Scary Stories for Halloween 2019

Folklife Today Podcast

English - October 28, 2019 14:00 - 30 minutes - 75.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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Hosts John Fenn and Stephen Winick introduce three spooky stories to celebrate Halloween: Award-winning storyteller and author Jackie Torrence telling "The Golden Arm," groundbreaking folklorist Mary Celestia Parler telling "The Witch Who Kept a Hotel," and Connie Regan Blake, one of today's leading professional storytellers, telling "Mr. Fox." Much more about the storytellers and the tales can be found at the blog Folklife Today, https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife.