-o’-Lantern
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's the Jack-o'-Lantern: from Will-o’-the-Wisps to Pumpkin Faces — from origins, folklore, and its symbolism for Halloween....
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Episode Sixty Nine - The Skeleton Horse of Winter
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's the Mari Lwyd: Wales’ Skeleton Horse of Winter and Halloween’s Ancestral Spirit — from origins, folklore, and ties to Hallow...
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Episode Sixty Eight - The Wild Hunt
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's The Wild Hunt — from origins, folklore, its many leaders across cultures, and ties to Halloween....
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Bonus Episode One - DnD and Halloween
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another fan request (thanks Brian Brr), this time it's Dungeons and Dragons — and its influences and ties to Halloween....
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Episode Sixty Seven - The Witch of Winter
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, is back with another brief history, this time it's Perchta — from origins, to that prevelant duality, to more ties to Halloween....
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Episode Sixty Six - The Devil of December
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses a brief history of Krampus — from origins, to that awesome sack, to why he could fit right in during Halloween....
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Episode Sixty Five - Halloween's Yuletide Sister
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses a brief history of La Befana — from origins, to distinct features, to her ties with Halloween....
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Episode Sixty Four - Not John Wick
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses a brief history of Baba Yaga — from origins, to distinct features, to her ties with Halloween....
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Episode Sixty Three - Toil and Trouble
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses a brief history of witches and their Halloween importance — from their history around the world to their relevance in pop culture and their significance to Halloween...
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Episode Sixty Two - Smell My Feet
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the spooky roots of trick-or-treatingwith a brief history — from medieval guising and Mischief Night chaos to wartime sugar rations and razor-blade scares....
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Episode Sixty One - Vintage Decorations
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, brings a new format and discusses vintage Halloween decorations and a brief history of their origins...
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Episode Sixty - 100 Days
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, rambles on about it being only 100 days until Halloween...
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Episode Fifty Nine - Gatekeeping
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, rambles on about news you can use, new things in Salem, and Summerween gatekeeping...
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Episode Fifty Eight - July 5th (Welcome Back)
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, re-emerges from The Void and welcomes himself back to the Halloween community...
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Episode Fifty Seven - Salem Etiquette
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the etiquette advice from Salem City Councillor Ty Hapworth, the fifty plus people named Halloween (so far), and so much more...Link to
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Episode Fifty Six - Halloween Weaver
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses the mystery of someone named Halloween, his current witch obsession, cool info from his friends, and so much more...Link to
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Episode Fifty Five - Impish or Admirable
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses Belsnickeling, Knecht Ruprecht, and so much more...Link to Preserve Halloween Fest
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Episode Fifty Four - Midsummer Dream
Host Gregory Hallows, founder of the Halloween Preservation Society, discusses his trip to Long Beach and Midsummer Scream, the beauty of the horror community, and so much more...Link to P...
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