October 29, 2015 / Modified oct 30, 2015 2:35 p.m.

The 8th Annual Haunted Halloween Arizona Spotlight

Turn down the lights and turn up your speakers for a seasonal collection of stories that will thrill and chill!

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Featured on the October 30, 2015 Haunted Halloween edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • What fears and phobias have taken hold of students at the University of Arizona? Mark McLemore finds out in his annual survey of "What's REALLY Scary?"...

  • Vanessa Barchfield visits the family run La Estrella Bakery in Tucson to find out how it prepares the traditional sweets of El Dia de los Muertos...

  • Nancy Montoya explores the Arizona origins of the legend of La Llorona - The Weeping Woman - with Anna Ochoa O'Leary, UA director of Mexican American Studies...

  • Beth Surdut tells about an eerie visit to a real-life witch's castle...

  • Film writer Chris Dashiell looks back at two horror films starring Peter Lorre, famous for his many creepy portrayals of madmen and crooks...

  • Forrest Zepezaur, a 12-year old Edgar Allan Poe fan, shares his reading of the classic "Annabel Lee"...

  • And, Isaac Rodriguez sings about a zombie who has more heart than brains...

Listen to the super scary 8th Annual Haunted Halloween Arizona Spotlight!:

ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs Fridays at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm, and Saturdays at 5:00 pm, on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.
This episode of Arizona Spotlight is available on iTunes
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