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[ thunder crashes ]
>> narrator: it's coming.
there's no escape.

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>> narrator: it's coming.
there's no escape.
>> [ screams ]

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there's no escape.
>> [ screams ]
>> narrator: on halloween, the

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>> [ screams ]
>> narrator: on halloween, the
veil between this world and the

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>> narrator: on halloween, the
veil between this world and the
next will lift.

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veil between this world and the
next will lift.
and then...

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next will lift.
and then...
all hell breaks loose.

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and then...
all hell breaks loose.
people have been scaring each

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all hell breaks loose.
people have been scaring each
other for as long as there's

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people have been scaring each
other for as long as there's
been a halloween.

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other for as long as there's
been a halloween.
but how long is that?

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been a halloween.
but how long is that?
where does it come from?

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but how long is that?
where does it come from?
and why do we put on disguises

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where does it come from?
and why do we put on disguises
and carve jack-o'-lanterns to

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and why do we put on disguises
and carve jack-o'-lanterns to
indulge our darkest fears?

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and carve jack-o'-lanterns to
indulge our darkest fears?
unlocking the secrets of

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indulge our darkest fears?
unlocking the secrets of
halloween means discovering how

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unlocking the secrets of
halloween means discovering how
it all began thousands of years

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halloween means discovering how
it all began thousands of years
ago.

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it all began thousands of years
ago.
so lock the doors, dim the

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ago.
so lock the doors, dim the
lights, and don't be scared, as

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so lock the doors, dim the
lights, and don't be scared, as
we dig up the real story of

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lights, and don't be scared, as
we dig up the real story of
halloween.

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how can you describe halloween
without sounding insane?
masked children come to our

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without sounding insane?
masked children come to our
doors and threaten us.

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masked children come to our
doors and threaten us.
in return, we give them candy.

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doors and threaten us.
in return, we give them candy.
but why?

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in return, we give them candy.
but why?
why do we carve faces into

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but why?
why do we carve faces into
fruit, then light candles inside

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why do we carve faces into
fruit, then light candles inside
them?

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fruit, then light candles inside
them?
and why do we adorn our homes

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them?
and why do we adorn our homes
with coffins and tombstones?

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and why do we adorn our homes
with coffins and tombstones?
the truth is we take great

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with coffins and tombstones?
the truth is we take great
pleasure in scaring ourselves...

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the truth is we take great
pleasure in scaring ourselves...
to death.

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>> halloween is about being
someone else.
it's about getting outside your

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someone else.
it's about getting outside your
own skin.

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and i think we tolerate it
because we know it's one night.
>> narrator: this impulse to

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because we know it's one night.
>> narrator: this impulse to
confront our fears of life and

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>> narrator: this impulse to
confront our fears of life and
of death and make sport of

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confront our fears of life and
of death and make sport of
them -- it's ancient, and so are

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of death and make sport of
them -- it's ancient, and so are
our treasured halloween

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them -- it's ancient, and so are
our treasured halloween
traditions.

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our treasured halloween
traditions.
[ clock ticking ]

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traditions.
[ clock ticking ]
when did halloween begin?

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>> and its ancient origins go
back to the old celtic calendar,
and the old celtic tribes

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back to the old celtic calendar,
and the old celtic tribes
divided the year between a light

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and the old celtic tribes
divided the year between a light
half and a dark half.

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and samhain, their ancient
holiday, was the precursor to
our halloween.

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holiday, was the precursor to
our halloween.
it was the beginning of the dark

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our halloween.
it was the beginning of the dark
half.

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it was the beginning of the dark
half.
>> narrator: thousands of years

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half.
>> narrator: thousands of years
ago, the celts, one of europe's

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>> narrator: thousands of years
ago, the celts, one of europe's
early tribes, celebrated their

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ago, the celts, one of europe's
early tribes, celebrated their
samhain harvest festival with

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early tribes, celebrated their
samhain harvest festival with
bonfires on the night of

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samhain harvest festival with
bonfires on the night of
october 31st to welcome their

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bonfires on the night of
october 31st to welcome their
new year.

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october 31st to welcome their
new year.
for ancient peoples, harvest was

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new year.
for ancient peoples, harvest was
a matter of life and death.

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for ancient peoples, harvest was
a matter of life and death.
if crops failed, people starved.

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a matter of life and death.
if crops failed, people starved.
death was always close.

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>> it was a bit of a warning,
you know?
it's gonna get cold and dark.

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you know?
it's gonna get cold and dark.
gather together, come home, and

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it's gonna get cold and dark.
gather together, come home, and
don't send anybody out alone in

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gather together, come home, and
don't send anybody out alone in
the dark.

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don't send anybody out alone in
the dark.
>> narrator: but the celts

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the dark.
>> narrator: but the celts
believed there was even more to

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>> narrator: but the celts
believed there was even more to
samhain.

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>> what marked samhain in this
transition from light to dark
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transition from light to dark
was that time and space became
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and so that spirits not only of
the dead but of the past or of
other realities could sort of

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the dead but of the past or of
other realities could sort of
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other realities could sort of
wander into our reality, and
humans could wander out and get

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wander into our reality, and
humans could wander out and get
lost in the other world as well.

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>> the veil between life and
death was at its thinnest, and
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death was at its thinnest, and
the living and the dead could
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and that's at the root of all
the halloween celebrations.
>> narrator: stories persist of

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the halloween celebrations.
>> narrator: stories persist of
people on samhain night getting

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>> narrator: stories persist of
people on samhain night getting
trapped in the other world and

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people on samhain night getting
trapped in the other world and
of the dead appearing among the

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trapped in the other world and
of the dead appearing among the
living.

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of the dead appearing among the
living.
but the truth is we know

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living.
but the truth is we know
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we can only guess that their
bonfires likely drew one
familiar halloween icon -- a

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bonfires likely drew one
familiar halloween icon -- a
thing familiar yet frightening

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familiar halloween icon -- a
thing familiar yet frightening
to many -- the bat.

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thing familiar yet frightening
to many -- the bat.
>> before there was electricity,

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to many -- the bat.
>> before there was electricity,
the only way you would have seen

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>> before there was electricity,
the only way you would have seen
a bat would have been by the

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the only way you would have seen
a bat would have been by the
firelight.

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and, in fact, you probably would
have seen it around the fire
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have seen it around the fire
because bats eat insects and
insects are attracted to the

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because bats eat insects and
insects are attracted to the
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insects are attracted to the
light.
>> narrator: bats come out at

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light.
>> narrator: bats come out at
night, and nighttime was scary

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>> narrator: bats come out at
night, and nighttime was scary
time.

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night, and nighttime was scary
time.
so, if bats are the best and

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time.
so, if bats are the best and
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so, if bats are the best and
baddest part of your halloween,
you might just credit ancient

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baddest part of your halloween,
you might just credit ancient
people like the celts.

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you might just credit ancient
people like the celts.
and they weren't the only

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people like the celts.
and they weren't the only
ancient culture with creepy

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and they weren't the only
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ancient culture with creepy
traditions.
others also looked to their

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traditions.
others also looked to their
dead.

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others also looked to their
dead.
>> many, many cultures sort of

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dead.
>> many, many cultures sort of
set aside a day or a couple of

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>> many, many cultures sort of
set aside a day or a couple of
days to ritually celebrate and

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set aside a day or a couple of
days to ritually celebrate and
recognize the dead.

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days to ritually celebrate and
recognize the dead.
an interesting thing is you find

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recognize the dead.
an interesting thing is you find
a lot of them at about the same

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an interesting thing is you find
a lot of them at about the same
time period, especially in

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a lot of them at about the same
time period, especially in
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time period, especially in
agricultural societies, because,
if you think about it, you know,

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agricultural societies, because,
if you think about it, you know,
spring -- things come up out of

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if you think about it, you know,
spring -- things come up out of
the ground, they're very green.

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spring -- things come up out of
the ground, they're very green.
you harvest in the middle of the

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the ground, they're very green.
you harvest in the middle of the
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you harvest in the middle of the
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summer.
and towards the fall, when it
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>> narrator: but how did these
ancient traditions survive into
our modern era?

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ancient traditions survive into
our modern era?
in western culture, they were

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our modern era?
in western culture, they were
preserved by, of all people,

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in western culture, they were
preserved by, of all people,
christians.

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preserved by, of all people,
christians.
in a bizarre twist of history,

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christians.
in a bizarre twist of history,
as christianity spread, it

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in a bizarre twist of history,
as christianity spread, it
adopted and reimagined pagan

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as christianity spread, it
adopted and reimagined pagan
folkways rather than try to

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adopted and reimagined pagan
folkways rather than try to
stamp them out.

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folkways rather than try to
stamp them out.
this made it easier to convert

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stamp them out.
this made it easier to convert
pagans.

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this made it easier to convert
pagans.
a key pagan festival destined to

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pagans.
a key pagan festival destined to
get a christian makeover was

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a key pagan festival destined to
get a christian makeover was
lemuria, when celebrants

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get a christian makeover was
lemuria, when celebrants
placated the dead culminating on

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lemuria, when celebrants
placated the dead culminating on
may 13th.

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>> of all the different days
that they have in the roman
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that they have in the roman
calendar to celebrate the dead,
it was the spookiest.

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so, on the lemuria, what are
called the larvae, the ghosts
of the departed, would come up

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called the larvae, the ghosts
of the departed, would come up
and haunt people.

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of the departed, would come up
and haunt people.
>> narrator: to quell the dead,

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and haunt people.
>> narrator: to quell the dead,
pagan romans poured milk onto

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>> narrator: to quell the dead,
pagan romans poured milk onto
their graves or offered them

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pagan romans poured milk onto
their graves or offered them
little cakes.

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their graves or offered them
little cakes.
but the church co-opted lemuria

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little cakes.
but the church co-opted lemuria
in 609 a.d., turning may 13th

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but the church co-opted lemuria
in 609 a.d., turning may 13th
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in 609 a.d., turning may 13th
into all saints' day, a day to
honor the most holy of dead

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into all saints' day, a day to
honor the most holy of dead
christians.

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honor the most holy of dead
christians.
>> setting aside this day was an

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christians.
>> setting aside this day was an
attempt to christianize this

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>> setting aside this day was an
attempt to christianize this
very pagan festival, and yet at

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attempt to christianize this
very pagan festival, and yet at
the same time, what it did was

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very pagan festival, and yet at
the same time, what it did was
it kept a lot of the same themes

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the same time, what it did was
it kept a lot of the same themes
going.

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it kept a lot of the same themes
going.
>> narrator: the christianized

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going.
>> narrator: the christianized
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>> narrator: the christianized
version of lemuria was such a
success that church leaders made

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version of lemuria was such a
success that church leaders made
a decision that eventually gave

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success that church leaders made
a decision that eventually gave
rise to halloween.

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a decision that eventually gave
rise to halloween.
they moved all saints', or

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rise to halloween.
they moved all saints', or
hallows day, to november 1st

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they moved all saints', or
hallows day, to november 1st
to drain the life out of pagan

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hallows day, to november 1st
to drain the life out of pagan
samhain.

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to drain the life out of pagan
samhain.
because samhain fell on the

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samhain.
because samhain fell on the
night of october 31st, before

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because samhain fell on the
night of october 31st, before
all hallows day on november 1st,

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night of october 31st, before
all hallows day on november 1st,
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all hallows day on november 1st,
people started calling samhain
"all hallows evening" -- the

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people started calling samhain
"all hallows evening" -- the
evening before all hallows day.

