Usher in the start of Spooky Season on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with haunting tales from Halloweens past. Your guest horror host, Ari Shey awakens the spirits of the "witching season" on a walking tour of spooky locations, spinning spine-chilling yarns along the way.          First up: explore nightmare nostalgia in an abandoned church basement with the tale of a Halloween party interrupted by the zombie apocalypse. Then, experience the uncanny liminal spaces at a candy shop in a dead mall, while listening to the tale of the Candy Corn Fairy. Plus:  The Headless Horseman, Frankenstein at the county morgue, The House on Haunted Hill, Karloff & Corman, and monster cereals! Featuring encore guest contributions by:  Ari Shey, Amy Koto, Jane Nightshade, Nikki Young (Serial Napper), John Eiger, Karyn Raynor (Chick Lit), Actually Olga, Amber Jourdan, and Whitney Zahar.                  Grab your treat bag because we're handing out zombies, a church basement Halloween party, urban legends, a vengeful fairy, a game of "spin the bottle" gone horribly wrong, mad doctors, body snatchers, witches, sandwiches straight out of a morgue refrigerator, a satanic cult, a headless Hessian, and endless bowls of Boo Berry & Count Chocula!  Better pick up every stitch, because we're greeting the Season of the Witch on this edition of Octoberpod AM: the spooky season retro horror podcast for bold individualists! // PROMOS Cabin 187 by Dan B. Fierce Family Plot Doom Generation // ABOUT THIS SHOW Octoberpod AM is a retro horror podcast for fans of classic Halloween stories and spooky season nostalgia. This atmospheric classic horror podcast for listeners who love vintage Halloween nostalgia and spooky folklore. In this episode, you will find: * Halloween folklore and urban legends * Retro Halloween nostalgia * Monster cereal Halloween nostalgia * Halloween ghost stories and urban legends for horror fans * Scary stories to listen to on Halloween * Haunted places, urban legends, witches, liminal horror, dead malls, abandoned places, zombies and monsters // FOLLOW Find more true, true-ish & classic horror / paranormal content by following us on social media! Bluesky:  @octoberpod.bsky.social // Twitter: @OctoberpodVHS // YouTube: Octoberpod Home Video // Instagram: @OctoberpodVHS // TikTok:  @octoberpod // Or follow us on the worldwide web at OctoberpodVHS.com // NO AI PLEDGE Octoberpod was conceived and performed in its entirety by real human creators … and it always will be. No AI was used to write, narrate, compose music, or generate promotional imagery/video for this episode.