This is Halloween is the destination for all things Samhain from the RTÉ Kids podcast team. It's the best of our ghostly offerings in one place. Here, Nicky Coghlan from RTÉ Kids tells us more.
As the nights roll in and the clocks go back, it's natural to turn to all things spooky. And is there anything scarier than having to mind kids for the whole 10 days of the midterm break, whilst also making a costume and trying to keep sweets under control?!
Well, if they need a wholesome, healthy but suitably seasonal treat, RTÉ Kids has a whole raft of spectral sounds that the whole family can feast their ears on!
Listen and subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Chance of a Ghost - Dead Air
Last year we launched Chance of a Ghost, the podcast made by two young ghosthunters as they visited some of the more mysterious and kooky places in Ireland.
This year we’ve done it for real, bringing 11-year-old presenter Francesca Europa to spaces full to bursting with tales of the haunted past. Press play above to listen to the first episode above.
Chance of a Ghost - RTÉ Podcasts
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Check out Spooky FM
What happens when by a zombie and a vampire take over our studios to share ghoulish tales to scare and delight all the family in the run up to Samhain. Let’s hope that doesn't happen again... (Note from Zombetty: It’s happening again! Muhahahah!)
Written by Peter Dunne and produced by Liam Geraghty, listen if you dare! Select episodes are on This is Halloween but, if your bloodthirsty for more, Spooky FM series one and series two can be heard via the podcast feed or tune in to RTÉjr Radio every Friday night at 7pm to get chilled to the bone.
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Samhain Stories
Master storyteller, Steve Lally returns with a mini-series of terrifying tales. Well, not too scary but I wouldn’t play them to your granny.
Listen to the story of the Rathcoffey Pooka above. It's about a phantom horse, a lazy boy and some spooky transformations. Plus there's lots more...
- The Fairy Tree is the tale of a mean old farmer who cuts down a Fairy Tree on his land one Halloween even though he was warned not to. And the fairies expect revenge!
- Atty Jack involves a man who doesn’t believe in the Good Folk until he learns a lesson one faithful October night.
- And Wee Meg Barney Leg, a spoilt girl who is very ungrateful for all that her parents do for her. Until she sees the error of her ways, with the aid of some mischievous Fairys....
A Way Home
This is an original story by Olivia Hope, made in collaboration with Siamsa Tire Theatre in Tralee.
Two siblings get lost in the woods. There they meet a mysterious traveller and embark on an adventure that sees them encountering a cheeky púca, some lost souls, and a choir of banshees…
Fizzwhizzle
Our alternative music show gets haunted once more. Join Lola Panforté, crack ghosthunter and bona fide kid, as she once again ventures into one of the most haunted houses in Ireland to uncover the most ghoulish of music and the ghostly gruesomes that reside within.
Tune in to RTÉjr Radio on Friday, 31 October at 11am or listen back here.
And there's more
Ón Domhan Thíos: Strange things in this RnaG & RTÉjr Podcast
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