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The roots of this holiday come from Samhain, a Celtic festival of the Pagan religion. This festival celebrates the last summer harvest, where participants would dress up to scare off ghosts and ghouls.

They used to be made from turnips or potatoes. The tradition of making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween comes from an Irish legend about a man named Stingy Jack. People in Ireland and Scotland began carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes to ward off Stingy Jack and other evil spirits. In the United States, immigrants continued the tradition using pumpkins, which were native to America.

Part of modern day Romania, is predominantly ethnically Hungarian.

The goal is to prevent returning spirits from getting injured.

Harry Houdini, the famous magician and escape artist, passed on 10/31/26 at the age of 52.

The infamous Salem witch trials lasted for approximately one year between 1692 and 1693.

The judge who oversaw the trials was John Hathorne- his great-great grandson was Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose works reveal Hawthorne's guilt over the sins of his ancestor.

Back when apple peeling was a community-wide endeavor in New England, a young single woman would peel an apple in one long strand and toss the peel over her shoulder. If the peel landed in the shape of a letter, that was supposedly her future husband's initial. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/10/30/241924745/the-secret-steamy-history-of-halloween-apples

Could true love get any creepier? Common lore of the late 1800s to early 1900s said that single women could see the face of their future husband on Halloween by staring into a mirror in a darkened room.

In the 19th century, “tricks”—such as rattling windows and tying doors shut—were often made to look as though supernatural forces had conjured them. Some people offered candy as a way to protect their homes from pranksters, who might wreak havoc by disassembling farm equipment and reassembling it on a rooftop. By the early 20th century, some property owners had even begun to fight back and lawmakers encouraged communities to keep children in check with wholesome fun. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/the-history-of-trick-or-treating-and-how-it-became-a-halloween-tradition

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Snowy Colorado. When writer Paul Sheldon crashes his car in a blizzard, he's rescued by nefarious nurse (and his self-described “number one fan”) Annie Wilkes.

The popular students cruelly humiliate Carrie by dumping a bucket of pig's blood on her. This is a pivotal moment in the story, as it triggers Carrie to unleash her hidden telekinetic powers in a rampage of revenge.

Pennywise, who makes a habit of terrorizing the residents of Derry, Maine.

The Overlook Hotel was inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, which is known for its own spooky reputation.

If you dare to watch the cursed videotape, you receive a phone call and a disembodied voice cryptically says, "Seven days." It's not a friendly reminder of your weekly schedule, it's a terrifying countdown.

Egon tells the other members of the Ghostbusters' team that crossing the streams of their proton packs would be bad, and could lead to death for them and possibly many others. However, in the final battle with Gozer and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the team has no other choice but to attempt the risky maneuver. They cross the streams, destroying the spectral creature and saving the city.