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Gen X Archives | Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s
🎃Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s🍬Halloween night, 1980s, the streets were full of ghosts, goblins, clowns and one unshakable fear: poisoned candy. If you were a kid in the '70s and ’80s you remember it, your parents inspecting every piece of candy bar and throwing out the...
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In the #80s over half the kids died from poison candy on #Halloween! The other half died from possessed masks. Or was it all an urban legend?
Discover the truth on the premiere episode of the Gen X Archives #podcast
Discover the truth on the premiere episode of the Gen X Archives #podcast
The (not so obvious) Thanksgiving TV episodes
The (not so obvious) Thanksgiving TV episodes
This Content Is Only For SubscribersPlease subscribe to unlock this content. Enter your email to get access.Subscribe to unlockYour email address is 100% safe from spam!I consent to processing of my data according to Terms of Use & Privacy Policy As I was shoveling the foot and half of snow in my driveway this week […]
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November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The (not so obvious) Thanksgiving TV episodes
#OTD in 1982, Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-5) launches from the Kennedy Space Center, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program
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November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#OTD in 1982, Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-5) launches from the Kennedy Space Center, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program
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#aviationdaily
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NEW EPISODE! Sort of! Here's a look at the 1980 classic THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN. Fans of the show know I've covered it before, it was the 1st episode. 5 years later, I did it better. Explore the creation, cast and legacy of this Ruby-Spears classic!
Find it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Find it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
S11E11 Thundarr the Barbarian (Redux)
Podcast Episode · The Saturday Morning Podcast · 11/08/2025 · 1h 21m
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November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
NEW EPISODE! Sort of! Here's a look at the 1980 classic THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN. Fans of the show know I've covered it before, it was the 1st episode. 5 years later, I did it better. Explore the creation, cast and legacy of this Ruby-Spears classic!
Find it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Find it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Looking for one last Halloween fix? Check out the poison candy that haunted our childhood!
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Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s | Gen X Archives | Episode 1
🎃Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s🍬Halloween night, 1980s, the streets were full of ghosts, goblins, clowns and one unshakable fear: poisoned candy. If you were a kid in the '70s...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Looking for one last Halloween fix? Check out the poison candy that haunted our childhood!
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They Live (1988) SteelBook Review
They Live (1988) SteelBook Review
I’m a big supporter of owning physical media. While streaming movies and music is fine, I like more control over what I watch, how I watch and the quality. Trying to watch a movie only to find out it’s no longer streaming or it’s on a service that requires another subscription is frustrating. I buy […]
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November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
They Live (1988) SteelBook Review
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all outta bubblegum!🕶️
Released #OTD in 1988 They Live is a masterpiece from John Carpenter starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and David Keith.
Watch this movie! Obey, Obey Obey😎
Released #OTD in 1988 They Live is a masterpiece from John Carpenter starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and David Keith.
Watch this movie! Obey, Obey Obey😎
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all outta bubblegum!🕶️
Released #OTD in 1988 They Live is a masterpiece from John Carpenter starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and David Keith.
Watch this movie! Obey, Obey Obey😎
Released #OTD in 1988 They Live is a masterpiece from John Carpenter starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and David Keith.
Watch this movie! Obey, Obey Obey😎
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The Video Store Podcast is back with an all new episode with @commodork.bsky.social behind the counter. This week he is recommending four films that were filmed at and/or heavily feature malls. It's a Mall, Mall, World!
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November 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The Video Store Podcast is back with an all new episode with @commodork.bsky.social behind the counter. This week he is recommending four films that were filmed at and/or heavily feature malls. It's a Mall, Mall, World!
www.videostorepodcast.com/p/its-a-mall...
www.videostorepodcast.com/p/its-a-mall...
The History Behind The History Channel
The History Behind The History Channel
A Channel is born In 1992 A&E Networks produced a historical series called The Real West, hosted by country music icon Kenny Rogers. The Real West aired from 1992 to 1995 and was A&E’s highest rated show. With its success A&E decided to create a new channel, The History Channel, to show reruns of The […]
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November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The History Behind The History Channel
Iconic Halloween Candy Born in the 80s
Iconic Halloween Candy Born in the 80s
If you grew up in the 1980s, candy was both a treat and an adventure. Walking into the corner store or the gas station you were met with a rainbow of wrappers, but that rainbow was smaller than the one kids enjoy today. Much of today’s candy that feel timeless didn’t exist in the 1970s […]
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October 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Iconic Halloween Candy Born in the 80s
Falcone is losing his grip on Gotham City and the Rogue's Gallery is taking over! Can Batman stop them?
Also an excellent origin of Two-Face Harvey Dent!
Batman: The Long #Halloween is one of the best Bat-Tales ever told.
#90s
Also an excellent origin of Two-Face Harvey Dent!
Batman: The Long #Halloween is one of the best Bat-Tales ever told.
#90s
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Falcone is losing his grip on Gotham City and the Rogue's Gallery is taking over! Can Batman stop them?
Also an excellent origin of Two-Face Harvey Dent!
Batman: The Long #Halloween is one of the best Bat-Tales ever told.
#90s
Also an excellent origin of Two-Face Harvey Dent!
Batman: The Long #Halloween is one of the best Bat-Tales ever told.
#90s
In the #80s over half the kids died from poison candy on #Halloween! The other half died from possessed masks. Or was it all an urban legend?
Discover the truth on the premiere episode of the Gen X Archives #podcast
Discover the truth on the premiere episode of the Gen X Archives #podcast
Gen X Archives | Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s
🎃Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s🍬Halloween night, 1980s, the streets were full of ghosts, goblins, clowns and one unshakable fear: poisoned candy. If you were a kid in the '70s and ’80s you remember it, your parents inspecting every piece of candy bar and throwing out the...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In the #80s over half the kids died from poison candy on #Halloween! The other half died from possessed masks. Or was it all an urban legend?
