Episode 015: Halloween

There are so many different festivals and holidays around the end of October that merged together to form what we in the USA call Halloween and today I’d like us to untangle some of those threads together. We’ll walk through some of the history of the holiday from the ancient festival of Samhain to the present-day consumer megabeast we know and love. -- Written and narrated by Carly Schorman Produced and edited by Mark Anderson and Devin Morris Theme song “Of Soil & Sleep” by Travis James Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts. Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

Episode 15 of the The Mortician's Daughter podcast, hosted by Triple Virgo, titled "Episode 015: Halloween" was published on October 25, 2021 and runs 16 minutes.

October 25, 2021 ·16m · The Mortician's Daughter

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Summary

There are so many different festivals and holidays around the end of October that merged together to form what we in the USA call Halloween and today I’d like us to untangle some of those threads together. We’ll walk through some of the history of the holiday from the ancient festival of Samhain to the present-day consumer megabeast we know and love. -- Written and narrated by Carly Schorman Produced and edited by Mark Anderson and Devin Morris Theme song “Of Soil & Sleep” by Travis James Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts. Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

Episode Description

There are so many different festivals and holidays around the end of October that merged together to form what we in the USA call Halloween and today I’d like us to untangle some of those threads together. We’ll walk through some of the history of the holiday from the ancient festival of Samhain to the present-day consumer megabeast we know and love.

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Written and narrated by Carly Schorman

Produced and edited by Mark Anderson and Devin Morris

Theme song “Of Soil & Sleep” by Travis James

Hear The Mortician’s Daughter on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Goodpods or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Check out the antics, memes, and more of The Mortician’s Daughter on Instagram and TikTok.

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