Welcome to this year's third installment of an enticing index of hawkeye musical horrors!

In this aural assault, we present an unique unit of punk, experimental, electronic, progressive, psychedelic, goth, metal, and industrial rock music to give creepiess and crawlies.


And to help with the creepies and crawlies, we present a little lecture on The Van Meter Visitor and Other Iowa Dragons.


Art by Dean Sturtevant
greenunicornart.com
www.facebook.com/GreenUnicornArt/

In 1903, apparently some smelly manbat creature terrorized the town of Van Meter, shooting a bright light out of its head. Bullets had no effect on it.

It was said to have come out of the mines. And after it finished harassing the town, it was never seen from again.

Whether it had anything to do with the strange "flying ships" with strange men that crashed 8 years earlier in Iowa is unknown.


In the early 2000s, Burlington residents saw a strange flying reptile with a 15-foot wing span and snake-like body flying over its town.

And supposably, the city of Grand Mound sees them regularly.


And sort of related, a giant crow with a 8 foot wingspan was spotted between Marshalltown and Nevada in 2009.


So some nice pleasant stories to think as you listen to the following tunes....


More IMSC posts featuring Halloween:
iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/Halloween

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TRACK LISTING:
For more information, click on the link below the track.

Cover by Dean Sturtevant
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/10/ep-52-cover-by-dean-sturtevant.html)

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase Halloween theme by Russ Kendall
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/10/iowa-music-showcase-theme-halloween.html)

Song 1 - "They Want Brains (They're Coming To Get You, Barbara!)" by Mega Blast
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/10/ep-54-song-1-they-want-brains-theyre.html)

Song 2 - "Come My Sweet in Lace" by Violet's Embrace
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/10/ep-54-song-2-come-my-sweet-in-lace-by.html)

Song 3 - "Creepshow" by Space Burial
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/10/ep-54-song-3-creepshow-by-space-burial.html)

Song 4 - "Bloodwine" by The Post Mortems
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/10/ep-54-song-4-bloodwine-by-post-mortems.html)

Song 5 - "Murder Blood" by The Saddleback Zombies
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/10/ep-54-song-5-murder-blood-by-saddleback.html)

Song 6 - "All the Lights Are Fluorescent" by Tom Hummer
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/10/ep-54-song-6-all-lights-are-fluorescent.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase Halloween theme 2 by Jessica Villegas
(iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2016/10/ep-34-iowa-music-showcase-halloween.html)

All songs, artwork, and photography are copyrighted by the performers, composers, artists, and photographers, and used by their kind permission.


Next episode: The last of this year's Hawkeye musical horrors and a discussion on our state's evil spirits!

One year ago...
Episode 36: Happy Hawkeye Halloween 2016, Part 3 of 4 - The Lightning Strikes -http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/10/episode-36-happy-hawkeye-halloween-part.html

Two years ago...
Episode 18 - Happy Hawkeye Halloween! 2015, The Eerie Version -
iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2015/10/episode-18-happy-hawkeye-halloween-2015.html

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