The Halloween Podcast

Episodes

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  Disney's Monster Hits Review (1987) 21.10.2026 48m

  Lyle and Meghan are heading back to the Disney Halloween specials with a look at Disney’s Monster Hits, the 1987 compilation that mixed classic Disney animation with a soundtrack full of spooky songs.
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  Lyle's Top 10 Halloween Sitcom Episodes 20.10.2026 40m

  Lyle is counting down his Top 10 Halloween sitcom episodes of all time, revisiting the shows and episodes that helped make Halloween television such a big part of growing up.
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  Thriller Michael Jackson Music Video (1983) 19.10.2026 39m

  Lyle and Meghan are taking a deep dive into one of the most iconic music videos ever made: Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
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  The Teeth By Alvin Schwartz Explained 18.10.2026 17m

  Lyle and Meghan are digging into another story from Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: “The Teeth.”
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  Blair Witch Project and Hell House LLC. With Curtis Andersen (Pt.2) 17.10.2026 57m

  Whatever happened to those three missing student filmmakers who ventured into the Maryland woods in 1999? In Part Two of our Xennial Countdown to Halloween special, Meghan and Lyle are joined once again by Special Guest Curtis Andersen of Sabrina the Teenage Witch to revisit The Blair Witch Project (1999) and explore its extraordinary influence on modern horror.
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  The Craft and Scream With Curtis Andersen (Pt.1) 16.10.2026 54m

  Halloween was growing up right along with us in the 1990s, and so were the horror movies! In Part One of this two-part Xennial Countdown to Halloween, Meghan and Lyle welcome back Special Guest Curtis Andersen of Sabrina the Teenage Witch to revisit two films that helped define a generation: The Craft (1996) and Scream (1996).
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  The Nightmare Before Christmas Review - 1993 15.10.2026 40m

  In today's Xennial Countdown to Halloween, Meghan and Lyle revisit Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), the beloved stop-motion musical that introduced audiences to Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, and the wonderfully strange world of Halloween Town.
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  Shay Astar Interview (Ernest Scared Stupid, 3rd Rock From the Sun) 14.10.2026 42m

  Lyle and Meghan are joined by actress and musician Shay Astar for a special Xennial Countdown interview looking back at some of her most memorable roles.
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  Disney's Halloween Treat With That's Pretty Dark 13.10.2026 1h 26m

  This time, Meghan and Lyle are joined by Special Guests Kalyn Andrews and Christian Baxter Mott, hosts of That’s Pretty Dark, to revisit Disney’s Halloween Treat (1982) and A Disney Halloween (1983). 
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  Scooby-Doo With Brian Earl 12.10.2026 49m

  Lyle and Meghan are joined by Brian Earl from Christmas Past: A Christmas Podcast for a trip back into the world of Scooby-Doo and the spooky mysteries that made the franchise such a natural fit for Halloween.
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  Alf - Some Enchanted Evening (S02E06 1987) 11.10.2026 1h 8m

  Lyle is heading back to the ’80s for a look at ALF and its Halloween episode, Season 2, Episode 6, “Some Enchanted Evening.”
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  Once Upon A Midnight Scary W/ Vincent Price (1979) 10.10.2026 43m

  Lyle and Meghan are revisiting Once Upon a Midnight Scary, the 1979 television special hosted by Vincent Price and built around three classic spooky stories.
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  Beetlejuice (Cartoon and Movie) 09.10.2026 45m

  Lyle and Meghan are saying his name three times and heading into the strange, colorful world of Beetlejuice. This time, they’re looking back at both the 1988 movie and the animated series that became a favorite for kids growing up in the late ’80s and ’90s.
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  Casper's Halloween Special (1979) 08.10.2026 48m

  Lyle and Meghan are heading back to 1979 for a look at Casper’s Halloween Special, a classic animated Halloween special featuring everyone’s favorite friendly ghost.
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  Eats and Treats: Top 5 Favorite Halloween Candies 07.10.2026 35m

  Lyle and Meghan are digging into one of the sweetest parts of Halloween nostalgia: the treats that made the season taste like Halloween.
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  LVCRFT & Katharine Isabelle Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories Interview 06.10.2026 52m

  LVCRFT & Katharine Isabelle Skeleton Sam’s Deadtime Stories Interview
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  Leigh Haggerwood Spooky Sounds Composer Interview 05.10.2026 54m

  Lyle and Meghan welcome British composer and sound designer Leigh Haggerwood to The Halloween Podcast to explore something we hear every October but rarely stop to think about: the sounds that make Halloween spooky.
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  Under The Umbrella Tree Halloween Special (1991) 04.10.2026 23m

  Under the Umbrella Tree was a cozy fixture of Meghan’s childhood Disney Channel viewing, but this Canadian children’s favorite is completely new to Lyle. For the Xennial Countdown, they revisit Holly, Iggy, Gloria and Jacob—and the wonderfully simple Halloween special that brought the holiday into their already delightfully unusual household. 
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  Witches Night Out (1978) 03.10.2026 36m

  Witch’s Night Out is one of Meghan’s beloved childhood Halloween specials — a wonderfully weird Canadian cartoon from 1978 featuring Gilda Radner as an eccentric Witch who can make a couple of kids’ Halloween dreams come spectacularly true.
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  Halloween Horror Movies With Curtis Andersen 02.10.2026 1h 24m

  Curtis Andersen, who played Gordy on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, joins Meghan and Lyle for a trip through Halloween horror!