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A lot of us are about to have the experience of opening our front doors to find

witches, goblins, ghosts, and moudang standing on our porches. Why?

Because it's almost Halloween.

We decided this would be a good time to talk about what kinds of entertainment

scared us when we were kids and maybe even whether they still scare us now.

I'm Stephen Thompson and I'm Linda Holmes. even whether they still scare us now.

I'm Stephen Thompson.

And I'm Linda Holmes.

Today in this encore episode of NPR's pop culture happy hour,

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