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

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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 28: The Hungry Ghost Festival - China's Hopping Dead

In August 1872, the Chinese community of Los Angeles gathered on a street where, just ten months earlier, a violent mob had murdered approximately eighteen Chinese men and boys.They weren't there to celebrate.They were there to feed the dead.According to traditional Chinese belie ...  Show more

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