423 // Halloween's Origins & the Gateway to the Other World

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🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Welcome to Crawlspace. In this episode Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna are joined by Mike McCarthy of Rathcroghan.ie to discuss the birthplace of Halloween. Article from National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/inside-irelands-gate-to-hell-that-birthed-halloween Check out the visitor's center: https://www.rathcroghan.ie/ This episode was originally published on Crawlspace on October 27th, 2021. Follow Crawlspace: Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:03.2	Hey, crawlspace listeners, Tim here.
0:08.5	We just wanted to air this episode about Halloween's origins.
0:12.9	I hope you find it really interesting.
0:15.1	We did air it a couple of years ago around this season and we got a really great reaction.
0:20.3	So we hope you enjoy this interview with Mike McCarthy of Wrath Crawhen about the birthplace
0:25.4	of Halloween.
0:27.0	That's the night traditionally when the barters between this world and the other world are
0:30.9	completely open.
0:31.9	And so it's from this cave in these tales on the sound night and Halloween night that
0:36.5	all sorts of creatures emerge to devastate the land, so nothing will grow until the following
0:41.2	spring.
0:57.0	Welcome to crawlspace, I'm Tim here today with Lance Lance, how's it going today?
1:15.2	Oh, it's going so well today, Tim.
1:17.2	You know why?
1:18.2	You know why?
1:19.2	Because we are entering the season of Halloween.
1:22.0	That's correct.
1:23.0	And this is a very Halloween centric episode where we're actually discussing where Halloween
1:28.8	came from.
1:29.8	The origin story of Halloween.
1:32.2	And this came to us by way of a random notification on our phones that directed us to this article
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