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"all hallows evening" -- the
evening before all hallows day.
this shortened into

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evening before all hallows day.
this shortened into
"all hallows even" and finally

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this shortened into
"all hallows even" and finally
into "halloween."

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"all hallows even" and finally
into "halloween."
and then, to be safe, the church

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into "halloween."
and then, to be safe, the church
went one step further, adding a

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and then, to be safe, the church
went one step further, adding a
holiday to honor not just saints

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went one step further, adding a
holiday to honor not just saints
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holiday to honor not just saints
but everyday christians.
november 2nd became

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but everyday christians.
november 2nd became
all souls' day, a

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november 2nd became
all souls' day, a
church-sanctioned holiday to

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all souls' day, a
church-sanctioned holiday to
honor the departed.

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church-sanctioned holiday to
honor the departed.
>> this is real important for

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honor the departed.
>> this is real important for
halloween because this is where

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>> this is real important for
halloween because this is where
halloween gets its association

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halloween because this is where
halloween gets its association
with dead souls, death, and the

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halloween gets its association
with dead souls, death, and the
supernatural again.

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with dead souls, death, and the
supernatural again.
>> narrator: so, thank the

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supernatural again.
>> narrator: so, thank the
church for inspiring the creepy

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>> narrator: so, thank the
church for inspiring the creepy
essentials of halloween.

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church for inspiring the creepy
essentials of halloween.
but wait -- there's more.

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essentials of halloween.
but wait -- there's more.
the church also helped establish

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but wait -- there's more.
the church also helped establish
the tradition of

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the church also helped establish
the tradition of
trick-or-treating, sort of.

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the tradition of
trick-or-treating, sort of.
it all started during the

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trick-or-treating, sort of.
it all started during the
middle ages on all souls' day,

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it all started during the
middle ages on all souls' day,
when priests told christians to

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middle ages on all souls' day,
when priests told christians to
pray for souls trapped between

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when priests told christians to
pray for souls trapped between
heaven and hell in a netherworld

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pray for souls trapped between
heaven and hell in a netherworld
they called "purgatory."

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heaven and hell in a netherworld
they called "purgatory."
>> purgatory was not a pleasant

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they called "purgatory."
>> purgatory was not a pleasant
place.

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>> purgatory was not a pleasant
place.
it's not hell, it's not as bad

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place.
it's not hell, it's not as bad
as hell is, but it's still

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it's not hell, it's not as bad
as hell is, but it's still
probably pretty fiery.

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as hell is, but it's still
probably pretty fiery.
souls are kind of suffering

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probably pretty fiery.
souls are kind of suffering
there.

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souls are kind of suffering
there.
luckily, there is something that

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there.
luckily, there is something that
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luckily, there is something that
you could do.
you could offer up prayers for

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you could do.
you could offer up prayers for
them.

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>> narrator: how did souls get
out of purgatory?
according to the church, if

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out of purgatory?
according to the church, if
enough prayers were offered, a

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according to the church, if
enough prayers were offered, a
soul would fly up into heaven.

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this led to a medieval custom
that bears more than a striking
resemblance to our modern

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that bears more than a striking
resemblance to our modern
trick or treat.

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resemblance to our modern
trick or treat.
children would go souling,

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trick or treat.
children would go souling,
begging for soul cakes -- spiced

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children would go souling,
begging for soul cakes -- spiced
cakes filled with raisins.

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begging for soul cakes -- spiced
cakes filled with raisins.
in return for these treats, the

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cakes filled with raisins.
in return for these treats, the
beggars would offer up prayers

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in return for these treats, the
beggars would offer up prayers
for souls trapped in purgatory.

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beggars would offer up prayers
for souls trapped in purgatory.
while this forerunner to

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for souls trapped in purgatory.
while this forerunner to
trick or treat became an

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while this forerunner to
trick or treat became an
preoccupation for medieval

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trick or treat became an
preoccupation for medieval
christians, so did another

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preoccupation for medieval
christians, so did another
future essential of halloween...

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christians, so did another
future essential of halloween...
witches.

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>> it made perfect sense for
people in medieval times to
believe that there were demons

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people in medieval times to
believe that there were demons
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believe that there were demons
and witches.
and if there were demons and

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and witches.
and if there were demons and
witches and they were

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and if there were demons and
witches and they were
responsible for bad things in

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witches and they were
responsible for bad things in
the world, it made sense that

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responsible for bad things in
the world, it made sense that
you hunt them down and you kill

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the world, it made sense that
you hunt them down and you kill
them.

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that was their world view.
>> narrator: a witch panic in
the 16th century helped

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>> narrator: a witch panic in
the 16th century helped
establish the look of the

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the 16th century helped
establish the look of the
character that for many

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establish the look of the
character that for many
epitomizes halloween.

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character that for many
epitomizes halloween.
almost always women, witches

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epitomizes halloween.
almost always women, witches
were seen as in league with

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almost always women, witches
were seen as in league with
satan.

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were seen as in league with
satan.
>> they were probably the

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satan.
>> they were probably the
healers who had cures and

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>> they were probably the
healers who had cures and
folklore passed down orally

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healers who had cures and
folklore passed down orally
through generations.

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and at some point, that becomes
very suspicious for whatever
reason to the religious people

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very suspicious for whatever
reason to the religious people
around them.

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and a lot of the symbols that
were associated with these
women -- who probably often

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were associated with these
women -- who probably often
lived alone, may have been

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women -- who probably often
lived alone, may have been
somewhat eccentric, of course --

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lived alone, may have been
somewhat eccentric, of course --
end up becoming associated with

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somewhat eccentric, of course --
end up becoming associated with
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end up becoming associated with
witches.
>> narrator: over time, as more

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witches.
>> narrator: over time, as more
and more women were accused of

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>> narrator: over time, as more
and more women were accused of
witchcraft, their practical

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and more women were accused of
witchcraft, their practical
kitchen tools acquired sinister

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witchcraft, their practical
kitchen tools acquired sinister
dimensions...

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kitchen tools acquired sinister
dimensions...
and became model halloween

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dimensions...
and became model halloween
icons.

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and became model halloween
icons.
even something as mundane as a

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icons.
even something as mundane as a
broom became an instrument of

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even something as mundane as a
broom became an instrument of
evil...

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broom became an instrument of
evil...
as well as handy transportation.

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evil...
as well as handy transportation.
another accessory in every

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as well as handy transportation.
another accessory in every
witch's lair was perfect for

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another accessory in every
witch's lair was perfect for
brewing devilish potions --

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witch's lair was perfect for
brewing devilish potions --
the cauldron.

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brewing devilish potions --
the cauldron.
>> cauldrons become very

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the cauldron.
>> cauldrons become very
popular.

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>> cauldrons become very
popular.
again, it was something that

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popular.
again, it was something that
every household had in medieval

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again, it was something that
every household had in medieval
ages.

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every household had in medieval
ages.
it was your basic cooking

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ages.
it was your basic cooking
implement.

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it was your basic cooking
implement.
>> narrator: the pointed witch's

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implement.
>> narrator: the pointed witch's
hat was a variation on a

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>> narrator: the pointed witch's
hat was a variation on a
medieval countrywoman's hat.

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hat was a variation on a
medieval countrywoman's hat.
and, of course, the mysterious

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medieval countrywoman's hat.
and, of course, the mysterious
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and, of course, the mysterious
lurking killer with the glowing
eyes -- the cat.

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lurking killer with the glowing
eyes -- the cat.
>> it's not surprising that cats

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eyes -- the cat.
>> it's not surprising that cats
are associated with witches and

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>> it's not surprising that cats
are associated with witches and
halloween.

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cats can be a little enigmatic.
you don't really know what's
going on in their head.

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also, they used to hang out near
the hearth and by the brooms,
and so they became associated

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the hearth and by the brooms,
and so they became associated
with witchcraft and with

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and so they became associated
with witchcraft and with
halloween.

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with witchcraft and with
halloween.
>> narrator: black cats and

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halloween.
>> narrator: black cats and
witches, graveyards and

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>> narrator: black cats and
witches, graveyards and
ghosts -- the spooky elements of

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witches, graveyards and
ghosts -- the spooky elements of
america's great gothic holiday

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ghosts -- the spooky elements of
america's great gothic holiday
were taking shape.

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america's great gothic holiday
were taking shape.
these ghoulish icons would soon

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were taking shape.
these ghoulish icons would soon
make their way to the new world,

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these ghoulish icons would soon
make their way to the new world,
where they'd help create the

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make their way to the new world,
where they'd help create the
extravaganza we know today.

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[ crow caws ]
>> narrator: bonfires...
worshiping the dead...

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>> narrator: bonfires...
worshiping the dead...
begging for treats.

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worshiping the dead...
begging for treats.
the elements of our modern

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begging for treats.
the elements of our modern
halloween were haunting europe

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the elements of our modern
halloween were haunting europe
at the dawn of the 17th century.

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halloween were haunting europe
at the dawn of the 17th century.
but they hadn't yet collected

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at the dawn of the 17th century.
but they hadn't yet collected
into a spooky secular holiday.

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but they hadn't yet collected
into a spooky secular holiday.
history would now start

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into a spooky secular holiday.
history would now start
consolidating them and give life

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history would now start
consolidating them and give life
to an odd celebration of death.

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>> it's death that makes this
holiday, and whether it's the
threat of death if there is a

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holiday, and whether it's the
threat of death if there is a
bad harvest, the end of one

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threat of death if there is a
bad harvest, the end of one
order and the beginning of a

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bad harvest, the end of one
order and the beginning of a
new, this idea of the endless

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order and the beginning of a
new, this idea of the endless
cycle of life and death and

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new, this idea of the endless
cycle of life and death and
renewal is part of a lot of

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cycle of life and death and
renewal is part of a lot of
holidays, not just halloween.

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renewal is part of a lot of
holidays, not just halloween.
>> narrator: this period saw the

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holidays, not just halloween.
>> narrator: this period saw the
continued influence of one of

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>> narrator: this period saw the
continued influence of one of
halloween's most colorful icons,

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continued influence of one of
halloween's most colorful icons,
the mask.

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halloween's most colorful icons,
the mask.
it often appeared in tandem with

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the mask.
it often appeared in tandem with
another halloween tradition --

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it often appeared in tandem with
another halloween tradition --
destructiveness.

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rowdy beggars at all hallows eve
also guzzled their share of
alcohol.

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also guzzled their share of
alcohol.
and demands for food and drink

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alcohol.
and demands for food and drink
became more threatening.

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and demands for food and drink
became more threatening.
masks helped hide their

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became more threatening.
masks helped hide their
identities.

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>> in britain, they got into
some very particular forms that
involved dressing in costumes

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some very particular forms that
involved dressing in costumes
and going house to house to

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involved dressing in costumes
and going house to house to
present these little plays.

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and going house to house to
present these little plays.
and at the end of the

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present these little plays.
and at the end of the
performance, they would be

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and at the end of the
performance, they would be
rewarded with food and sometimes

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performance, they would be
rewarded with food and sometimes
money.

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>> narrator: was this trick or
treat?
not quite.

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treat?
not quite.
but the resemblance was there.

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not quite.
but the resemblance was there.
in 17th-century england, many of

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but the resemblance was there.
in 17th-century england, many of
these customs survived only in

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in 17th-century england, many of
these customs survived only in
rural areas.

