Halloween

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10/12/2022
  

  "Rainbow Fentanyl" Just the Latest Halloween Moral Panic

  by Joel Best

  From razor blades to opioids, the author has researched every Halloween panic since the 1950s and found no evidence of any child being harmed by any of them. Today, politicians are feeding equally ludicrous narratives to keep people scared. 

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• SOURCE: joelowndes.org
  10/27/2020
  

  Election Dread: David Duke, Halloween, and Premonitions of Our Political Moment

  by Joe Lowndes

  "There is a straight line from Buchanan to Trump, or rather from Duke to Trump, that stretches back to the fall of 1991, and before." 

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• SOURCE: History.com
  10/19/2020
  

  Why Do Witches Ride Brooms? The History Behind the Legend

  The image of the broom-riding witch originated in symbols of religous heresy and rumors of occult rituals. But most of the records come from religious inquisitors and are not necessarily reliable.

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• 11/5/19
  

  The Ghosts of Founders Past

  by Jason Pack

  Halloween held a ghoulish surprise for American President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. As a result of their hubris, they were both forced to watch their longstanding dreams of unbridled executive authority die in the ditch of rule of law.

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• SOURCE: Bay Area Reporter
  10/30/19
  

  Recalling Purple Hands protests of 1969 on Halloween

  by Marc Stein

  Halloween has long been one of the queerest of holidays, but on October 31, 1969, San Francisco LGBT activists found new ways to confront their terrifying fears of media misrepresentations and police violence.

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• SOURCE: Time
  10/30/19
  

  The Medieval History Behind Our Halloween Fascination With Skeletons

  by Jack Hartnell

  As such powerful markers of death, the medieval bones could also be made into more fantastical things.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10/29/19
  

  Rabies’ horrifying symptoms inspired folktales of humans turned into werewolves, vampires and other monsters

  by Jessica Wang

  The author's new book, “Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers: Rabies, Medicine, and Society in an American Metropolis, 1840-1920,” explores the hidden meanings behind the ways people talked about rabies.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  10/25/19
  

  How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth

  The name, jack-o'-lantern, comes from an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack.

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• SOURCE: Pew Research
  2/11/19
  

  About a third of Americans say blackface in a Halloween costume is acceptable at least sometimes

  The survey was conducted almost entirely before news broke about Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and other high-profile politicians who have been accused of wearing blackface as part of costumes when they were younger.

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• 10/28/18
  

  JFK's Humanitarian Halloween

  by William Lambers

  There are plenty of places that need help today.

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• 10-26-17
  

  We Are Spending Six Times More on Halloween Candy and Costumes than We Do to Feed the Poor Overseas

  by William Lambers

  Can’t we do better?

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• SOURCE: History channel
  10-19-17
  

  Thank This Man For Your Last-Minute Halloween Costume

  His name was Ben Cooper and he created the market for licensed Halloween costumes.

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• SOURCE: History channel
  10-10-17
  

  How Donald Duck and Peanuts Saved Trick-or-Treating

  It took the combined efforts of cartoons, comics and candy manufacturers to resurrect trick-or-treating after World War II and make it what it is today.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Examiner
  10-5-17
  

  Connecticut historian ridicules Trump with Halloween display of a pirate ship

  Trump is described as “the mad king.”

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• SOURCE: New Republic
  11-3-16
  

  Hollywood’s got another movie out involving racism

  This one’s about the case of the interracial couple who fought to win the right to marry.

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• SOURCE: ATTN:
  10-27-16
  

  Your Halloween Candy Has a Racist History

  Candy companies used to market candy differently to whites and blacks.

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• 10-27-14
  

  Classic Fright Fests and Old Movies Highlight Halloween

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Horror movies have had their fans since the 1920s. Frankenstein, Dracula and company have wandered over the earth and the silver screen with shivering majesty for generations.

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• SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor
  10-31-13
  

  How Adults Stole Halloween from American Children

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  The sexy-costume trend reveals how far we have strayed from the truly naughty roots of Halloween.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  10-18-13
  

  Why do we fear poisoned Halloween candy?

  Blame the media.