14:13 - Tom Waits: "Don't Go Into That Barn" (5:22)
Zach: "Nobody, but nobody, does rural unease quite like Tom 'Bone Machine' Waits. For that matter, nobody does urban unease like him. You know what, fuck it. Nobody does anything like Waits, and that's the last word on the subject: if you need proof, listen to this evocative vignette of terror and clandestine murder in scarecrowville, then ask yourself whether you still want to go into that barn. And for that matter, what's holding you back - the mysterious barn itself, or the increasingly unsettling barks and splutters from Mr. Waits?"
(Available on Real Gone)

19:35 - Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean" (4:53)
Fuck Vincent Price - this moonwalking classic is the real "thriller." Megan explains: "This is such a frightening song because of what it was inspired by. There actually was a woman at one time stalking Michael Jackson (now kids, this is when he was a good looking guy, so stop your snickering), claiming that he was her boyfriend and that she had given birth to a child by him. This stalking ended, apparently, with her sending him a razor blade in the mail and urging him to kill himself. " And if that isn't creepy enough for you, how about those horror movie strings?
(Available on Thriller)

24:28 - Scout Niblett: "Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death" (3:oo)
Dan: "Halloween can be a confusing time. Case in point: the little neighbor kids dressed up like ghosts last year - cute, or KKK? Similarly, take Scout Niblett. Her sing-songy chorus here ('We're all gonna die! We're a-a-all gonna die!') constitutes precisely one of those adorable/threatening moments."
(Available on I Am)

27:28 - The White Stripes: "The Union Forever" (3:26)
Zach: "Okay, so maybe Citizen Kane doesn't exactly top everyone's list of favorite Halloween movies. And so maybe when it comes to rock'n'roll thrills and chills, Jack and Meg ain't exactly Lux and Ivy. But give a close listen to this 2001 album track and just tell me it doesn't sound like the score from some mid-'60s hipster Frankenstein remake, from the skeletal, reverb-drenched guitar plucking to the ominous organ right out of Joe Meek's mad scientist laboratory."
(Available on White Blood Cells)

30:54 - Gary Wilson: "Gary's in the Park" (2:03)
Sometimes, fear isn't just about ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night. Sometimes, it's about the creepy neighborhood recluse who lives in his parents' basement, the one you're always afraid might be lurking for you in the shadows. Megan explains: "Gary Wilson is just a weird dude. He lives with two mannequins named Karen and Mary, yet he acts as if they were real people. He is also frequently pictured with flour and lipstick splattered all over his face, a fake wig, and huge ass sunglasses. Now imagine this man 'in the dark waiting for you, in the park waiting for you.' Since hearing this song, I've vowed never to be alone in a park at night."
(Available on Mary Had Brown Hair)