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these customs survived only in
rural areas.
but they would soon turn up in

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rural areas.
but they would soon turn up in
the city streets, thanks to a

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but they would soon turn up in
the city streets, thanks to a
pro-catholic terrorist named

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the city streets, thanks to a
pro-catholic terrorist named
guy fawkes.

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pro-catholic terrorist named
guy fawkes.
on november 5, 1605, fawkes

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guy fawkes.
on november 5, 1605, fawkes
tried to blow up london's

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on november 5, 1605, fawkes
tried to blow up london's
house of lords with 36 kegs of

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tried to blow up london's
house of lords with 36 kegs of
gunpowder.

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>> guy fawkes was tried, found
guilty, and hanged.
and according to legend, his

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guilty, and hanged.
and according to legend, his
body was then drawn and

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and according to legend, his
body was then drawn and
quartered, and the pieces were

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body was then drawn and
quartered, and the pieces were
thrown into a fire.

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>> narrator: the next year, on
the anniversary of the failed
plot, and every year that

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the anniversary of the failed
plot, and every year that
followed, the children of london

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plot, and every year that
followed, the children of london
mocked the memory of guy fawkes

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followed, the children of london
mocked the memory of guy fawkes
by causing chaos in the

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mocked the memory of guy fawkes
by causing chaos in the
streets...

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by causing chaos in the
streets...
parading, begging, and building

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streets...
parading, begging, and building
bonfires.

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parading, begging, and building
bonfires.
today, all over england, this is

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bonfires.
today, all over england, this is
called guy fawkes day, or

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today, all over england, this is
called guy fawkes day, or
bonfire night.

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called guy fawkes day, or
bonfire night.
>> now, guy fawkes day fell on

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bonfire night.
>> now, guy fawkes day fell on
november 5th, which was very

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>> now, guy fawkes day fell on
november 5th, which was very
close to halloween, so a lot of

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november 5th, which was very
close to halloween, so a lot of
the energy that was focused on

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close to halloween, so a lot of
the energy that was focused on
halloween sort of shifted toward

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the energy that was focused on
halloween sort of shifted toward
guy fawkes day.

368
00:14:29,803 --> 00:14:31,169
halloween sort of shifted toward
guy fawkes day.
>> narrator: while it wasn't our

369
00:14:31,171 --> 00:14:32,503
guy fawkes day.
>> narrator: while it wasn't our
halloween yet, it had all the

370
00:14:32,505 --> 00:14:34,539
>> narrator: while it wasn't our
halloween yet, it had all the
signs -- children and adults

371
00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:36,174
halloween yet, it had all the
signs -- children and adults
alike taking advantage of the

372
00:14:36,176 --> 00:14:38,509
signs -- children and adults
alike taking advantage of the
darkness and letting loose.

373
00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:39,811
alike taking advantage of the
darkness and letting loose.
but would this pagan form of

374
00:14:39,813 --> 00:14:41,880
darkness and letting loose.
but would this pagan form of
celebration make its way across

375
00:14:41,882 --> 00:14:43,882
but would this pagan form of
celebration make its way across
the atlantic to disrupt the

376
00:14:43,884 --> 00:14:46,217
celebration make its way across
the atlantic to disrupt the
sanctuary of the new world?

377
00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:47,986
the atlantic to disrupt the
sanctuary of the new world?
not if colonial puritans had

378
00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:50,121
sanctuary of the new world?
not if colonial puritans had
their way.

379
00:14:50,123 --> 00:14:51,322
not if colonial puritans had
their way.
>> narrator: for the puritans of

380
00:14:51,324 --> 00:14:52,624
their way.
>> narrator: for the puritans of
new england, the supernatural

381
00:14:52,626 --> 00:14:54,792
>> narrator: for the puritans of
new england, the supernatural
was a dark, menacing force, not

382
00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:56,861
new england, the supernatural
was a dark, menacing force, not
a harmless superstition worthy

383
00:14:56,863 --> 00:14:58,963
was a dark, menacing force, not
a harmless superstition worthy
of inspiring a holiday.

384
00:14:58,965 --> 00:15:00,598
a harmless superstition worthy
of inspiring a holiday.
despite their efforts to kill

385
00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,300
of inspiring a holiday.
despite their efforts to kill
the halloween tradition before

386
00:15:02,302 --> 00:15:04,002
despite their efforts to kill
the halloween tradition before
it took hold, there were a few

387
00:15:04,004 --> 00:15:05,570
the halloween tradition before
it took hold, there were a few
guy fawkes celebrations that

388
00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:07,338
it took hold, there were a few
guy fawkes celebrations that
made their way to the shores of

389
00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:10,675
guy fawkes celebrations that
made their way to the shores of
america.

390
00:15:10,677 --> 00:15:12,477
made their way to the shores of
america.
other settlers tolerated or even

391
00:15:12,479 --> 00:15:14,145
america.
other settlers tolerated or even
embraced the traditions that

392
00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:17,782
other settlers tolerated or even
embraced the traditions that
threatened the puritans.

393
00:15:17,784 --> 00:15:19,150
embraced the traditions that
threatened the puritans.
and seeds were planted for the

394
00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:20,585
threatened the puritans.
and seeds were planted for the
holiday that would morph into

395
00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:23,488
and seeds were planted for the
holiday that would morph into
our american halloween.

396
00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:26,424
holiday that would morph into
our american halloween.
>> for example, there's an 1833

397
00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:29,527
our american halloween.
>> for example, there's an 1833
description of a halloween --

398
00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:31,162
>> for example, there's an 1833
description of a halloween --
not even so much a party but

399
00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:32,830
description of a halloween --
not even so much a party but
just a small gathering where

400
00:15:32,832 --> 00:15:34,666
not even so much a party but
just a small gathering where
they told ghost stories around a

401
00:15:34,668 --> 00:15:38,670
just a small gathering where
they told ghost stories around a
fire.

402
00:15:38,672 --> 00:15:40,538
they told ghost stories around a
fire.
>> narrator: but now one more

403
00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:42,407
fire.
>> narrator: but now one more
spooky standby, the image of a

404
00:15:42,409 --> 00:15:44,175
>> narrator: but now one more
spooky standby, the image of a
spirit or ghost, would join

405
00:15:44,177 --> 00:15:45,877
spooky standby, the image of a
spirit or ghost, would join
witches and skeletons in a

406
00:15:45,879 --> 00:15:49,781
spirit or ghost, would join
witches and skeletons in a
macabre halloween dance.

407
00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:51,883
witches and skeletons in a
macabre halloween dance.
by the mid-19th century, america

408
00:15:51,885 --> 00:15:53,484
macabre halloween dance.
by the mid-19th century, america
was primed for a much darker

409
00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:59,324
by the mid-19th century, america
was primed for a much darker
holiday...

410
00:15:59,326 --> 00:16:01,192
was primed for a much darker
holiday...
having endured four long years

411
00:16:01,194 --> 00:16:03,928
holiday...
having endured four long years
of civil war that ended in 1865

412
00:16:03,930 --> 00:16:07,932
having endured four long years
of civil war that ended in 1865
with over a half million dead.

413
00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:15,206
>> there were so many unclaimed,
unknown dead bodies that the
civil war left behind that this

414
00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:16,774
unknown dead bodies that the
civil war left behind that this
country was obsessed with death.

415
00:16:16,942 --> 00:16:23,715
and mostly it was that so many
of these soldiers died unknown.
we don't know what happened to

416
00:16:23,717 --> 00:16:24,282
of these soldiers died unknown.
we don't know what happened to
them.

417
00:16:24,284 --> 00:16:26,284
we don't know what happened to
them.
so, there was a huge sense of,

418
00:16:26,286 --> 00:16:28,052
them.
so, there was a huge sense of,
"they could come back.

419
00:16:28,054 --> 00:16:29,921
so, there was a huge sense of,
"they could come back.
maybe they're not dead."

420
00:16:29,923 --> 00:16:31,189
"they could come back.
maybe they're not dead."
it makes perfect sense that

421
00:16:31,191 --> 00:16:32,423
maybe they're not dead."
it makes perfect sense that
people would tell more ghost

422
00:16:32,425 --> 00:16:33,091
it makes perfect sense that
people would tell more ghost
stories.

423
00:16:33,093 --> 00:16:34,859
people would tell more ghost
stories.
and the very first halloween

424
00:16:34,861 --> 00:16:36,861
stories.
and the very first halloween
ghost stories were about people

425
00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:39,297
and the very first halloween
ghost stories were about people
coming back home.

426
00:16:39,299 --> 00:16:40,631
ghost stories were about people
coming back home.
>> narrator: it's at this time

427
00:16:40,633 --> 00:16:42,300
coming back home.
>> narrator: it's at this time
that america's halloween story

428
00:16:42,302 --> 00:16:43,368
>> narrator: it's at this time
that america's halloween story
really begins.

429
00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:45,403
that america's halloween story
really begins.
after the civil war, when scots

430
00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:47,238
really begins.
after the civil war, when scots
and irish immigrants brought

431
00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,273
after the civil war, when scots
and irish immigrants brought
their rural, old-world halloween

432
00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:51,242
and irish immigrants brought
their rural, old-world halloween
customs with them, they helped

433
00:16:51,244 --> 00:16:53,244
their rural, old-world halloween
customs with them, they helped
to establish even more american

434
00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:55,079
customs with them, they helped
to establish even more american
halloween traditions.

435
00:16:55,081 --> 00:16:56,714
to establish even more american
halloween traditions.
>> for the scots, it was a

436
00:16:56,716 --> 00:16:58,583
halloween traditions.
>> for the scots, it was a
little bit of a scarier night.

437
00:16:58,585 --> 00:17:00,284
>> for the scots, it was a
little bit of a scarier night.
until fairly late, we're still

438
00:17:00,286 --> 00:17:02,020
little bit of a scarier night.
until fairly late, we're still
talking about the appearance of

439
00:17:02,022 --> 00:17:04,722
until fairly late, we're still
talking about the appearance of
bogeys on halloween.

440
00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:05,957
talking about the appearance of
bogeys on halloween.
>> narrator: bogeys, or

441
00:17:05,959 --> 00:17:07,258
bogeys on halloween.
>> narrator: bogeys, or
bogeymen, were sort of

442
00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:09,627
>> narrator: bogeys, or
bogeymen, were sort of
amorphous pestering ghosts that

443
00:17:09,629 --> 00:17:11,262
bogeymen, were sort of
amorphous pestering ghosts that
plagued children, hiding under

444
00:17:11,264 --> 00:17:13,331
amorphous pestering ghosts that
plagued children, hiding under
beds or tapping on windows or

445
00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:17,301
plagued children, hiding under
beds or tapping on windows or
lurking by a gate or turnstile.

446
00:17:17,303 --> 00:17:19,370
beds or tapping on windows or
lurking by a gate or turnstile.
>> there was a belief that there

447
00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,205
lurking by a gate or turnstile.
>> there was a belief that there
was a bogey on every stile,

448
00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:22,774
>> there was a belief that there
was a bogey on every stile,
which meant on halloween night,

449
00:17:22,776 --> 00:17:24,175
was a bogey on every stile,
which meant on halloween night,
you could cross any gate, and

450
00:17:24,177 --> 00:17:25,777
which meant on halloween night,
you could cross any gate, and
there might be something sitting

451
00:17:25,779 --> 00:17:27,812
you could cross any gate, and
there might be something sitting
there, waiting to get you.

