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A year-round celebration of Halloween history and traditions, spooks past and present, with your master of scaremonies Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

It's Always Halloween Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

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    • 4.5 • 300 Ratings

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A year-round celebration of Halloween history and traditions, spooks past and present, with your master of scaremonies Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

    Small Frights: Halloween Craft Circle

    Small Frights: Halloween Craft Circle

    Today we hear from a few creative Lanterns who are kicking off the calender Halloween season with some FANGtastic ideas! How are you getting crafty these days?



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    • 26 min
    Happy 100 Days (an update)!

    Happy 100 Days (an update)!

    Of course we know It's Always Halloween, but today marks the official start to the 2024 Calender Halloween season!

    What are you looking forward to? I am most excited to hear all your new stories, plans, ideas, and recommendations! So don't wait too long to call into The All Hallows Hotline 872-532-DEAD or write us that EEEEKmail itsalwayshalloweenpodcast@gmail.com!

    As a special offering for the next 24 hours anyone who subscribes as a Ghoul Gang member at any level will recieve a personalized list (based on your taste) of 3-5 spooky, scary, and/or atmospheric films to help get you in the mood...BUT WAIT, that's not all! If you upgrade or subscribe to an annual subscription at any level you will also recieve a personalized physical post card from me! 

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    • 5 min
    Looking Gourdgeous with Joe Carlough

    Looking Gourdgeous with Joe Carlough

    This week we welcome back longtime friend and IAH collaborator, Joe Carlough of Displaced Snail publications. We discuss his new book, Queer Horror, available for pre-order now! We also go deep into pumpkins and have an exciting new project announcement! 



    For those with sensitive ears, this episode has a couple of light conversational swear words and acknowledges sex and sex work within the context of a few horror films. 



    Mentioned in the episode:

    Displaced Snail

    Follow Joe on IG

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    Cat Party!: Cats We've Known in Words and Pictures

    Joe's favorite orchard - Maple Acres



    Featured music:

    Impervious - Dorian Pinto



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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Small Frights: HalloResting

    Small Frights: HalloResting

    Today we continue our exploration of trick-or-treating trends from around the U.S. and one Lantern brings us in on their new October 31st tradition!

    Mentioned on the episode:

    July Movie Parties

    July BOO-k Club

    Featured music:

    Lightless Dawn - Kevin Macleod

    Impervious - Dorian Pinto

    November - Benjamin Tissot

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    • 32 min
    Small Frights: Tales of Summerween

    Small Frights: Tales of Summerween

    Today we read Summerween party letters and take a call from a Lantern in Tunisia! 



    Mentioned in the episode:

    October Branches: Summerween (Tjalgahorn's blog)

    Follow Lantern Josh on IG: @eclectic_carthage 



    Music featured:

    Nostalgy - Gothic Music

    Skeleton Keys - Alexander Nakarada

    The Abandoned - MONST3R

    Haunting Atmosphere - CO.AG



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    • 26 min
    Small Frights: Sad Cryptid

    Small Frights: Sad Cryptid

    Today we take a delightful hotline call about the most depressed cryptid in America and learn about how we can celebrate them in the hopes of cheering them up. We also get letters about Summerween and how to make your own low cost DIY pumpkin spice (see above). 



    Mentioned in the Episode:

    Squonkapalooza!

    Ways to Celebrate Summerween



    Music featured:

    ⁠Outsider - Myuu⁠

    Silence - DJPOM888

    The Curse - Mehul Sharma

    ⁠Witch By The Sea - Darren Curtis⁠



    Be featured on a Small Frights episode! Submit all Halloween queries, advice, recommendations, or memories via telephone to the All Hallows Hotline at (802) 532-Dead! or write an EEEEKmail to ⁠⁠⁠⁠itsalwayshalloweenpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠



    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to It's Always Halloween on Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠Order The Raven Record + Zine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠Order The Lantern's Way #2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Order The Lantern's Way #1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠IAH Spotify Playlist⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow It's Always Halloween on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
300 Ratings

300 Ratings

bellelostdrake ,

Cozy Pocket of Halloween

If you are an Autumn soul, you will adore this podcast. It’s full of tales of Halloween through the ages. I’ve learned so much about the history and lore of Halloween, but it’s much more than that. We get to hear from listeners around the world who experience Halloween from different backgrounds and different budgets and from different points in time. Luce is a lovely host, the music and production quality can be both inviting and spine tingling (depending on the topic at hand), and overall this is such an enjoyable listen all year round. - sarah_is_spooky

LexiDell ,

One episode in and I already love it!!

I recently found this podcast on Spotify while I was browsing for some to scratch the Halloween itch I’ve been having all summer and this show is just what I need. It’s so much fun hearing listener stories and getting fun ideas for the spooky season. I will definitely be listening to this for the foreseeable future!

radicali_boii ,

The Coziest and Halloweeniest Podcast!

It’s Always Halloween is my favorite podcast. It feels like a pumpkin spice latte on a cold, Autumn morning. Super cozy and Lucé has a very calming voice. It’s the only thing that can cozy me in bed and make me fall asleep on insomniac nights. I’ve been listening for 3 years, and I hope it never ends!! 🎃🍂

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