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Some Halloween traditions involve candy. Ours involves Art Bell, a stack of deeply questionable life choices, and a Ouija board that probably should have stayed in the box.
Join us for a late-night trip through Ghost to Ghost, with Art’s callers bringing accounts of a widower who couldn’t let go, a Halloween mask that became a little too personal, and roommates whose attempt to summon something may have worked. We stop at Nevada’s Mizpah Hotel, hear a police officer’s account of an unexpected courthouse visitor, and meet a little boy who wakes to find someone familiar at the foot of his bed.
There’s also a stolen plaster skull, a strange arrangement of family keepsakes, and Art’s own unfinished warning about an old Ouija board. Then Auntie Angie joins us with a Halloween message and a challenge to our usual advice: should you really starve your ghouls?
Bring your compassion. Maybe keep your laptop somewhere they can’t reach.
⏰ Timestamps
00:00 | Welcome to the Halloween Expansion
03:07 | Art Bell and the late-night radio tradition
05:33 | Kiss the Corpse Goodnight - setup
06:15 | Kiss the Corpse Goodnight | Art Bell caller
12:02 | Marie Laveau and New Orleans cemeteries
14:13 | Ghosts of the Mizpah Hotel - setup
16:36 | Ghosts of the Mizpah Hotel | Art Bell reads
22:35 | Elevator encounters and earlier episodes
25:07 | The Halloween Mask - setup
25:35 | The Halloween Mask | Paul’s story
28:02 | Haunted masks and childhood costumes
31:04 | Demon Summoning Roommates - setup
31:36 | Demon Summoning Roommates | Eric’s story
39:17 | Elevator tangents and Dark Water
42:30 | Courthouse Apparition - setup
42:59 | Courthouse Apparition | Art Bell reads
48:18 | A spirit seeking permission to leave
52:55 | At the Foot of My Bed - setup
53:47 | At the Foot of My Bed | Canton caller
56:40 | Crisis apparitions and final goodbyes
58:21 | The Devil’s Mark - setup
59:04 | The Devil’s Mark | Detroit caller
1:00:55 | Art Bell’s own Ouija-board warning
1:06:14 | Skulls, Smoke, and Mirrors - setup
1:07:08 | Skulls, Smoke, and Mirrors | Fort Lauderdale
1:16:06 | Kendra’s gift and the Brain Gremlin
1:18:06 | To Starve or Not to Starve Your Ghouls | Auntie Angie
1:23:04 | Compassion, boundaries and starving your ghouls
1:28:18 | Good vibes, farewell and Time Bomb Town
1:32:36 | Jeremy had bad fish :(
Referenced Episodes:
- 7.9 EXP | Freaks in Las Vegas: Alien Imposters and Abductions on the Strip - named during the elevator discussion at 22:37. The hosts then question which earlier episode contained the encounter. Verified title/permalink; connection to that specific story remains provisional. YouTube: N/A.
- 2.20 EXP | New Orleans Nightmares, Cajun Magic, and Beasts of the Bayou - Marie Laveau / New Orleans episode
- Cuyahoga-area skull and pursuing blue light story
Referenced Clips / Media
Times below are locations in this Expansion, rounded to seconds; external recordings have separate timelines.
- 16:36–20:17 | Ghosts of the Mizpah Hotel
Art reads Dave Downing’s Gateway Gazette reporting. Full October 30, 1993 Ghost to Ghost broadcast. - 1:16:27–1:16:54 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Brainiac Gremlin scene - 1:29:55–1:32:30 | Time Bomb Town - Lindsey Buckingham
Time Bomb Town - Vinyl - Back To The Future Soundtrack | HiFisquarepants - Harlot the Witch / Cusco interview - October 23, 1997 archive listing
Recommended Books
The Haunted Mask - R. L. Stine
