31 Days of Halloween | Day 28: The Hungry Ghost Festival - China's Hopping Dead

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31 Days of Halloween | Day 30: Devil's Night - Halloween's Most Dangerous Tradition

On Halloween morning in 1984, smoke hung over the city of Detroit.Over the previous three nights, firefighters had responded to an astonishing 810 fires.Homes, businesses, and abandoned buildings burned as an annual tradition of Halloween mischief spiraled into something far more ...  Show more

31 Days of Halloween | Day 29: Appalachian Folklore — Witches, Ghosts, and Death Omens

Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, families once believed that death could announce itself long before it arrived.A bird flying into the house. Three mysterious knocks at the door. A dog howling through the night.And sometimes, hidden inside the feather pillow of a dying person, ...  Show more

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