From the historic campus of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, where the good, the true, and the beautiful are taught, nurtured, and honored, this is the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, bringing the activity and education of the college to listeners across the country.

I think you want those things.

Atmosphere, tension, mounting, suspense, then kind of a shocking moment, potentially.

This is your host, Scott Bertram.

Welcome to the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, part of the Hillsdale College

Podcast Network.

That's John J. Miller, head of Hillsdale's Dow Journalism Program.

We'll talk with him about ghost and horror stories on this Halloween weekend at just a moment.

Later on in today's program, Dr. Ben Whalen joins us to talk about the 100th anniversary of the

Great Gatsby and its long-lasting legacy.

First, we're joined by John J. Miller.

He is director of the Dow Journalism Program here at Hillsdale College.

John, thanks so much for joining us.

Hi, Scott.

Figured it was a very appropriate time to have you on because you're teaching a class this term here at Hillsdale on great ghost and horror stories.

And being Halloween weekend, it's a good time to talk about ghost and horror stories.

What do we mean by that, John?

What do we mean by ghost horror literature?

How would you define that beyond what people might think of Friday the 13th or Jason or Halloween or something like that?

Well, happy Halloween, Scott.

Thanks for having me on.

And yes, I'm teaching this course, and it's called Ghosts and Horror Stories.

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