452
00:17:28,013 --> 00:17:31,682
>> narrator: halloween's
signature symbol, the
jack-o'-lantern, also began as

453
00:17:31,684 --> 00:17:33,251
signature symbol, the
jack-o'-lantern, also began as
a european tradition.

454
00:17:33,419 --> 00:17:38,656
but the prototype wasn't carved
from a pumpkin.
>> there's a great legend about

455
00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:40,324
from a pumpkin.
>> there's a great legend about
a character named

456
00:17:40,326 --> 00:17:42,193
>> there's a great legend about
a character named
jack-o'-lantern.

457
00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:43,928
a character named
jack-o'-lantern.
>> and jack was a troublemaker.

458
00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:45,296
jack-o'-lantern.
>> and jack was a troublemaker.
but he was so bad, he even

459
00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:46,898
>> and jack was a troublemaker.
but he was so bad, he even
managed to get himself thrown

460
00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:48,299
but he was so bad, he even
managed to get himself thrown
out of hell, which is not an

461
00:17:48,301 --> 00:17:50,001
managed to get himself thrown
out of hell, which is not an
easy thing to do.

462
00:17:50,003 --> 00:17:52,303
out of hell, which is not an
easy thing to do.
>> but the devil did decide to

463
00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:54,705
easy thing to do.
>> but the devil did decide to
have pity on him and scooped up

464
00:17:54,707 --> 00:17:57,108
>> but the devil did decide to
have pity on him and scooped up
an ember from the fires of hell

465
00:17:57,110 --> 00:17:59,644
have pity on him and scooped up
an ember from the fires of hell
and gave it to him.

466
00:17:59,646 --> 00:18:01,546
an ember from the fires of hell
and gave it to him.
>> so jack takes the ember, and

467
00:18:01,548 --> 00:18:03,514
and gave it to him.
>> so jack takes the ember, and
he puts it inside a hollowed-out

468
00:18:03,516 --> 00:18:05,483
>> so jack takes the ember, and
he puts it inside a hollowed-out
turnip, and he walks around, and

469
00:18:05,485 --> 00:18:08,052
he puts it inside a hollowed-out
turnip, and he walks around, and
that becomes the legend of

470
00:18:08,054 --> 00:18:11,722
turnip, and he walks around, and
that becomes the legend of
jack-o'-lantern.

471
00:18:11,724 --> 00:18:13,024
that becomes the legend of
jack-o'-lantern.
>> narrator: in one age-old

472
00:18:13,026 --> 00:18:14,959
jack-o'-lantern.
>> narrator: in one age-old
european practice, children

473
00:18:14,961 --> 00:18:16,027
>> narrator: in one age-old
european practice, children
would carve their own

474
00:18:16,029 --> 00:18:17,562
european practice, children
would carve their own
jack-o'-lanterns out of turnips

475
00:18:17,564 --> 00:18:19,997
would carve their own
jack-o'-lanterns out of turnips
and light them with candles.

476
00:18:20,232 --> 00:18:25,069
>> the first reference we have
in the united states to
jack-o'-lantern comes from

477
00:18:25,071 --> 00:18:26,838
in the united states to
jack-o'-lantern comes from
nathaniel hawthorne, and he's

478
00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,506
jack-o'-lantern comes from
nathaniel hawthorne, and he's
writing in "twice-told tales,"

479
00:18:28,508 --> 00:18:30,074
nathaniel hawthorne, and he's
writing in "twice-told tales,"
and he's describing someone's

480
00:18:30,076 --> 00:18:31,576
writing in "twice-told tales,"
and he's describing someone's
very tattered coat, full of

481
00:18:31,578 --> 00:18:33,244
and he's describing someone's
very tattered coat, full of
holes, and when you hold it up

482
00:18:33,246 --> 00:18:35,012
very tattered coat, full of
holes, and when you hold it up
to the light, it shines like a

483
00:18:35,014 --> 00:18:36,981
holes, and when you hold it up
to the light, it shines like a
jack-o'-lantern would.

484
00:18:37,149 --> 00:18:40,151
>> narrator: americans improved
on the jack-o'-lantern
tradition.

485
00:18:40,153 --> 00:18:41,686
on the jack-o'-lantern
tradition.
they substituted big, round

486
00:18:41,688 --> 00:18:43,387
tradition.
they substituted big, round
pumpkins for the old world's

487
00:18:43,389 --> 00:18:45,022
they substituted big, round
pumpkins for the old world's
hard, little turnips, and

488
00:18:45,024 --> 00:18:46,491
pumpkins for the old world's
hard, little turnips, and
halloween finally had its

489
00:18:46,493 --> 00:18:47,992
hard, little turnips, and
halloween finally had its
trademark.

490
00:18:47,994 --> 00:18:48,526
halloween finally had its
trademark.

491
00:18:48,528 --> 00:18:49,861
trademark.
>> narrator: pumpkins are

492
00:18:49,863 --> 00:18:52,630
>> narrator: pumpkins are
generally harvested around
halloween, and kids realized

493
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,165
generally harvested around
halloween, and kids realized
jack-o'-lanterns could be a

494
00:18:54,167 --> 00:18:55,633
halloween, and kids realized
jack-o'-lanterns could be a
prankster's best weapon on

495
00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:59,337
jack-o'-lanterns could be a
prankster's best weapon on
halloween night.

496
00:18:59,339 --> 00:19:00,738
prankster's best weapon on
halloween night.
>> kids figured out this great

497
00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:01,739
halloween night.
>> kids figured out this great
thing they could do.

498
00:19:01,741 --> 00:19:03,207
>> kids figured out this great
thing they could do.
they could take a pumpkin, and

499
00:19:03,209 --> 00:19:04,709
thing they could do.
they could take a pumpkin, and
you could hollow it out, and you

500
00:19:04,711 --> 00:19:05,676
they could take a pumpkin, and
you could hollow it out, and you
put a candle in it.

501
00:19:05,678 --> 00:19:07,078
you could hollow it out, and you
put a candle in it.
and then you take that pumpkin,

502
00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:08,446
put a candle in it.
and then you take that pumpkin,
and you put it on a stick, and

503
00:19:08,448 --> 00:19:09,680
and then you take that pumpkin,
and you put it on a stick, and
you put a sheet over it.

504
00:19:09,682 --> 00:19:10,748
and you put it on a stick, and
you put a sheet over it.
and you'd parade around.

505
00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,150
you put a sheet over it.
and you'd parade around.
you could put it in front of a

506
00:19:12,152 --> 00:19:13,518
and you'd parade around.
you could put it in front of a
window or something, and it's

507
00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,687
you could put it in front of a
window or something, and it's
really a pretty scary picture.

508
00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:17,989
window or something, and it's
really a pretty scary picture.
>> narrator: jack-o'-lanterns

509
00:19:17,991 --> 00:19:19,123
really a pretty scary picture.
>> narrator: jack-o'-lanterns
soon became the face of

510
00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:19,757
>> narrator: jack-o'-lanterns
soon became the face of
halloween.

511
00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:21,526
soon became the face of
halloween.
but scots and irish immigrants

512
00:19:21,528 --> 00:19:23,261
halloween.
but scots and irish immigrants
also brought with them the more

513
00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:25,463
but scots and irish immigrants
also brought with them the more
rambunctious, stone-throwing,

514
00:19:25,465 --> 00:19:27,532
also brought with them the more
rambunctious, stone-throwing,
prank-playing halloween reveling

515
00:19:27,534 --> 00:19:29,700
rambunctious, stone-throwing,
prank-playing halloween reveling
to america.

516
00:19:29,702 --> 00:19:31,302
prank-playing halloween reveling
to america.
and on halloween night, at the

517
00:19:31,304 --> 00:19:33,237
to america.
and on halloween night, at the
dawn of the 20th century, there

518
00:19:33,239 --> 00:19:34,805
and on halloween night, at the
dawn of the 20th century, there
was a whole dark world of

519
00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:36,340
dawn of the 20th century, there
was a whole dark world of
trouble just waiting for

520
00:19:36,342 --> 00:19:39,177
was a whole dark world of
trouble just waiting for
american boys.

521
00:19:42,447 --> 00:19:47,718
>> narrator: halloween had been
on a dark and scary journey from
its origins with the celts

522
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,453
on a dark and scary journey from
its origins with the celts
centuries ago.

523
00:19:49,455 --> 00:19:50,755
its origins with the celts
centuries ago.
in the middle ages, it became a

524
00:19:50,757 --> 00:19:52,256
centuries ago.
in the middle ages, it became a
christian holiday honoring the

525
00:19:52,258 --> 00:19:53,958
in the middle ages, it became a
christian holiday honoring the
dead.

526
00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,960
christian holiday honoring the
dead.
but by the 16th century, it was

527
00:19:55,962 --> 00:19:57,562
dead.
but by the 16th century, it was
turning into a rowdy kids'

528
00:19:57,564 --> 00:19:59,363
but by the 16th century, it was
turning into a rowdy kids'
celebration marked by begging

529
00:19:59,365 --> 00:20:02,266
turning into a rowdy kids'
celebration marked by begging
and pranks.

530
00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:04,135
celebration marked by begging
and pranks.
by the 1800s, halloween had

531
00:20:04,137 --> 00:20:05,836
and pranks.
by the 1800s, halloween had
even moved into cities and towns

532
00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:08,105
by the 1800s, halloween had
even moved into cities and towns
across america.

533
00:20:08,107 --> 00:20:09,674
even moved into cities and towns
across america.
but the ghastly face of

534
00:20:09,676 --> 00:20:11,642
across america.
but the ghastly face of
halloween was reimagined in

535
00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:13,678
but the ghastly face of
halloween was reimagined in
gruesome shades of orange and

536
00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,780
halloween was reimagined in
gruesome shades of orange and
black at the turn of the 20th

537
00:20:15,782 --> 00:20:17,348
gruesome shades of orange and
black at the turn of the 20th
century.

538
00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:19,250
black at the turn of the 20th
century.
for the first time, artists of

539
00:20:19,252 --> 00:20:21,018
century.
for the first time, artists of
the era brought together all

540
00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:22,987
for the first time, artists of
the era brought together all
things scary and linked them to

541
00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:24,989
the era brought together all
things scary and linked them to
halloween -- skeletons and

542
00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:27,291
things scary and linked them to
halloween -- skeletons and
spider webs...

543
00:20:27,293 --> 00:20:30,261
halloween -- skeletons and
spider webs...
jack-o'-lanterns and bats.

544
00:20:30,263 --> 00:20:31,862
spider webs...
jack-o'-lanterns and bats.
they established the look of

545
00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:33,464
jack-o'-lanterns and bats.
they established the look of
halloween that we still use

546
00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:35,967
they established the look of
halloween that we still use
today.

547
00:20:36,134 --> 00:20:42,139
among these icons are
white-sheeted ghosts...
>> the sheet that a ghost wears

548
00:20:42,141 --> 00:20:44,442
white-sheeted ghosts...
>> the sheet that a ghost wears
derives from the winding sheet,

549
00:20:44,444 --> 00:20:46,777
>> the sheet that a ghost wears
derives from the winding sheet,
the shroud that corpses were

550
00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:49,146
derives from the winding sheet,
the shroud that corpses were
traditionally wrapped in before

551
00:20:49,148 --> 00:20:50,348
the shroud that corpses were
traditionally wrapped in before
burial.

