From the archives. Released on October 8th, 2007.

On this episode of Utter Oddcast…

OCTOBER ODDNESS 2007

• The second of a scheduled five “October Oddness” themed episodes which are to be released each Monday in October.

HAUNTED HOUSE TIPS

• #3…the secret of “empty” rooms
• #4…don’t go first and don’t go last

PRODUCTS

• Ghost Finder Camera [link]

“SCARY” MOVIES… Comedy/Horror

• The Frighteners (1996)
• Beetle Juice (1988)
• Ghost Busters (1984) & Ghostbusters II (1989)
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

NAKED NEWS (HALLOWEEN EDITION)

• New Haunted House Is Scary With A Side Of Sexy [link]

NEWS

• Police arrest four in northeast Dallas, recover stolen Halloween decorations [link]
• Lead paint found on Halloween toys [link]

OTHER ODDNESS

• Dentist offers Halloween buyback

THE RELIGIOUS TAKE

• How Do Jehovah’s Witnesses “Celebrate” Halloween?

WHAT MAKES OCTOBER CREEPY?

• Thought #1…the fact that everything is dying.

CANDY “NUTRITION” FACTS

• Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups “Snack Size”
  Serving Size: 1 piece (21g)
  Calories: 110 – From Fat: 50
  Fat: 6g – 9% (Saturated: 2g – 10%)
  Cholesterol: 0mg
  Sodium: 65mg – 3%
  Carbohydrates: 12g – 4% (Dietary Fiber: 0g – 0%, Sugars: 10g)
  Protein: 2g
  No Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium or Iron.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, TEASERS & SHOUT-OUTS

• Call for stories – Have something to share, please get in touch. [see full details]
• Future topics:
  • More of What makes October “creepy”?
  • Animal costumes
  • Repeat costumes
  • Bag snatching “tricks” (not tips)
  • And much more…
• Shout-outs:
  • Nick Gathany for the background music – www.zyzzymusic.com
  • Gene and Bryan at Hometown Tales
  • Annette and the crew at Indy Ghost Hunters
  • Garrett and Al at Haunted New Jersey
  • Len at Jawbone Radio and Monster by Mail

From the archives. Released on October 1st, 2007.

On this episode of Utter Oddcast…

OCTOBER ODDNESS 2007

• The first of a scheduled five “October Oddness” themed episodes which are to be released each Monday in October.

HAUNTED HOUSE TIPS

• #1…Don’t go to a haunted house if you do not want to be scared.
• #2…Don’t hit

RETAILERS

• Halloween in August? Christmas in September?
• Survey: average Halloween tab is $64.82 [link]

GHOSTS

• Ghosts linger, long after the end of Ghost Festival in Taiwan [link]

“SCARY” MOVIES…For Kids

• Nightmare Before Christmas
• Corpse Bride
• Monster House
• Casper
• The Great Pumpkin
• Garfield’s Halloween Special

(NOT SO) CREEPY DISNEY

• Haunted Mansion “Re-Haunting”- Walt Disney World’s Haunted Mansion Gets a Spooktacular Update [link]
• Disney’s Not So Scary Halloween Party 2007 [link]

OTHER ODDNESS

• Rabies scare after bats invade dorm [link]

CANDY “NUTRITION” FACTS

• Reese’s Pieces…”Peanut Butter Candy in a Crunchy Shell”
  Serving Size: 51 pieces
  Calories: 190 – From Fat: 80
  Fat: 9g – 14% (Saturated: 7g – 35%)
  Cholesterol: 0mg
  Sodium: 80mg – 3%
  Carbohydrates: 24g – 8% (Dietary Fiber: 1g – 4%, Sugars: 22g)
  Protein: 5g
  No Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium or Iron.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, TEASERS & SHOUT-OUTS

• Call for stories – Have something to share, please get in touch. [see full details]
• Future topics:
  • What makes October “creepy”?
  • How do Jehovah’s Witnesses “celebrate” Halloween?
  • Bag snatching “tricks” (not tips)
  • And much more…
• Shout-outs:
  • Nick Gathany for the background music – www.zyzzymusic.com
  • Gene and Bryan at Hometown Tales
  • Annette and the crew at Indy Ghost Hunters
  • Garrett and Al at Haunted New Jersey
  • Len at Jawbone Radio and Monster by Mail

From the archives. Released on October 31st, 2006.

Trolley Dodgers Podcast #11 (a.k.a. The 2006 Halloween Party Crash and Podcrash #1) is now available for your listening pleasure. Weighing in at about an hour in length, this isn’t your typical Trolley Dodgers Podcast and includes much interaction from others.

Highlights of this episode include:

• Party Goers Interviews
• Mystery Slyders: Guess the White Castle topping
• Paul Ruster Park Story & EVP courtesy of Indy Ghost Hunters
• Phizzel Goblin story courtesy of our friends at Hometown Tales
• Costume Contest
• …and Jeff & Brian’s usual chatter and commentary

Thank yous & credits:

• The Halloween Soundscape was created by Gymshoes. The music is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 license. You can download this and other music from http://www.gymshoesmusic.us.
• Nick Gathany for Zyzzybalubah’s Halloween Music.
• Annette at Indy Ghost Hunters
• Gene & Bryan from Hometown Tales

We hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did recording it and please check out the photos in our photo gallery.