Iowa storytellers share their own haunting stories. Then, we get spooky book recommendations for all ages of readers.
Madeleine Charis King
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Iowa Public Radio
Madeleine Charis King
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Iowa Public Radio
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The first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College continues to touch lives. -
The Day of the Dead is celebrated primarily Nov. 1 and 2. Families celebrate the Mexican holiday by gathering together, building altars called ofrendas and honoring deceased family members by sharing memories, food and gifts. -
The 48 Hour Horror Film Project — a spin-off of the long-running 48 Hour Film Project — had amateur filmmaking teams racing to create the spookiest, bloodiest, creepiest films they could. Des Moines producer Samuel Pace-Tuomi reflects on his final year leading the project.
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What can ghost stories tell us about the world? The Talk of Iowa team takes a ghost tour of Cedar Falls and discusses ghost stories with author Carmen Maria Machado.
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Also, a University of Iowa professor shares the lengthy history of witch trials in Europe and the United States. -
Drought has affected several pumpkin-producing states, including Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. But rain arrived at the right time to produce a bumper crop in parts of the Midwest.
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A historical society tour with a spooky twist, and a ghost story-teller and Iowa historian share Iowa ghost stories and discuss what they can tell us about the world. -
A Des Moines horror tour partners with Iowa Radio Reading Information Service to make the spooky tour accessible to the blind and visually impaired.
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We revisit our conversation with author Benjamin Percy about his 2013 book "Red Moon" and Ethan Rutherford's "The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories" from the same year.