552
00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:54,852
>> narrator: ...and
jack-o'-lanterns.
>> the big grin still connotes

553
00:20:54,854 --> 00:20:57,321
jack-o'-lanterns.
>> the big grin still connotes
the rictus of a death's head, as

554
00:20:57,323 --> 00:20:59,624
>> the big grin still connotes
the rictus of a death's head, as
does the triangular nose hole.

555
00:20:59,626 --> 00:21:01,626
the rictus of a death's head, as
does the triangular nose hole.
and even when it seems kind of

556
00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:03,527
does the triangular nose hole.
and even when it seems kind of
jolly, death is still lurking

557
00:21:03,529 --> 00:21:07,064
and even when it seems kind of
jolly, death is still lurking
there in the imagery.

558
00:21:07,066 --> 00:21:08,366
jolly, death is still lurking
there in the imagery.
>> narrator: horned devils came

559
00:21:08,368 --> 00:21:09,533
there in the imagery.
>> narrator: horned devils came
from medieval depictions of

560
00:21:09,535 --> 00:21:12,403
>> narrator: horned devils came
from medieval depictions of
satan...

561
00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:14,805
from medieval depictions of
satan...
and witches from witch-hunting

562
00:21:14,807 --> 00:21:16,507
satan...
and witches from witch-hunting
hysteria that swept through

563
00:21:16,509 --> 00:21:21,078
and witches from witch-hunting
hysteria that swept through
europe and puritan america.

564
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:25,082
>> witches became very popular
in the early part of the 20th
century, which is why they

565
00:21:25,084 --> 00:21:26,317
in the early part of the 20th
century, which is why they
naturally became linked to

566
00:21:26,319 --> 00:21:27,318
century, which is why they
naturally became linked to
halloween.

567
00:21:27,552 --> 00:21:31,756
but there's actually a change in
the way we perceive witches.
the witches of the 19th century

568
00:21:31,758 --> 00:21:32,390
the way we perceive witches.
the witches of the 19th century
were old.

569
00:21:32,392 --> 00:21:34,058
the witches of the 19th century
were old.
they had big noses, and there

570
00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:34,859
were old.
they had big noses, and there
were warts.

571
00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:36,260
they had big noses, and there
were warts.
and the witches in the

572
00:21:36,262 --> 00:21:38,162
were warts.
and the witches in the
20th century are actually kind

573
00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:38,929
and the witches in the
20th century are actually kind
of attractive.

574
00:21:38,931 --> 00:21:40,164
20th century are actually kind
of attractive.
it makes halloween just a

575
00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:41,599
of attractive.
it makes halloween just a
little -- not only scary, but

576
00:21:41,601 --> 00:21:44,235
it makes halloween just a
little -- not only scary, but
also a little naughty.

577
00:21:44,436 --> 00:21:49,106
>> narrator: but even as
halloween was dressing its old
customs in new costumes, it was

578
00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:51,108
halloween was dressing its old
customs in new costumes, it was
also creating new traditions...

579
00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:54,111
customs in new costumes, it was
also creating new traditions...
bad ones.

580
00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:59,583
was halloween in the early
20th century getting out of
hand?

581
00:21:59,585 --> 00:22:01,452
20th century getting out of
hand?
to the dismay of authorities and

582
00:22:01,454 --> 00:22:03,688
hand?
to the dismay of authorities and
property owners, the answer was

583
00:22:03,690 --> 00:22:05,323
to the dismay of authorities and
property owners, the answer was
"yes."

584
00:22:05,325 --> 00:22:06,924
property owners, the answer was
"yes."
>> it was whatever you could

585
00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:08,492
"yes."
>> it was whatever you could
think of that was a bunch of

586
00:22:08,494 --> 00:22:09,694
>> it was whatever you could
think of that was a bunch of
mischief.

587
00:22:09,696 --> 00:22:11,395
think of that was a bunch of
mischief.
back in those days, people had

588
00:22:11,397 --> 00:22:12,596
mischief.
back in those days, people had
buggies.

589
00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:17,034
the bigger kids tried to take
a buggy and put it up on the
haystack.

590
00:22:17,269 --> 00:22:21,205
and there's about a half a dozen
of the guys, and they just kind
of pushed and pushed it up the

591
00:22:21,207 --> 00:22:22,473
of the guys, and they just kind
of pushed and pushed it up the
haystack.

592
00:22:22,475 --> 00:22:24,675
of pushed and pushed it up the
haystack.
it was a lot of fun.

593
00:22:24,677 --> 00:22:26,277
haystack.
it was a lot of fun.
oh, we never did anything that

594
00:22:26,279 --> 00:22:28,946
it was a lot of fun.
oh, we never did anything that
was really destructive.

595
00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:31,449
oh, we never did anything that
was really destructive.
mostly tricks.

596
00:22:31,451 --> 00:22:32,783
was really destructive.
mostly tricks.
>> narrator: but for others,

597
00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:33,851
mostly tricks.
>> narrator: but for others,
those tricks were more

598
00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,152
>> narrator: but for others,
those tricks were more
destructive.

599
00:22:35,154 --> 00:22:36,987
those tricks were more
destructive.
pranks, usually committed by

600
00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:39,123
destructive.
pranks, usually committed by
adolescent boys, plagued cities

601
00:22:39,125 --> 00:22:41,592
pranks, usually committed by
adolescent boys, plagued cities
like chicago and philadelphia.

602
00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:43,761
adolescent boys, plagued cities
like chicago and philadelphia.
by the 1920s, halloween in

603
00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:45,129
like chicago and philadelphia.
by the 1920s, halloween in
america was turning into a

604
00:22:45,131 --> 00:22:46,297
by the 1920s, halloween in
america was turning into a
crisis.

605
00:22:46,299 --> 00:22:48,165
america was turning into a
crisis.
tricks on halloween night were

606
00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:49,867
crisis.
tricks on halloween night were
out of hand.

607
00:22:49,869 --> 00:22:51,669
tricks on halloween night were
out of hand.
>> the destructive pranks went

608
00:22:51,671 --> 00:22:53,504
out of hand.
>> the destructive pranks went
beyond just smashing pumpkins.

609
00:22:53,506 --> 00:22:54,805
>> the destructive pranks went
beyond just smashing pumpkins.
kids would take bars of soap,

610
00:22:54,807 --> 00:22:56,207
beyond just smashing pumpkins.
kids would take bars of soap,
and they'd put them in the rails

611
00:22:56,209 --> 00:22:57,408
kids would take bars of soap,
and they'd put them in the rails
for streetcars so that the

612
00:22:57,410 --> 00:22:58,609
and they'd put them in the rails
for streetcars so that the
streetcars would derail and

613
00:22:58,611 --> 00:22:59,844
for streetcars so that the
streetcars would derail and
people would actually get hurt.

614
00:22:59,846 --> 00:23:00,845
streetcars would derail and
people would actually get hurt.
they would take the steps in

615
00:23:00,847 --> 00:23:01,979
people would actually get hurt.
they would take the steps in
front of people's doors and move

616
00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:03,147
they would take the steps in
front of people's doors and move
them so when people walked

617
00:23:03,149 --> 00:23:04,315
front of people's doors and move
them so when people walked
outside, they would fall over

618
00:23:04,317 --> 00:23:04,982
them so when people walked
outside, they would fall over
and get hurt.

619
00:23:04,984 --> 00:23:05,916
outside, they would fall over
and get hurt.
they would set fires.

620
00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,184
and get hurt.
they would set fires.
they would throw stones through

621
00:23:07,186 --> 00:23:07,685
they would set fires.
they would throw stones through
windows.

622
00:23:07,687 --> 00:23:08,753
they would throw stones through
windows.
i mean, this is really

623
00:23:08,755 --> 00:23:10,988
windows.
i mean, this is really
destructive stuff.

624
00:23:10,990 --> 00:23:12,022
i mean, this is really
destructive stuff.
>> narrator: in rural

625
00:23:12,024 --> 00:23:13,357
destructive stuff.
>> narrator: in rural
communities, pranksters took

626
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,159
>> narrator: in rural
communities, pranksters took
wagons apart and reassembled

627
00:23:15,161 --> 00:23:18,362
communities, pranksters took
wagons apart and reassembled
them on roofs.

628
00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:19,830
wagons apart and reassembled
them on roofs.
they removed gates on farm

629
00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:21,332
them on roofs.
they removed gates on farm
fences so that animals could

630
00:23:21,334 --> 00:23:22,032
they removed gates on farm
fences so that animals could
escape.

631
00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:23,968
fences so that animals could
escape.
this particular prank was so

632
00:23:23,970 --> 00:23:25,936
escape.
this particular prank was so
popular that in some places,

633
00:23:25,938 --> 00:23:27,338
this particular prank was so
popular that in some places,
the night before halloween was

634
00:23:27,340 --> 00:23:29,740
popular that in some places,
the night before halloween was
called "gate night."

635
00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:31,442
the night before halloween was
called "gate night."
in other cities, it was

636
00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:33,310
called "gate night."
in other cities, it was
"mischief night" or even

637
00:23:33,312 --> 00:23:35,446
in other cities, it was
"mischief night" or even
"hell night."

638
00:23:35,448 --> 00:23:36,914
"mischief night" or even
"hell night."
halloween pranks during the

639
00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:38,616
"hell night."
halloween pranks during the
great depression may have been,

640
00:23:38,618 --> 00:23:39,984
halloween pranks during the
great depression may have been,
in part, a product of the

641
00:23:39,986 --> 00:23:41,552
great depression may have been,
in part, a product of the
desperation of the time -- an

642
00:23:41,554 --> 00:23:43,320
in part, a product of the
desperation of the time -- an
excuse for trouble-making.

643
00:23:43,322 --> 00:23:45,055
desperation of the time -- an
excuse for trouble-making.
but there was already trouble

644
00:23:45,057 --> 00:23:46,924
excuse for trouble-making.
but there was already trouble
everywhere, and many communities

645
00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:48,626
but there was already trouble
everywhere, and many communities
couldn't afford to feed their

646
00:23:48,628 --> 00:23:49,994
everywhere, and many communities
couldn't afford to feed their
own, much less clean up

647
00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:51,729
couldn't afford to feed their
own, much less clean up
destructive messes.

648
00:23:51,731 --> 00:23:54,231
own, much less clean up
destructive messes.
>> the halloween of 1933 was

649
00:23:54,233 --> 00:23:55,232
destructive messes.
>> the halloween of 1933 was
actually labeled

650
00:23:55,234 --> 00:23:56,901
>> the halloween of 1933 was
actually labeled
"black halloween" in a lot of

651
00:23:56,903 --> 00:23:58,669
actually labeled
"black halloween" in a lot of
newspapers because of all of the

652
00:23:58,671 --> 00:24:00,070
"black halloween" in a lot of
newspapers because of all of the
destruction that the cities

653
00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:03,474
newspapers because of all of the
destruction that the cities
incurred.

654
00:24:03,675 --> 00:24:07,878
the kids were no longer just
doing innocent, silly things.
now they were smashing light

655
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:08,879
doing innocent, silly things.
now they were smashing light
bulbs.

656
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:13,651
they were setting fire to
buildings.
they were smashing car windows.

