STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now let's talk a little more about fear. On Halloween...</s>UNIDENTIFIED CHILD ACTORS: (As characters) Trick or treat.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's remember, trick or treat is a choice.</s>JULIE BOWEN: (As Claire) Would you like some candy?</s>UNIDENTIFIED CHILD ACTORS: (As characters) Yeah.</s>JULIE BOWEN: (As Claire) Or would you rather have this?</s>UNIDENTIFIED CHILD ACTORS: (As characters, screaming).</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: That's from the TV show "Modern Family" in which a mother offers a fake heart spurting blood. She is dedicated to freaking out her neighbors. Now we want to hear about your Halloween tricks - what you hide in the candy bowl or the creepy sound at the door.</s>CASEY KASEM: (As Shaggy) Like, tell me that's you, Scoob.</s>SCOTT INNES: (As Scooby) Uh-uh (ph).</s>CASEY KASEM: (As Shaggy) I don't think it's me either.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Ruh-roh (ph). Use a smartphone to record your story as a brief voice memo. If sounds are a big part of your tricks, send those, too, and email us at nprcrowdsource@npr.org with the subject line, Halloween scare. Include your first and last name and where you live in the recording. It could air on our show later this week. And the show is MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
When you give out candy, does your treat come with a trick? Morning Edition wants to know what listeners do to scare Halloween guests. Send a voice memo describing the trick to nprcrowdsource@npr.org.