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Title: Scary Stories for Halloween 2019
Speakers: John Fenn, Stephen Winick, Jackie Torrence, Mary Celestia Parler, Connie Regan Blake
Series: Folklife Today
Date: October 28, 2019
Running Time: 30:15 minutes
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Description:
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.
For full audio of items excerpted in the podcast, and more great folklife content, visit the Folklife Today blog.