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PBS Western Reserve Celebrates Halloween with Special Programming

PBS Western Reserve gets in the Halloween spirit with a lineup of ghastly, ghoulish programs airing throughout October. Shows airing for the first time this month are marked with an asterisk (*).

FOR THE CHILDREN

Cyberchase, Watts of Halloween Trouble

Cyberchase, Watts of Halloween Trouble

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Sunday, Sept. 25, at 8 AM

 

Matt sets up the farm for his family’s annual Halloween Pumpkin Patch Party and he is so excited!


 

Alma’s Way, Trick or Treatasaurus

Alma’s Way, Trick or Treatasaurus / The Haunted Hallway

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Monday, Oct. 10, at 8:30 AM

Friday, Oct. 14, at 8:30 AM

Friday, Oct. 28, at 8:30 AM

Monday, Oct. 31, at 8:30 AM

Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 8:30 AM

 

“Trick or Treatasaurus” When Junior accidentally ruins his dinosaur costume, Alma helps him find a way to turn his mistake into a fright-night delight. / “The Haunted Hallway” When Alma, Rafia and Lucas are in charge of the Haunted Hallway, Alma takes the spookiness a little too far.


 

Donkey Hodie, A Donkey Hodie Halloween

Donkey Hodie, A Donkey Hodie Halloween

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Monday, Oct. 10, at 10:30 AM

Thursday, Oct. 13, at 10:30 AM

Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 10:30 AM

Friday, Oct. 28, at 10:30 AM

Monday, Oct. 31, at 10:30 AM

 

Purple Panda is afraid of the holiday, but Donkey Hodie is here to help make it extra special. 


 

Pinkalicious & Peterrific, Pink or Treat

Pinkalicious & Peterrific, Pink or Treat

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Monday, Oct. 10, at 11:30 AM

Tuesay, Oct. 18, at 11:30 AM

Thursday, Oct. 27, at 11:30 AM

Monday, Oct. 31, at 11:30 AM

 

A huge storm has knocked out Pinkville’s power lines just days before Halloween! It looks like the holiday will be canceled—that is unless Pink-a-girl and Pirate Peter can find a way to save the day!


 

Dinosaur Train, Big Pond Pumpkin Patch

Dinosaur Train, Haunted Roundhouse / Big Pond Pumpkin Patch

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Tuesday, Oct. 11, at noon

Thursday, Oct. 20, at noon

Friday, Oct. 28, at noon

Monday, Oct. 31, at noon

 

“Haunted Roundhouse” Dad takes the kids on a special Night Train to Troodon Town, where the Troodons have decorated their Roundhouse into a “haunted house” for a spooky party. / “Big Pond Pumpkin Patch” The Pteranodon family learns more about the customs of their neighbors, the Lambeosaurus family, when they are invited for the first time to accompany them to the Big Pond to celebrate “Gourd Day,”  a kind of Mesozoic Halloween. 


 

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, I Am Mary Shelley

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, I Am Mary Shelley / I Am Harry Houdini   

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 6 AM

Friday, Oct. 28, at 6 AM

Monday, Oct. 31, at 6 AM

 

“I am Mary Shelley” Our heroes are sent back in time to meet an expert spooky storyteller: Mary Shelley. Mary takes our trio on an imaginative playdate where she spins the leaves and wind into a very spooky tale. / “I am Harry Houdini” The time has come from Brad to spend his very first night in the museum, and he couldn’t be more excited. Except, when the lights go out, Brad realizes it’s kind of...gulp... scary there at night.   


 

Curious George, Tale of the Frightening Flapjacks

Curious George, Tale of the Frightening Flapjacks / Happy Yelloween      

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Friday, Oct. 14, at 9 AM

Monday, Oct. 24, at 9 AM

Friday, Oct. 28, at 9 AM 

 

“Tale of the Frightening Flapjacks” It’s Halloween in the Country. George and The Man with the Yellow Hat arrive at the pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkin. / “Happy Yelloween” George-the-elephant and Allie-the-dragon are having great fun trick-or-treating on Halloween night.


 

Hero Elementary, Pumpkin Palooza

Hero Elementary, Pumpkin Palooza       

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Friday, Oct. 14, at 2 PM

Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 2 PM

Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 2 PM

Monday, Oct. 31, at 2 PM

 

The heroes come to the rescue when a girl’s decorated pumpkin is ruined the day of Pumpkin Palooza.


 

Dinosaur Train, Spooky Tree

Dinosaur Train, Spooky Tree       

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Monday, Oct. 17, at noon

Thursday, Oct. 27, at noon

 

Shiny invites Annie Tyrannosaurus to Pteranodon Terrace for a sleepover, but all Annie wants to do is investigate the “spooky tree” that Don says “comes alive at night.” All Shiny wants to do is stay as far away from the tree as possible. Can the kids get to the bottom of the mysterious tree, and figure out if it really comes alive at night?


 

Arthur and the Haunted Tree House

Arthur and the Haunted Tree House

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 6 AM
Friday, Oct. 21, at 10:30 AM
Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 AM
Monday, Oct. 31, at 6:30 AM

 

Francine meets an old woman who has a mysterious past; Binky ends up at Mr. Ratburn’s haunted house; Muffy and Bailey cut through a dark cemetery; Arthur, Buster and Ladonna fear their treehouse may be haunted.


