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Title: Haunting Tunes for Halloween
Speaker: John Fenn, Stephen Winick, Jack Santino, Nancy Groce, Carl Fleischhauer, Jennifer Cutting, Nicole Saylor, Gerret Warner, Jeff Warner, Ian Fitzgerald, Burl Hammons, Pablo Ruthling, Kilby Snow, Fred Carriere, Vera Ward Hall
Series: Folklife Today
Date: October 29, 2018
Running Time: 39:46 minutes
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Description:
This episode shares some of our favorite haunting or spooky songs for the Halloween season. It includes songs about vengeful ghosts, haunted fiddles, and our inevitable final confrontation with death. There’s even a spooky story about a skeleton that plays the fiddle, complete with its favorite tune! Guests include Halloween expert Jack Santino and folksingers Jeff and Gerret Warner.
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