Touching on everything from chilling urban legends to our society’s fascination with the ghoulish and ghastly, David Skal examines the fascinating phenomenon of horror films and Halloween. He is the author of Hollywood Gothic, The Monster Show, V is for Vampire, Screams of Reason, and, with Elias Savada, Dark Carnival. With Nina Auerbach, he is co-editor of the Norton Critical Edition of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

First Hour:EARTHFILES reporter and editor, Linda Moulton Howe, is an Emmy Award-winning TV producer, investigative reporter and author. She reports on an unidentified aerial sighting caught on tape at an airport in Albany, NY.