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Halloween

Originally aired 10.25.1996
This week: A show for Halloween. Stories of things that are supposed to be scary, but aren't.

Prologue.

Host Ira Glass talks to people who gather every week to watch the TV show Dark Shadows. (1 minute)

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Act One. Dark Shadows

Ira continues his story. (10 minutes)

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Act Two. Scientists in a Haunted House.

An excerpt from Your Radio is Haunted. (6 minutes)

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Act Three. Vampire Girl.

An interview with Vampire Girl. (6 minutes)

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Act Four. Discovering Evil

Julie Showalter, on a costume she wore as a kid. (11 minutes)

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Act Five. Gang Girl.

Gang Girl, on a body they thought was fake that turned out to be real. (10 minutes)

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Act Six. Screams.

Greg Whitehead, with screams from the This American Life audience. (7 minutes)

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Photo: Steve Chasmar

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