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Podcast: Retro Blood
Episode: Retro Blood 204: The Woman in Black (1989)
Description: James Kline & J.H. Alison kick off the Road to Halloween with 1980s Ghost Movies Round 2! First up is the chilling British made-for-TV classic, The Woman in Black (1989)—a haunting tale that brought gothic ghost stories back into the spotlight.
We open with our first impressions of the film and dive into the tradition of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve, a long-standing British custom that adds to this movie’s eerie charm.
Our history segment takes us to December 24, 1989: in wrestling, we explore the importance of holiday shows on Christmas and Thanksgiving, plus WCW’s TV s...