657
00:24:13,653 --> 00:24:14,985
buildings.
they were smashing car windows.
>> narrator: if halloween were

658
00:24:14,987 --> 00:24:16,220
they were smashing car windows.
>> narrator: if halloween were
to survive, it would have to

659
00:24:16,222 --> 00:24:17,755
>> narrator: if halloween were
to survive, it would have to
change.

660
00:24:17,757 --> 00:24:19,223
to survive, it would have to
change.
>> schools and police

661
00:24:19,225 --> 00:24:21,058
change.
>> schools and police
departments and other civic

662
00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:22,860
>> schools and police
departments and other civic
groups consciously and very

663
00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:24,762
departments and other civic
groups consciously and very
actively promoted the idea of

664
00:24:24,764 --> 00:24:29,166
groups consciously and very
actively promoted the idea of
taming halloween.

665
00:24:29,367 --> 00:24:34,405
>> and so they started to invent
all sorts of things for kids to
do to divert them -- town-wide

666
00:24:34,407 --> 00:24:36,373
all sorts of things for kids to
do to divert them -- town-wide
parties, costume contests,

667
00:24:36,375 --> 00:24:38,275
do to divert them -- town-wide
parties, costume contests,
games -- everything that you

668
00:24:38,277 --> 00:24:39,810
parties, costume contests,
games -- everything that you
could think of to get the kids

669
00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:41,645
games -- everything that you
could think of to get the kids
away from pulling tricks and

670
00:24:41,647 --> 00:24:44,715
could think of to get the kids
away from pulling tricks and
into the light.

671
00:24:44,916 --> 00:24:49,753
>> narrator: novelty companies
like dennison and beistle helped
out these civic efforts.

672
00:24:49,755 --> 00:24:51,121
like dennison and beistle helped
out these civic efforts.
dennison published a series of

673
00:24:51,123 --> 00:24:52,256
out these civic efforts.
dennison published a series of
halloween guides called

674
00:24:52,258 --> 00:24:54,058
dennison published a series of
halloween guides called
"bogie books" that suggested

675
00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:56,093
halloween guides called
"bogie books" that suggested
ways of turning halloween from a

676
00:24:56,095 --> 00:24:59,096
"bogie books" that suggested
ways of turning halloween from a
prank night into a party night.

677
00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:00,898
ways of turning halloween from a
prank night into a party night.
>> dennison was one of the first

678
00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:02,533
prank night into a party night.
>> dennison was one of the first
companies that realized there

679
00:25:02,535 --> 00:25:04,001
>> dennison was one of the first
companies that realized there
was money to be made off of

680
00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:04,735
companies that realized there
was money to be made off of
halloween.

681
00:25:04,737 --> 00:25:07,137
was money to be made off of
halloween.
they started to put their own

682
00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:09,073
halloween.
they started to put their own
halloween materials out for

683
00:25:09,075 --> 00:25:11,275
they started to put their own
halloween materials out for
retail sale in drugstores all

684
00:25:11,277 --> 00:25:14,078
halloween materials out for
retail sale in drugstores all
over america.

685
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,713
retail sale in drugstores all
over america.
>> narrator: they also made

686
00:25:15,715 --> 00:25:17,281
over america.
>> narrator: they also made
masks and paper costumes.

687
00:25:17,283 --> 00:25:19,283
>> narrator: they also made
masks and paper costumes.
this was a first.

688
00:25:19,285 --> 00:25:20,518
masks and paper costumes.
this was a first.
it was the first time that

689
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:21,986
this was a first.
it was the first time that
costumes were specifically made

690
00:25:21,988 --> 00:25:24,088
it was the first time that
costumes were specifically made
and marketed for halloween.

691
00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:26,490
costumes were specifically made
and marketed for halloween.
before that, costumes had all

692
00:25:26,492 --> 00:25:27,958
and marketed for halloween.
before that, costumes had all
been homemade.

693
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,593
before that, costumes had all
been homemade.
>> when i was a kid, there

694
00:25:29,595 --> 00:25:31,328
been homemade.
>> when i was a kid, there
wasn't halloween outfits like

695
00:25:31,330 --> 00:25:32,696
>> when i was a kid, there
wasn't halloween outfits like
you wear now.

696
00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:33,964
wasn't halloween outfits like
you wear now.
so, basically, you wore your

697
00:25:33,966 --> 00:25:36,634
you wear now.
so, basically, you wore your
overalls or your jeans or sloppy

698
00:25:36,636 --> 00:25:37,635
so, basically, you wore your
overalls or your jeans or sloppy
clothes.

699
00:25:37,637 --> 00:25:39,003
overalls or your jeans or sloppy
clothes.
but you didn't go downtown and

700
00:25:39,005 --> 00:25:40,337
clothes.
but you didn't go downtown and
buy a special outfit just for

701
00:25:40,339 --> 00:25:41,672
but you didn't go downtown and
buy a special outfit just for
halloween.

702
00:25:41,674 --> 00:25:43,307
buy a special outfit just for
halloween.
just anything, you know, to make

703
00:25:43,309 --> 00:25:44,975
halloween.
just anything, you know, to make
yourself a little...

704
00:25:44,977 --> 00:25:46,977
just anything, you know, to make
yourself a little...
conspicuous.

705
00:25:46,979 --> 00:25:48,612
yourself a little...
conspicuous.
>> narrator: paper costumes were

706
00:25:48,614 --> 00:25:50,180
conspicuous.
>> narrator: paper costumes were
fancy and an improvement on the

707
00:25:50,182 --> 00:25:52,149
>> narrator: paper costumes were
fancy and an improvement on the
homemade variety, but they had

708
00:25:52,151 --> 00:25:55,052
fancy and an improvement on the
homemade variety, but they had
their drawbacks.

709
00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:56,587
homemade variety, but they had
their drawbacks.
>> unfortunately, you know, a

710
00:25:56,589 --> 00:25:58,322
their drawbacks.
>> unfortunately, you know, a
lot of that paper was flammable,

711
00:25:58,324 --> 00:26:00,424
>> unfortunately, you know, a
lot of that paper was flammable,
and i was surprised at how many

712
00:26:00,426 --> 00:26:01,759
lot of that paper was flammable,
and i was surprised at how many
newspaper clippings i came

713
00:26:01,761 --> 00:26:03,460
and i was surprised at how many
newspaper clippings i came
across of costumes catching

714
00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:06,430
newspaper clippings i came
across of costumes catching
fire.

715
00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:07,665
across of costumes catching
fire.
>> narrator: soon, other

716
00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:09,366
fire.
>> narrator: soon, other
manufacturers looking to tap

717
00:26:09,368 --> 00:26:10,935
>> narrator: soon, other
manufacturers looking to tap
into the kid market for

718
00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:12,937
manufacturers looking to tap
into the kid market for
halloween costumes began making

719
00:26:12,939 --> 00:26:15,773
into the kid market for
halloween costumes began making
more durable disguises.

720
00:26:15,775 --> 00:26:18,208
halloween costumes began making
more durable disguises.
>> sears' first boxed costumes

721
00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:20,778
more durable disguises.
>> sears' first boxed costumes
came around 1930, and then it

722
00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:22,046
>> sears' first boxed costumes
came around 1930, and then it
went from there.

723
00:26:22,048 --> 00:26:24,048
came around 1930, and then it
went from there.
and the costumes came off of

724
00:26:24,050 --> 00:26:26,150
went from there.
and the costumes came off of
radio-show characters and the

725
00:26:26,152 --> 00:26:27,217
and the costumes came off of
radio-show characters and the
funny papers.

726
00:26:27,219 --> 00:26:29,987
radio-show characters and the
funny papers.
it's costumes for parties,

727
00:26:29,989 --> 00:26:31,956
funny papers.
it's costumes for parties,
costumes for wild, town-wide

728
00:26:31,958 --> 00:26:33,958
it's costumes for parties,
costumes for wild, town-wide
parties and for school parties

729
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,359
costumes for wild, town-wide
parties and for school parties
and church parties.

730
00:26:35,361 --> 00:26:36,827
parties and for school parties
and church parties.
halloween was a big social

731
00:26:36,829 --> 00:26:38,996
and church parties.
halloween was a big social
occasion.

732
00:26:38,998 --> 00:26:40,397
halloween was a big social
occasion.
>> narrator: halloween parades

733
00:26:40,399 --> 00:26:42,499
occasion.
>> narrator: halloween parades
also helped drag the holiday out

734
00:26:42,501 --> 00:26:44,368
>> narrator: halloween parades
also helped drag the holiday out
from the shadows and into the

735
00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:45,369
also helped drag the holiday out
from the shadows and into the
public arena.

736
00:26:45,371 --> 00:26:47,137
from the shadows and into the
public arena.
allentown, pennsylvania, may

737
00:26:47,139 --> 00:26:48,405
public arena.
allentown, pennsylvania, may
have had the first parade in

738
00:26:48,407 --> 00:26:51,075
allentown, pennsylvania, may
have had the first parade in
1905, but others soon

739
00:26:51,077 --> 00:26:52,943
have had the first parade in
1905, but others soon
followed -- toms river,

740
00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:56,246
1905, but others soon
followed -- toms river,
new jersey, in 1919...

741
00:26:56,248 --> 00:26:59,650
followed -- toms river,
new jersey, in 1919...
anoka, minnesota, in 1920.

742
00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:01,485
new jersey, in 1919...
anoka, minnesota, in 1920.
anoka has held its parade every

743
00:27:01,487 --> 00:27:02,920
anoka, minnesota, in 1920.
anoka has held its parade every
year since.

744
00:27:02,922 --> 00:27:04,822
anoka has held its parade every
year since.
in fact, the city now bills

745
00:27:04,824 --> 00:27:06,924
year since.
in fact, the city now bills
itself the "halloween capital of

746
00:27:06,926 --> 00:27:11,929
in fact, the city now bills
itself the "halloween capital of
the world."

747
00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:13,731
itself the "halloween capital of
the world."
each of these local efforts to

748
00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:15,499
the world."
each of these local efforts to
tame halloween worked to some

749
00:27:15,501 --> 00:27:16,567
each of these local efforts to
tame halloween worked to some
extent.

750
00:27:16,569 --> 00:27:18,035
tame halloween worked to some
extent.
but what halloween really

751
00:27:18,037 --> 00:27:19,403
extent.
but what halloween really
needed was a whole new

752
00:27:19,405 --> 00:27:20,938
but what halloween really
needed was a whole new
tradition.

753
00:27:20,940 --> 00:27:23,273
needed was a whole new
tradition.
and it would soon get one.

754
00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:25,275
tradition.
and it would soon get one.
but this new tradition would

755
00:27:25,277 --> 00:27:27,244
and it would soon get one.
but this new tradition would
prove to be a variation on a

756
00:27:27,246 --> 00:27:30,014
but this new tradition would
prove to be a variation on a
very old halloween theme.

757
00:27:38,923 --> 00:27:43,761
>> narrator: "trick or treat!"
that phrase still triggers
cascades of candy into plastic

758
00:27:43,763 --> 00:27:45,562
that phrase still triggers
cascades of candy into plastic
pumpkins and pillowcases across

759
00:27:45,564 --> 00:27:46,964
cascades of candy into plastic
pumpkins and pillowcases across
america on the night of

760
00:27:46,966 --> 00:27:51,602
pumpkins and pillowcases across
america on the night of
october 31st.

