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The Dance of the Dead

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Holloween: The Great Granddaddy of Horror Movies

Long before holloween was a sugary movie fest, long before it was even called holloween, we have to go back to the ancient irish celts that celebrated saan. Two thousand years ago in the irish countryside, during sain the thing you'd fear most wasn't mons or ghosts or dudes in white masks, but fairies. Creepy, deadly, vengeful fairies. These things were as far away from tinker vell as you could get. When we come back, enter the haunted history of holloween. If you dare, you're listening to doom mine from m p r.

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