As the economic opportunities of this annual tradition are exploited more with every passing year, Halloween has become a time of feasting, fun-filled frights, and fancy-dressed festivities. According to the Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries, the origins of All Hallows’ Eve are commonly held to date back around two thousand years to a pre-Christian Celtic festival known as Samhain, or "Summer’s End," held to acknowledge the passing of the season of summer and the approach of the dark winter months. Samhain, pronounced sow-en or saw-win, was usually celebrated on 31st October or 1st November.

‘From the earliest records, Samhain is seen not simply as a day for the dead but when the dead might reach out to the living.’
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Starfire Tor is back with us to talk about ghost pets, especially ghost cats. She took one of the best ghost photos Whitley Strieber has ever seen, of her beloved cat. But why ghost pets, and cats in particular? Starfire is one researcher who can tell us, and here she explains ghosts and especially why it is that the spirits of our pets will linger in our lives even to the point that, as in Starfire’s case, they can actually be photographed in a nonphysical state.

Dreamland is about wonder and empowerment, and this show is really wonderful and full of empowerment! We have Starfire and Whitley and Anne to thank for that, but also their CATS! Listen and enjoy!
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You’ve been hearing bumps and unexplained footsteps in the middle of the night, or get the feeling that someone is watching you, but when you turn round there is nobody there. The door opens or closes on its own, the dog is behaving strangely, or you keep having the same dream over and over again. You can smell pipe smoke, but no one in the family smokes, or, inexplicably, you feel an icy chill and goose-bumps on a hot summer’s day.

Do any of these scenario’s sound familiar? If so, you could have an unexpected house guest!
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Mary Ann Winkowski knows why some spirits remain earthbound and others do not, and how to tell the difference. She will tell you how to find out if there is a ghost near you, and what to do about it. A lifetime of research has led Mary Ann to understand the incredible ways in which these spirits influence our lives. Here, she shares her discoveries and her extraordinary stories with Anne Strieber.
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