Discover the truth on the premiere episode of the Gen X Archives #podcast
Discover the truth on the premiere episode of the Gen X Archives #podcast
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At long last… we can begin.
The trailer for the epic final season of STRANGER THINGS is HERE.
The trailer for the epic final season of STRANGER THINGS is HERE.
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
At long last… we can begin.
The trailer for the epic final season of STRANGER THINGS is HERE.
The trailer for the epic final season of STRANGER THINGS is HERE.
Freddy’s Nightmares: Top 5 episodes to watch this Halloween
Freddy’s Nightmares: Top 5 episodes to watch this Halloween
Freddy’s Nightmares A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series Freddy’s Nightmares was a television spin-off of the highly successful A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise, airing during the height of Freddy Krueger’s popularity in the late 1980s. The series followed the classic horror anthology format, similar to shows like The Twilight Zone revival, Tales […]
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October 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Freddy’s Nightmares: Top 5 episodes to watch this Halloween
Dark Night of the Scarecrow Review
Dark Night of the Scarecrow Review
I’ve mentioned before how scarecrows creep me out. And I’m positive Dark Night of the Scarecrow is the reason why! Set in a farming town somewhere in the Midwest, a group of yocals deal out justice with terrifying consequences. CBS Saturday Night Movie Watching TV as a kid, alone, in the dark basement I came […]
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October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Dark Night of the Scarecrow Review
The (Halloween) Movies That Made Us
The (Halloween) Movies That Made Us
The Season of the Witch is upon us! It’s the time of year when ghouls and goblins like to sit down and watch Halloween movies. While you can stream 100s of hours for the Peacock-tober event. Netflix is back with a new season of their original series, The Movies That Made Us. The Movies That […]
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October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The (Halloween) Movies That Made Us
Top 10 Tales from the Darkside episodes
Top 10 Tales from the Darkside episodes
Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality.But… there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit…a dark side. Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror series created by George Romero, the man responsible for bringing us the zombie […]
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October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Top 10 Tales from the Darkside episodes
Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s
Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s
LISTEN NOW! The premiere episode of Gen X Archives podcast! What better way to kick it off than with a Halloween episode Halloween night, 1980s, the streets were full of ghosts, goblins, clowns and one unshakable fear: poisoned candy. If you were a kid in the ’70s and ’80s you remember it, your parents inspecting […]
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October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s
We are live! The first #podcast episode has dropped.
Remember when parents checked your candy for razor blades?
Relive the poison candy panic of the ’70s and ’80s!
Press play and rewind the fear.
#GenX #Halloween #UrbanLegends #Retro
Remember when parents checked your candy for razor blades?
Relive the poison candy panic of the ’70s and ’80s!
Press play and rewind the fear.
#GenX #Halloween #UrbanLegends #Retro
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We are live! The first #podcast episode has dropped.
Remember when parents checked your candy for razor blades?
Relive the poison candy panic of the ’70s and ’80s!
Press play and rewind the fear.
#GenX #Halloween #UrbanLegends #Retro
Remember when parents checked your candy for razor blades?
Relive the poison candy panic of the ’70s and ’80s!
Press play and rewind the fear.
#GenX #Halloween #UrbanLegends #Retro
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Gen X Archives: Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s. Have a listen:
Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s
🎃Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s🍬Halloween...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Gen X Archives: Trick or Terror: The Halloween Candy Scare of the 1980s. Have a listen:
Friday the 13th: The Series
Friday the 13th: The Series
When I was in high school I worked at Pizza Hut, back when it was still good. On Friday nights I’d get home around 11 pm with my Meat Lovers Personal Pan pizza, grab a Mountain Dew and plop down on the couch to watch TV. Most of the time I’d watch a movie or […]
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October 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Friday the 13th: The Series
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams: The Master of Horror Returns to TV
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams: The Master of Horror Returns to TV
John Carpenter is one of the most iconic horror filmmakers of all time, with classics like Halloween, The Thing, Christine and The Fog. His work is known for its suspenseful pacing and memorable scores. He is a master of creating a sense of unease and suspense and his films often feature memorable villains like Michael […]
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October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams: The Master of Horror Returns to TV
Sink Your Teeth into the Top 10 Vampire Movies from the 1990s
Sink Your Teeth into the Top 10 Vampire Movies from the 1990s
Halloween is approaching, and my excitement for the season grows with each passing day. Decorations are up, candy is stocked, and the lights are dimmed. During the Halloween season, one of my favorite activities is watching horror movies. My favorite horror movies usually involve vampires. I’m a sucker for vampires. Horror movies in the 1990s […]
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sink Your Teeth into the Top 10 Vampire Movies from the 1990s
The 10 Horror Villains Who Will Haunt Your Dreams
The 10 Horror Villains Who Will Haunt Your Dreams
It’s that time of year again, the Season of the Witch. As the air cools and the shadows lengthen, the creaks and thuds you hear in the middle of the night take on a sinister tone. They’re not just the sounds of a settling house, they are the footsteps of a deranged killer, creeping through […]
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October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The 10 Horror Villains Who Will Haunt Your Dreams
John Carpenter, The Master of Horror
John Carpenter, The Master of Horror
With Halloween right around the corner I have a few movies from the master of Horror himself, John Carpenter. Not the normal Carpenter movies, these are a few of his underrated and often overlooked movies. Carpenter directed and composed the music for all of these movies. He wrote The Fog and Prince of Darkness, the […]
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October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
John Carpenter, The Master of Horror