761
00:27:51,604 --> 00:27:53,370
america on the night of
october 31st.
and though the custom goes back

762
00:27:53,372 --> 00:27:55,105
october 31st.
and though the custom goes back
centuries, the phrase "trick or

763
00:27:55,107 --> 00:27:57,007
and though the custom goes back
centuries, the phrase "trick or
treat" is probably less than

764
00:27:57,009 --> 00:28:02,780
centuries, the phrase "trick or
treat" is probably less than
100 years old.

765
00:28:02,782 --> 00:28:04,148
treat" is probably less than
100 years old.
>> "trick or treat" is amazingly

766
00:28:04,150 --> 00:28:05,082
100 years old.
>> "trick or treat" is amazingly
new.

767
00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:08,552
people think "trick or treat"
goes back for centuries, and it
doesn't.

768
00:28:08,554 --> 00:28:10,154
goes back for centuries, and it
doesn't.
"trick or treat" is actually

769
00:28:10,156 --> 00:28:11,555
doesn't.
"trick or treat" is actually
less than 80 years old,

770
00:28:11,557 --> 00:28:13,257
"trick or treat" is actually
less than 80 years old,
probably.

771
00:28:13,458 --> 00:28:20,064
the term derives from pranking
that was very widespread and
destructive in america in the

772
00:28:20,066 --> 00:28:21,331
that was very widespread and
destructive in america in the
20th century.

773
00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:22,599
destructive in america in the
20th century.
and at some point, somebody

774
00:28:22,601 --> 00:28:24,001
20th century.
and at some point, somebody
came up with the brilliant idea

775
00:28:24,003 --> 00:28:27,237
and at some point, somebody
came up with the brilliant idea
of buying off these pranksters.

776
00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:28,539
came up with the brilliant idea
of buying off these pranksters.
>> narrator: homeowners bribed

777
00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:30,107
of buying off these pranksters.
>> narrator: homeowners bribed
rowdy kids with homemade

778
00:28:30,109 --> 00:28:32,342
>> narrator: homeowners bribed
rowdy kids with homemade
treats, such as popcorn balls

779
00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:34,111
rowdy kids with homemade
treats, such as popcorn balls
and candy apples, to avoid

780
00:28:34,113 --> 00:28:37,981
treats, such as popcorn balls
and candy apples, to avoid
getting pranked, or tricked.

781
00:28:37,983 --> 00:28:40,584
and candy apples, to avoid
getting pranked, or tricked.
in 1939 the phrase and the

782
00:28:40,586 --> 00:28:43,420
getting pranked, or tricked.
in 1939 the phrase and the
custom turned up in print.

783
00:28:43,621 --> 00:28:48,492
>> doris hudson moss published
an article in<i> american home</i>
magazine that talked about the

784
00:28:48,494 --> 00:28:50,260
an article in<i> american home</i>
magazine that talked about the
success she had having a

785
00:28:50,262 --> 00:28:51,495
magazine that talked about the
success she had having a
halloween open house for the

786
00:28:51,497 --> 00:28:53,197
success she had having a
halloween open house for the
kids in her neighborhood.

787
00:28:53,199 --> 00:28:54,331
halloween open house for the
kids in her neighborhood.
she didn't get tricked.

788
00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:55,799
kids in her neighborhood.
she didn't get tricked.
she gave them sweets.

789
00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:02,239
it all worked.
>> narrator: with the new custom
came new treats, not so much

790
00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:03,841
>> narrator: with the new custom
came new treats, not so much
homemade goodies like popcorn

791
00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:04,842
came new treats, not so much
homemade goodies like popcorn
balls.

792
00:29:04,844 --> 00:29:06,376
homemade goodies like popcorn
balls.
now kids got store-bought,

793
00:29:06,378 --> 00:29:08,078
balls.
now kids got store-bought,
prepackaged candies --

794
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,214
now kids got store-bought,
prepackaged candies --
mars bars, reese's cups, and

795
00:29:10,216 --> 00:29:13,183
prepackaged candies --
mars bars, reese's cups, and
good old hershey's chocolate.

796
00:29:13,185 --> 00:29:15,252
mars bars, reese's cups, and
good old hershey's chocolate.
candy finally killed the rowdy

797
00:29:15,254 --> 00:29:17,988
good old hershey's chocolate.
candy finally killed the rowdy
halloween, and now the time was

798
00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:19,690
candy finally killed the rowdy
halloween, and now the time was
right for the reinvented holiday

799
00:29:19,692 --> 00:29:21,225
halloween, and now the time was
right for the reinvented holiday
to hit hollywood.

800
00:29:21,227 --> 00:29:23,327
right for the reinvented holiday
to hit hollywood.
>> [ quacking ]

801
00:29:23,329 --> 00:29:24,728
to hit hollywood.
>> [ quacking ]
[ doorbell buzzes ]

802
00:29:24,730 --> 00:29:31,869
>> [ quacking ]
[ doorbell buzzes ]
>> uh-oh. the boys!

803
00:29:31,871 --> 00:29:33,904
[ doorbell buzzes ]
>> uh-oh. the boys!
[ laughs ]

804
00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:36,006
>> uh-oh. the boys!
[ laughs ]
hello, boys!

805
00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:37,708
[ laughs ]
hello, boys!
>> trick or treat!

806
00:29:37,710 --> 00:29:38,609
hello, boys!
>> trick or treat!
>> ah!

807
00:29:38,611 --> 00:29:40,010
>> trick or treat!
>> ah!
for you...

808
00:29:40,012 --> 00:29:41,145
>> ah!
for you...
and you...

809
00:29:41,147 --> 00:29:41,979
for you...
and you...
and you.

810
00:29:41,981 --> 00:29:42,880
and you...
and you.
[ chuckles ]

811
00:29:42,882 --> 00:29:44,882
and you.
[ chuckles ]
>> thank you, uncle donald.

812
00:29:44,884 --> 00:29:45,883
[ chuckles ]
>> thank you, uncle donald.
[ firecrackers exploding ]

813
00:29:45,885 --> 00:29:46,950
>> thank you, uncle donald.
[ firecrackers exploding ]
>> narrator: halloween was

814
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:48,018
[ firecrackers exploding ]
>> narrator: halloween was
becoming a pop-culture

815
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,521
>> narrator: halloween was
becoming a pop-culture
phenomenon, a national festival

816
00:29:50,523 --> 00:29:52,222
becoming a pop-culture
phenomenon, a national festival
attended by millions,

817
00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:53,490
phenomenon, a national festival
attended by millions,
celebrating the joys of

818
00:29:53,492 --> 00:29:54,925
attended by millions,
celebrating the joys of
scavenging for mass-produced

819
00:29:54,927 --> 00:29:55,926
celebrating the joys of
scavenging for mass-produced
candy.

820
00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:59,062
>> i loved halloween when i was
a kid.
i participated in it.

821
00:29:59,064 --> 00:30:00,898
a kid.
i participated in it.
i loved the rituals of it.

822
00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:02,499
i participated in it.
i loved the rituals of it.
i loved the pranks of it.

823
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:07,304
i loved the mischief of it.
i loved going to houses and
dressing up and getting candy,

824
00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:08,572
i loved going to houses and
dressing up and getting candy,
and then there were parties,

825
00:30:08,574 --> 00:30:10,741
dressing up and getting candy,
and then there were parties,
and it was just fantastic.

826
00:30:10,743 --> 00:30:13,210
and then there were parties,
and it was just fantastic.
>> narrator: then, in 1966,

827
00:30:13,212 --> 00:30:14,878
and it was just fantastic.
>> narrator: then, in 1966,
halloween found a home where all

828
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,380
>> narrator: then, in 1966,
halloween found a home where all
pop culture ultimately goes --

829
00:30:16,382 --> 00:30:17,915
halloween found a home where all
pop culture ultimately goes --
tv.

830
00:30:17,917 --> 00:30:19,750
pop culture ultimately goes --
tv.
halloween's stature zoomed off

831
00:30:19,752 --> 00:30:21,051
tv.
halloween's stature zoomed off
the charts when america went

832
00:30:21,053 --> 00:30:22,085
halloween's stature zoomed off
the charts when america went
trick-or-treating with

833
00:30:22,087 --> 00:30:23,420
the charts when america went
trick-or-treating with
charlie brown.

834
00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:27,624
>> the whole idea of the
great pumpkin, of course, came
from the comic strip, when

835
00:30:27,626 --> 00:30:29,092
great pumpkin, of course, came
from the comic strip, when
sparky schulz decided that it

836
00:30:29,094 --> 00:30:30,561
from the comic strip, when
sparky schulz decided that it
would be very funny if one of

837
00:30:30,563 --> 00:30:32,095
sparky schulz decided that it
would be very funny if one of
the kids got his holidays mixed

838
00:30:32,097 --> 00:30:33,096
would be very funny if one of
the kids got his holidays mixed
up.

839
00:30:33,298 --> 00:30:38,302
and so that's how linus ends up
in the pumpkin patch every
year.

840
00:30:38,304 --> 00:30:39,570
in the pumpkin patch every
year.
>> who are you writing to,

841
00:30:39,572 --> 00:30:40,504
year.
>> who are you writing to,
linus?

842
00:30:40,506 --> 00:30:41,939
>> who are you writing to,
linus?
>> this is the time of year to

843
00:30:41,941 --> 00:30:43,674
linus?
>> this is the time of year to
write to the great pumpkin.

844
00:30:43,676 --> 00:30:45,042
>> this is the time of year to
write to the great pumpkin.
on halloween night, the

845
00:30:45,044 --> 00:30:46,677
write to the great pumpkin.
on halloween night, the
great pumpkin rises out of his

846
00:30:46,679 --> 00:30:48,412
on halloween night, the
great pumpkin rises out of his
pumpkin patch and flies through

847
00:30:48,414 --> 00:30:50,147
great pumpkin rises out of his
pumpkin patch and flies through
the air with his bag of toys for

848
00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:51,381
pumpkin patch and flies through
the air with his bag of toys for
all the children.

849
00:30:51,383 --> 00:30:52,382
the air with his bag of toys for
all the children.
>> you must be crazy.

850
00:30:52,384 --> 00:30:53,584
all the children.
>> you must be crazy.
when are you going to stop

851
00:30:53,586 --> 00:30:54,785
>> you must be crazy.
when are you going to stop
believing in something that

852
00:30:54,787 --> 00:30:55,719
when are you going to stop
believing in something that
isn't true?

853
00:30:55,721 --> 00:30:57,321
believing in something that
isn't true?
>> when<i> you</i> stop believing in

854
00:30:57,323 --> 00:30:58,956
isn't true?
>> when<i> you</i> stop believing in
that fellow with the red suit

855
00:30:58,958 --> 00:31:00,424
>> when<i> you</i> stop believing in
that fellow with the red suit
and the white beard!

856
00:31:00,426 --> 00:31:01,959
that fellow with the red suit
and the white beard!
>> narrator: television -- and

857
00:31:01,961 --> 00:31:03,460
and the white beard!
>> narrator: television -- and
america's most popular comic

858
00:31:03,462 --> 00:31:05,095
>> narrator: television -- and
america's most popular comic
strip -- had given halloween its

859
00:31:05,097 --> 00:31:07,097
america's most popular comic
strip -- had given halloween its
unofficial seal of approval.

860
00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:08,832
strip -- had given halloween its
unofficial seal of approval.
the holiday had never in its

861
00:31:08,834 --> 00:31:10,267
unofficial seal of approval.
the holiday had never in its
entire history been so

862
00:31:10,269 --> 00:31:11,668
the holiday had never in its
entire history been so
mainstream.

