Halloween Tricks And Audio Treats

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More Songs That Scare()  

Actors dressed as zombies walk around Times Square in 2009.

October 28, 2011 The response to our call for scary music was so overwhelming, we decided to make a playlist.

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Music Interviews

The 'Thriller' Dance, A Halloween Tradition()  

A fan dressed as Michael Jackson's zombie character participates in the 2009 "Thrill the World: A Global Tribute to Michael Jackson" in Astoria Park in the Queens section of New York.

October 28, 2011 "Michael contacted me and he just wanted to turn into a monster," says director John Landis.

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First Watch: Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke, 'Shipwreck'()  

Modeselektor - "Shipwreck"

October 28, 2011 If Modeselektor and Thom Yorke aren't enough, maybe zombies and a battery-hoarding little boy are.

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All Songs Considered

The Songs That Scare()  

The Songs That Scare

October 28, 2011 Forget "Monster Mash" — this Halloween, All Songs Considered puts aside kitschy tales of ghosts and goblins to focus on music that is truly, deeply terrifying.

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It Came From Creepsylvania: Ghoul's Haunted House Soundtrack()  

Ghoul.

October 27, 2011 Find out what's played in the "Darwin Being Disemboweled By Monkeys" room, if you dare.

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A Blog Supreme

Five Hauntingly Hip Sides For Your Jazz Halloween()  

A real skeletal jazz band.

October 27, 2011 WFIUDig the grave, gone sounds of some wickedly good music, including a brass-filled "Thriller."

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Deceptive Cadence

The 2011 Halloween Puzzler: It's Your Funeral()  

How well do you know your funeral music? Match wits with composers from the great beyond.

October 26, 2011 Test your wits this Halloween with music meant to remember the dead.

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The Mix

The Mix: Spook Yourself With The Scream Stream()  

The 1961 thriller Taste of Fear, starring Susan Strasberg — someone who might have enjoyed Folk Alley's Scream Stream.

October 24, 2011 FolkAlleyFolk Alley celebrates Halloween with a special stream of spooky folk music — including ghost stories, murder ballads, gory tales, supernatural songs and myths of witches, goblins and vampires.

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8 Things Everyone Needs To Know About Zombies()  

Zombies in New York's Union Square

October 31, 2010 Zombies, it seems, are everywhere these days, so we've hauled in an expert to prepare us for the invasion.

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Haunted House Has Painful Past As Asylum()  

Pennhurst Asylum

October 29, 2010 Outside Philadelphia, a local businessman has converted a former mental asylum into a haunted house attraction. Mental health advocates say the transformation demeans a painful past that should not be forgotten.

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