In The Groove: Songs that feel like Halloween without being Halloween songs

Listen to “In the Groove” with Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET.

"In The Groove" host Ryan Patrick Hooper in WDET's studios in Detroit.

The first ever Halloween special on In The Groove! And we did it together — your voicemails and picks on the groove hotline were incredible! Thanks to everyone who dropped a line and shared a song. Highlights include unreleased material from Detroit’s own Dark Red, Suicide, Misfits, Talking Heads and much more.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for Oct. 31, 2024

  • “Cough / Cool” – Misfits
  • “Ghost Rider” – Suicide
  • “Ghost Town” – The Specials
  • “Night Boat to Cairo” – Madness
  • “The Killing Moon” – Echo & the Bunnymen
  • “I Wanna Be Adored” – Stone Roses
  • “Lay Down In The Tall Grass” – Timber Timbre
  • “You Want It Darker” – Leonard Cohen
  • “Nightclubbing” – Iggy Pop
  • “The Shadow of Love” – The Damned
  • “Only A Shadow” – Cleaners From Venus
  • “My Name Is Death” – John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies
  • “Silent Shout” – The Knife
  • “Psycho Killer” – Talking Heads
  • “Spellbound (12″ Mix)” – Siouxsie & The Banshees
  • “Sour Times” – Portishead
  • “Phaedra” – Tangerine Dream
  • “Goodbye Horses” – Dark Red
  • “Helter Skelter” – The Beatles
  • “Halloween” – Dead Kennedys
  • “Transmission” – Joy Division
  • “Baba Yaga” – Shadow Show
  • “Season of the Witch” – Lana Del Rey
  • “Cajun Moon” – J.J. Cale
  • “Hurdy Gurdy Man” – Donovan
  • “Deamon Lover” – Shocking Blue
  • “Goo Goo Muck” – Cramps
  • “Spooky” – Dusty Springfield
  • “The Killing Moon (feat. Mélanie Pain)” – Nouvelle Vague
  • “Lullaby” – The Cure
  • “Night of the Vampire” – Roky Erickson
  • “Dracula’s Wedding (feat. Kelis)” – Andre 3000/OutKast
  • “Walk the Night” – The Phenomenal Handclap Band & Peaches
  • “Freaks Come Out At Night” – Whodini
  • “Thriller” – Michael Jackson

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  • Ryan Patrick Hooper inside the WDET studio.
    Ryan Patrick Hooper is the award-winning host of "In the Groove" on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. Hooper has covered stories for the New York Times, NPR, Detroit Free Press, Hour Detroit, SPIN and Paste magazine.