Don’t miss this week’s spooky specials
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010
After you’ve bought your candy, perfected your costume, and carved your pumpkin, take a break and get in the mood for Halloween with KET. Scary (but not too scary) specials include a trip to Pompeii’s neighboring city; a walk through some of the country’s most interesting cemeteries; a profile of a very special mummy; and visits from witches, haunted houses, ghosts, and more.
First, Secrets of the Dead travels to Herculaneum. Just a few miles from fabled Pompeii, this city was also buried and frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. But unlike Pompeii, it was not suffocated by falling ash but instead engulfed by blistering pyroclastic flows. “Herculaneum Uncovered” airs tonight at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET2.
Also tonight, Things That Go Bump in the Night details some of New England’s most bone-chilling stories, myths, and legends at 9/8 p.m. CT on KET2. And, A Cemetery Special provides an unusual and informative look at graves, monuments, family plots, and memorial sculpture at 10/9 p.m. CT on KET2.
Then, tomorrow at 10/9 p.m. CT on KET, Trail of the Mummy reconstructs the life and times of Anchhor, an Egyptian Priest who lived around 650 B.C. in the ancient city of Thebes. His mummified body is one of the few that have been recovered fully intact. And, The Hopewell Haunting investigates a haunted house in Greenup County at 10:30/9:30 p.m. CT on KET2.
This weekend, The Haunting Tradition retells tales of the supernatural passed on through generations of Western Kentucky storytellers on Sunday, Oct. 31 at 9/8 p.m. CT on KET2. And finally, The Bell Witch Legend, airing Sunday, Oct. 31 at 10/9 p.m. CT on KET2, shares the story of a sinister entity that tormented a pioneer family on Tennessee’s early frontier between 1817 and 1821 on.
Happy Halloween!
Cast Your Vote
KET public affairs gears up for Election 2010
Friday, Oct. 27, 2010
KET continues the Commonwealth’s most extensive election coverage and analysis this Sunday with a 90-minute block of issue-related programming, beginning with Comment on Kentucky at 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m. CT. At 1 p.m./noon CT, One to One with Bill Goodman and Connections with Renee Shaw examine the latest thoughts and analysis from pundits and opinion leaders on their election preview programs.
On the eve of Election Day, the state’s party leadership joins Kentucky Tonight to discuss final strategies and analysis. The program airs Monday, Nov. 1 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET.
And, live Election Day coverage begins at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET on Election 2010: The Vote; returns begin at 7/6 p.m. CT during PBS NewsHour.
Visit www.ket.org/election to watch candidate videos from KET’s vast archives and share your comments.