Episode #102821: 2021 Halloween Spooktacular!

Dim the lights and join Josh and Chuck for their annual spooky Halloween story reading.

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# Stuff You Should Know Spooktacular Summary

Welcome to SYSK's beloved annual Halloween tradition featuring dramatic readings of classic public domain horror stories! This year's spooky lineup includes "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James—a deliciously creepy 19th-century tale about a young orphan boy named Stephen who moves in with his mysterious scholarly cousin at an English manor house, only to discover that his new home harbors dark supernatural secrets and that his host may have sinister plans for him. The episode also features the beginning of Arthur Machen's "The Great God Pan," a story about a doctor with a shocking scientific theory about accessing the spirit world, though the hosts warn that this one gets increasingly unsettling as it goes.

Movies Discussed

Limitless

2011 PG-13 1h 46m

★ 7.2

"I'm going to be like Bradley Cooper and Limitless. That's his goal. What, failing at the box office? — Josh makes a joke comparing Mr. Abney's goal of immortality and supernatural power to the movie Limitless." — Josh

Robinson Crusoe

1954 PG 1h 30m

★ 6.4

"just as Stephen was thinking of shutting the window and resuming his reading of Robinson Crusoe, great book — Josh mentions Robinson Crusoe as Stephen's evening reading before witnessing the ghostly apparitions." — Josh

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