Program 502: Haunted America; Markets of Provence; Belgian Treats

Hear about America's spookiest spots, then take a virtual stroll past the colorful, fragrant stalls of a Provencal farmers market with author Marjorie R. Williams. And listen in as some Belgians get nostalgic discussing the hearty comfort foods of their homeland.

• Terrance Zepke, author of "A Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Most Haunted Places in America" (Safari Publishing)
• Marjorie R. Williams, author of "Markets of Provence" (St. Martin's Griffin)
• Ferdi Menghi, tour guide from Belgium
• Nina Dierckx, tour guide from Belgium 

• You can listen to an extended version of Terrance's interview in an all-Halloween-themed edition of Travel with Rick Steves on program #304a, from October 2015. 
• The actively-haunted places Terrance references in today's interview include The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia, the underground Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Oregon, the Bird Cage Theater-Saloon in Tombstone, Arizona, the Queen Mary ocean liner/hotel in Long Beach, California, and Bobby Mackey's nightclub, just outside Cincinnati in Wilder, Kentucky. 
• Marjorie includes regularly-updated blog entries about markets in France and New England on her website.
• The New York Times posted a Q and A with Marjorie about her Provence market guide. 
• Rick says that L'Isle sur la Sorgue is one of his favorite small towns in Provence.  He and Marjorie also talk about visiting markets in the towns of Arles, Aix-en-Provence, and Lourmarin.
• Rick, Nina and Ferdi reference Vincent Van Gogh's painting of "The Potato Eaters."