 

Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest

Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 8 AM

Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 9 AM

Friday, Oct. 28, at 12:30 PM

Monday, Oct. 31, at 9 AM

 

It’s George’s first Halloween in the country. Bill tells Allie and him a spooky tale called “Legend of No Noggin,” about a hat-kicking scarecrow who haunts the countryside on Halloween. But is the legend real? George and Allie are determined to find out by taking a picture of No Noggin in hat-kicking action.


 

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Halloween!

The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Halloween!

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 1 PM

Thursday, Oct. 27, at 8:30 AM

Sunday, Oct. 30, at 7 AM

Monday, Oct. 31, at 1 PM

 

 

The Cat in the Hat takes Nick and Sally on the craziest Halloween ride filled with howlers and shockers and scary fandangles, big laughs and music and fun from all angles!


 

Wild Kratts: Creepy Creatures

Wild Kratts: Creepy Creatures

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 AM

Friday, Oct. 28, at 7 AM

 

The Wild Kratts aren't sure what to do for Halloween. Should they go trick-or-treating or just enjoy a Halloween party? The Kratt Brothers decide that the best thing to do is to discover some new “creepy cool” creatures. But when they set off to find these new animal friends, Martin and Chris discover that Zach and the other villains have come up with a plan to ruin Halloween. Can the Wild Kratts defeat the villains and still get to celebrate Halloween?


 

Odd Squad, Haunt Squad

Odd Squad, Haunt Squad

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Thursday, Oct. 20, at 2:30 PM

Friday, Oct. 28, at 2:30 PM

Monday, Oct. 31, at 2:30 PM

 

Odd Squad is haunted by a ghost.


 

Arthur, Fernkenstein’s Monster

Arthur, Fernkenstein’s Monster   

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 AM

 

Fern tells a tale so scary that Arthur and the gang become afraid of her! Can Fern prove her skills as a writer and create a different story that’s fun instead of frightening?

FOR THE ADULTS

Lucy Worsley Investigates, The Black Death

Lucy Worsley Investigates, The Black Death* 

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Sunday, Sept. 25, at 8 PM
Monday, Sept. 26, at 2 AM

 
FUSION (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):

Friday, Oct. 7, at 8 PM

 

How did the Black Death change Britain? Lucy Worsley examines the latest science and explores how the vast death toll affected religious beliefs, class structure, work and women.


 

Lucy Worsley Investigates, The Witch Hunts

Lucy Worsley Investigates, The Witch Hunts* 

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Sunday, Oct. 2, at 8 PM
Monday, Oct. 3, at 2 AM

 
FUSION (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):

Friday, Oct. 14, at 8 PM

 

What started Britain’s century of bloody witch hunts? Lucy Worsley uncovers the story of one supposed witch, whose case lit the fuse for the state-sanctioned killing of thousands.


 

Secrets of the Dead, Last Days of Pompeii

Secrets of the Dead, Last Days of Pompeii* 

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 10 PM

Thursday, Oct. 20, at 3 AM

 

What were the last days in Pompeii like before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago? The dazzling discovery of an intact wooden chariot—the only one ever found—provides new insight into the social classes of the ancient city.


 

Reel South, Bury Me at Taylor Hollow

Reel South, Bury Me at Taylor Hollow* 

 
FUSION (WNEO 45.2 / WEAO 49.2):

Monday, Oct. 24, at 9 PM

After spending 15 years working in the conventional funeral industry, a passionate mortician is paving uncharted territory to help create the first natural burial ground of its kind in Tennessee. “Bury Me at Taylor Hollow” recounts his personal journey from mortuary traditionalist to global-thinking environmentalist, as he seeks a better place for his community to lay to rest. 


 

Secrets of the Dead, The End of the Romans

Secrets of the Dead, The End of the Romans* 

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 10 PM

Thursday, Oct. 27, at 3 AM

 

What if climate change and pandemics were the real causes of the decline of the Roman Empire? Scientists are accumulating clues that show how three successive waves of deadly epidemics and powerful temperature drops could have caused the collapse of the Empire—and draw frightening parallels today. 


 

the all-female mariachi band Flor de Toloache

Día de los Muertos*

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Friday, Oct. 28, at 9 PM

Saturday, Oct. 29, at 2 AM

 

Celebrate the popular holiday observed by people of Mexican heritage everywhere with a new musical and cultural fiesta featuring rock greats Los Lobos, the salsa-rap-reggae-funk band Ozomatli and the all-female mariachi band Flor de Toloache.


 

Exhumed: A History of Zombies

Exhumed: A History of Zombies

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Friday, Oct. 28, at 10 PM

Saturday, Oct. 29, at 3 AM

 

Celebrate Halloween with this special presented by PBS Digital Studios’ popular series Monstrum. The one-hour documentary is written and presented by Monstrum’s Emily Zarka, who delves deep into the lore of the zombie throughout American history, examining zombie legends and tales to share what these creatures reveal about shifts in society, history and our deepest anxieties.


 

The Lawrence Welk Show, Halloween Party

The Lawrence Welk Show, Halloween Party

 
PBS WESTERN RESERVE (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):

Saturday, Oct. 29, at 7 PM

 

Larry Hooper gets things underway in this Halloween show singing “This Old House” with the aid of some friendly ghosts. Sandi, Gail and Mary Lou sing “Put On A Happy Face” while Norma, the prettiest scarecrow you’ve ever seen sings “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.” You won’t forget Ken Delo’s “Shanty In Old Shanty Town” and you’re sure to agree it’s one of the best in a series of outstanding Welk Halloween Shows.