A Memento Mori Halloween, Part 1

The Strange and Unusual Podcast

Alyson Horrocks | Morbid Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, History

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Halloween, and its predecessor Samhain, is explored with the telling of the ghost story 'The Pale Man' and a dive into its evolving history, which includes a look at the Gaelic Celts, The Black Death, Danse Macabre, All Saints and Souls Days, the concept of Memento Mori, and more.

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1:04.5	The pale man by Julius Long,
1:11.3	1934. Long. 1934
1:14.0	I have not yet met the man in number 212.
1:18.0	I do not even know his name.
1:20.0	He never patronizes the hotel restaurant, and he does not use the lobby.
1:27.0	On the three occasions we passed each other by, we did not
1:32.9	in a semi-corgial non-committal way.
1:37.8	I should like very much to make his acquaintance.
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