In a love letter to Halloween, Jeff C. Carter wrote 31 fun-sized Halloween tales and compiled them all into one great book, We Bleed Orange and Black. In this seriously funky year, Jeff hopes that it helps to fill a void while also putting you in the Halloween spirit! Discussions also include childhood nostalgia, masks and candy, and the Japanese tradition of Bon Odori. Visit BigSeance.com/173 for more. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode Episode Teaser :00 Intro 1:00 Looking for more Halloween episodes? Check out the Big Seance Halloween archive at BigSeance.com/Halloween 1:37 Jeff C. Carter’s Bio 2:23 Book description for We Bleed Orange and Black 3:23 Jeff is an animal lover who loves to travel, and he has some great stories of meeting wild animals! 5:15 The origin story of how this collection of Halloween stories came together. 10:03 There’s a little something for everyone in this book! 13:00 We Bleed Orange and Black contains around 10 stories that are appropriate for children. 14:00 Nostalgia is the glue that holds Halloween together. 15:50 Going back to Jeff and Patrick’s childhood, plus the atmosphere and weather of Halloween. 17:00 The fun of old school costumes and masks 21:50 What’s up with dressing as a hobo? 23:50 What does Halloween look like in 2020? 27:22 Mixing salad and fudge, the Christmas Creep, Halloween in Los Angeles, and the need to kickoff Halloween early this year and to hit it hard. 31:00 Jeff doesn’t need movies to get him into the Halloween spirit. 39:02 Halloween candy 40:17 “A lot of people think that all ghosts wear tricorner hats.” 46:15 We Bleed Orange and Black is a love letter to Halloween. 50:13 The Japanese tradition of Obon Odori 51:39 Where to find Jeff 54:33 International Podcast Day is September 30th! How will YOU celebrate? 55:23 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 55:53 Outro 57:52 For more on Jeff C. Carter JeffCCarter.com We Bleed Orange and Black on Amazon Instagram: @jeffc.carter Twitter: @Carterwroteit Facebook Six Demon Bag Podcast The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at [email protected]. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance!

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