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BOO! A List of Halloween Specials on WKMS

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Updated October 31, 2014

Here's a schedule of Halloween programming on WKMS. Halloween specials start this Saturday! We'll update this list as more program information becomes available. This is what we've got so far:

October 25

8 p.m. - Beyond the Edge Halloween Show: Three hours of songs about ghosts, werewolves, vampires, and... that's enough, right? Tracy features music by Pavement, Cat Power and Nick Cave always has something scary.

11 p.m. - Weekend Energy Halloween: One of Matt's favorite mixes all year... Tune in for zombie madness, headless dancers, surfing ghosts, lustful vampires, and a giant killer blob.

October 29

9 a.m. - Diane Rehm Show: Readers Review, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. A conversation on what some call America's first horror story. More about this episode

11 a.m. - Sounds Good: Halloween readings from Edgar Allen Poe and Mary Shelley, to inspire classic and frightful visions in your mind's-eye.  Read by faculty of Murray State University's Department of Theatre, Daryl Phillipy (11:15 a.m.)  and Lissa Graham-Schneider (12:15 p.m.)

October 30

11 a.m. - Halloween Sounds Good: Tracy devotes the entire show to Halloween related music.

9 p.m. - The Jive House Halloween: Join Brad and John for a Halloween edition featuring songs about Chicken Heads, Wolves, Bayou Fires and Superstition.  Hear spooky and funky tunes from Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, The Meters, The Undisputed Truth and others.

October 31 - Halloween

Noon - Red Ember Live Lunch on Sounds Good: Paducah-based indie folk band Red Ember. This eclectic band puts a focus on instrumentation and emotional vocal harmonies. More about this Live Lunch

1 p.m. - Science Friday: The spooky side of science today. Why screeching violins and rumbling bass notes make you shiver - a listen to scary music. Also, the science behind haunted houses - why some people like a good scare. Ira also talks with guests on topics: ebola, why chocolate improves memory and a comet that smells like rotten eggs.

3 p.m. - Fresh Air: "Enter the Funhouse of Fear" in a conversation with master horror writer Stephen King.

9 p.m. - House Blend Halloween: Join David Weatherly for some spooky tunes and creepy tracks from The Bird & The Bee, RJD2, Thievery Corporation and Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited!

11 p.m. - Retro Cocktail Hour Halloween Spooktacular: Chockful of monster pop, groovy ghosts and other music from beyond the grave. It's easily the most popular episode of Retro Cocktail Hour all year.

November 1

1 p.m. - Rick's Kitchen Sink: 'The Day of the Dead Special' featuring two hours of frightening music by Grateful Dead, Tito & Tarantula, Wall of Voodoo, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Vampire Beach Babes, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Tom Waits.

5 p.m. -  A Prairie Home Companion: The Joke Show "Three Priests, Two Penguins, and One Chicken" The Joke Show returns in a live broadcast from Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis, featuring tones of jokes and with special guests the Scottish music group Battlefield Band and jazz preservationist Vince Giordano. 

November 2

9 a.m. - Radiolab: "The War of the Worlds" caused panic when it aired in 1938, and it's continued to fool people since -- from Santiago, Chile to Buffalo, NY, to a particularly disastrous evening in Quito, Ecuador. This hour of Radiolab: a deep dive into one of the most controversial moments in broadcasting history. 

11 a.m. -  [Rebroadcast] A Prairie Home Companion: The Joke Show "Three Priests, Two Penguins, and One Chicken" The Joke Show returns in a live broadcast from Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis, featuring tones of jokes and with special guests the Scottish music group Battlefield Band and jazz preservationist Vince Giordano. 

Matt Markgraf joined the WKMS team as a student in January 2007. He's served in a variety of roles over the years: as News Director March 2016-September 2019 and previously as the New Media & Promotions Coordinator beginning in 2011. Prior to that, he was a graduate and undergraduate assistant. He is currently the host of the international music show Imported on Sunday nights at 10 p.m.
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