Three podcasts that set the right mood for Halloween

With Halloween around the corner, we treat you to three podcasts to set the mood, and leave the tricking to the hosts

Start at the beginning

Did you know the word bonfire comes from bone fire, a reference to the animal bones put into fires in the second century? This podcast by America-based Lucé Tomlin-Benner, is a word-by-word decoding of terms used during or connected with Halloween, which she says was once spelled as Hallowe’en. This weekly podcast reveals eye-opening facts and history, styling tips, and blood-curdling references to movies, songs and pop-stars. Every episode is a mix of responses via emails or calls that the ‘haunted host’ receives, where listeners share their bitter-sweet memories of the festival. The social media accounts are the cherries on top, with pictures of styles she refers to, lists of must-watch haunted movies, and various activities. The spine-chilling theme is lined with eerie music, and the contrastingly calm voice of Tomlin-Benner. Expect a thirty-minute episode of such trivia-packed fun every Friday.
Log on to: It’s Always Halloween on Spotify; itsalwayshalloweenpodcast@gmail.com (to share your experiences or queries)

Host Lucé Tomlin-Benner plays Tippi Hedren from The Birds; (right) a couple play characters of St Andrew Valley. Pics courtesy/Instagram

Slay it like a woman

A group of friends, who call themselves the Halloweenies, bring the best curation of horror movies and books, discuss them, play tricks based on these movies, and always end with a treat for their   listeners. This year, the theme is the eerie doll, Chucky. They have also recently introduced a special female rage killers series, where every Thursday, the podcasters discuss popular women killers in fiction that they would die for, or rather, be killed by.
Log on to: Halloweenies: A Horror Franchise Podcast on Apple; @halloweeniespodcast

The doll Chucky from the series. Pic courtesy/Wikipedia

Chudails are cool

Don’t we all love to hate the #ganjichudail trend? Tune in to an anti-hero series of stories this Halloween, which will give you your fix of laughter, chills, and as desi stories will have it — love at first sight. What happens when Sachin falls for Suhagan Chudail? Spoiler alert: it’s a story about revenge.
Log on to: Suhagan Chudail on Spotify

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