863
00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:13,270
entire history been so
mainstream.
but halloween-themed cartoons

864
00:31:13,272 --> 00:31:15,138
mainstream.
but halloween-themed cartoons
aimed at kids were one thing.

865
00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:16,373
but halloween-themed cartoons
aimed at kids were one thing.
a movie for adults with

866
00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:17,808
aimed at kids were one thing.
a movie for adults with
halloween as its theme was

867
00:31:17,810 --> 00:31:19,276
a movie for adults with
halloween as its theme was
another.

868
00:31:19,278 --> 00:31:20,444
halloween as its theme was
another.
nobody had ever tried it

869
00:31:20,446 --> 00:31:22,012
another.
nobody had ever tried it
before -- that is, until

870
00:31:22,014 --> 00:31:24,281
nobody had ever tried it
before -- that is, until
director john carpenter took a

871
00:31:24,283 --> 00:31:26,350
before -- that is, until
director john carpenter took a
stab at it in 1978 with the

872
00:31:26,352 --> 00:31:30,754
director john carpenter took a
stab at it in 1978 with the
classic "halloween."

873
00:31:30,955 --> 00:31:34,391
>> the idea for calling my film
"halloween" came from the
distributor.

874
00:31:34,393 --> 00:31:35,659
"halloween" came from the
distributor.
and when he said it, i thought,

875
00:31:35,661 --> 00:31:36,693
distributor.
and when he said it, i thought,
"you know, he's absolutely

876
00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:38,662
and when he said it, i thought,
"you know, he's absolutely
right.

877
00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:44,368
there's never been, really, a
halloween-themed film."
it's one of those eye-openers.

878
00:31:44,370 --> 00:31:45,702
halloween-themed film."
it's one of those eye-openers.
"wow. why didn't i think of that

879
00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:47,137
it's one of those eye-openers.
"wow. why didn't i think of that
years ago?

880
00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:48,839
"wow. why didn't i think of that
years ago?
what a great idea."

881
00:31:48,841 --> 00:31:50,040
years ago?
what a great idea."
>> narrator: carpenter's

882
00:31:50,042 --> 00:31:53,010
what a great idea."
>> narrator: carpenter's
$325,000 film would spawn a

883
00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:54,678
>> narrator: carpenter's
$325,000 film would spawn a
franchise grossing more than

884
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,680
$325,000 film would spawn a
franchise grossing more than
$500 million.

885
00:31:56,682 --> 00:31:58,849
franchise grossing more than
$500 million.
it broke new ground, elevating

886
00:31:58,851 --> 00:32:00,450
$500 million.
it broke new ground, elevating
the horror film from "b"-movie

887
00:32:00,452 --> 00:32:02,819
it broke new ground, elevating
the horror film from "b"-movie
status to respected genre.

888
00:32:02,821 --> 00:32:04,354
the horror film from "b"-movie
status to respected genre.
and completely by accident, the

889
00:32:04,356 --> 00:32:06,456
status to respected genre.
and completely by accident, the
film would also redefine our

890
00:32:06,458 --> 00:32:08,725
and completely by accident, the
film would also redefine our
attitudes about halloween masks.

891
00:32:08,727 --> 00:32:10,460
film would also redefine our
attitudes about halloween masks.
it started when the wardrobe

892
00:32:10,462 --> 00:32:12,362
attitudes about halloween masks.
it started when the wardrobe
budget forced the crew to create

893
00:32:12,364 --> 00:32:13,563
it started when the wardrobe
budget forced the crew to create
a mask for the villain,

894
00:32:13,565 --> 00:32:14,898
budget forced the crew to create
a mask for the villain,
michael myers, for next to

895
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:16,033
a mask for the villain,
michael myers, for next to
nothing.

896
00:32:16,035 --> 00:32:17,801
michael myers, for next to
nothing.
>> the production designer ran

897
00:32:17,803 --> 00:32:19,636
nothing.
>> the production designer ran
up to bert wheeler's magic shop

898
00:32:19,638 --> 00:32:21,171
>> the production designer ran
up to bert wheeler's magic shop
on hollywood boulevard and

899
00:32:21,173 --> 00:32:22,873
up to bert wheeler's magic shop
on hollywood boulevard and
bought this captain kirk from

900
00:32:22,875 --> 00:32:24,641
on hollywood boulevard and
bought this captain kirk from
"star trek" mask, which didn't

901
00:32:24,643 --> 00:32:25,809
bought this captain kirk from
"star trek" mask, which didn't
look anything like

902
00:32:25,811 --> 00:32:26,443
"star trek" mask, which didn't
look anything like
william shatner.

903
00:32:26,445 --> 00:32:27,444
look anything like
william shatner.
just looked -- this strange

904
00:32:27,446 --> 00:32:30,147
william shatner.
just looked -- this strange
face, elongated face.

905
00:32:30,149 --> 00:32:31,748
just looked -- this strange
face, elongated face.
but it was spray-painted and

906
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,884
face, elongated face.
but it was spray-painted and
fixed up a little bit.

907
00:32:33,886 --> 00:32:35,585
but it was spray-painted and
fixed up a little bit.
it was distorted, which is

908
00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:36,219
fixed up a little bit.
it was distorted, which is
perfect.

909
00:32:36,221 --> 00:32:38,055
it was distorted, which is
perfect.
it's kind of written that way in

910
00:32:38,057 --> 00:32:41,725
perfect.
it's kind of written that way in
the script, as wearing a face.

911
00:32:41,727 --> 00:32:42,759
it's kind of written that way in
the script, as wearing a face.
>> narrator: the

912
00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:44,394
the script, as wearing a face.
>> narrator: the
bargain-basement mask and the

913
00:32:44,396 --> 00:32:46,063
>> narrator: the
bargain-basement mask and the
villain behind it soon became

914
00:32:46,065 --> 00:32:47,998
bargain-basement mask and the
villain behind it soon became
another halloween icon.

915
00:32:48,199 --> 00:32:52,936
>> michael myers still -- even
though the original movie came
out in 1978, it still remains

916
00:32:52,938 --> 00:32:54,538
though the original movie came
out in 1978, it still remains
one of the most popular

917
00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:55,772
out in 1978, it still remains
one of the most popular
halloween characters of all

918
00:32:55,774 --> 00:32:56,907
one of the most popular
halloween characters of all
time.

919
00:32:56,909 --> 00:32:58,909
halloween characters of all
time.
>> this idea of the masked

920
00:32:58,911 --> 00:33:01,345
time.
>> this idea of the masked
stalker menacing young people at

921
00:33:01,347 --> 00:33:03,380
>> this idea of the masked
stalker menacing young people at
halloween -- it shifted the

922
00:33:03,382 --> 00:33:05,515
stalker menacing young people at
halloween -- it shifted the
focus of halloween away from

923
00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:07,584
halloween -- it shifted the
focus of halloween away from
ghosts and goblins to human

924
00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,619
focus of halloween away from
ghosts and goblins to human
villainy.

925
00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:14,391
>> narrator: but this
nondescript mask did much more
than that.

926
00:33:14,393 --> 00:33:16,426
nondescript mask did much more
than that.
it helped to redefine the limits

927
00:33:16,428 --> 00:33:17,894
than that.
it helped to redefine the limits
of what a halloween mask could

928
00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:19,563
it helped to redefine the limits
of what a halloween mask could
be.

929
00:33:19,565 --> 00:33:21,565
of what a halloween mask could
be.
and it ushered in a new face of

930
00:33:21,567 --> 00:33:23,633
be.
and it ushered in a new face of
halloween -- one for a new

931
00:33:23,635 --> 00:33:25,736
and it ushered in a new face of
halloween -- one for a new
millennium.

932
00:33:27,772 --> 00:33:33,610
[ thunder crashes ]
>> narrator: for hundreds of
years, masks and costumes have

933
00:33:33,612 --> 00:33:35,112
>> narrator: for hundreds of
years, masks and costumes have
been a way for partyers to

934
00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:37,948
years, masks and costumes have
been a way for partyers to
disguise themselves...

935
00:33:37,950 --> 00:33:39,716
been a way for partyers to
disguise themselves...
and now it's a

936
00:33:39,718 --> 00:33:43,553
disguise themselves...
and now it's a
multi-million-dollar business.

937
00:33:43,555 --> 00:33:45,522
and now it's a
multi-million-dollar business.
one halloween-themed store --

938
00:33:45,524 --> 00:33:47,157
multi-million-dollar business.
one halloween-themed store --
burbank, california's,

939
00:33:47,159 --> 00:33:49,459
one halloween-themed store --
burbank, california's,
halloweentown -- is so popular,

940
00:33:49,461 --> 00:33:51,695
burbank, california's,
halloweentown -- is so popular,
it's open 12 months of the year,

941
00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:53,830
halloweentown -- is so popular,
it's open 12 months of the year,
satisfying customers' need for

942
00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:54,698
it's open 12 months of the year,
satisfying customers' need for
disguise.

943
00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:57,501
satisfying customers' need for
disguise.
>> [ roars ]

944
00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:02,139
>> we've had this business for
10 years now, and we really
wanted to make it special, so we

945
00:34:02,141 --> 00:34:03,640
10 years now, and we really
wanted to make it special, so we
decided to open a year-round,

946
00:34:03,642 --> 00:34:05,475
wanted to make it special, so we
decided to open a year-round,
permanent store with ultimate

947
00:34:05,477 --> 00:34:07,244
decided to open a year-round,
permanent store with ultimate
spooky shopping environment.

948
00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:13,417
it really puts people in the
mood to shop for halloween.
>> narrator: halloween stuff is

949
00:34:13,419 --> 00:34:14,885
mood to shop for halloween.
>> narrator: halloween stuff is
all over the store, but the

950
00:34:14,887 --> 00:34:16,186
>> narrator: halloween stuff is
all over the store, but the
heart of halloweentown's

951
00:34:16,188 --> 00:34:20,924
all over the store, but the
heart of halloweentown's
business is masks.

952
00:34:20,926 --> 00:34:22,559
heart of halloweentown's
business is masks.
>> we have dozens of masks.

953
00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:23,927
business is masks.
>> we have dozens of masks.
we have the best zombies you

954
00:34:23,929 --> 00:34:27,831
>> we have dozens of masks.
we have the best zombies you
can find, the best clowns.

955
00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:32,569
>> masks and disguises have
always been great ways to let
you off the hook in terms of

956
00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:33,870
always been great ways to let
you off the hook in terms of
your behavior.

957
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:40,343
with an acting-out kind of
holiday like halloween, of
course, it's perfect.

958
00:34:40,345 --> 00:34:42,112
holiday like halloween, of
course, it's perfect.
>> when i was a kid, i loved

959
00:34:42,114 --> 00:34:44,081
course, it's perfect.
>> when i was a kid, i loved
masks, but usually all you could

960
00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:45,916
>> when i was a kid, i loved
masks, but usually all you could
find at the local stores were

961
00:34:45,918 --> 00:34:47,884
masks, but usually all you could
find at the local stores were
crappy plastic flimsy masks that

962
00:34:47,886 --> 00:34:49,352
find at the local stores were
crappy plastic flimsy masks that
lost their shape.

963
00:34:49,354 --> 00:34:50,954
crappy plastic flimsy masks that
lost their shape.
but as time went on, it really

964
00:34:50,956 --> 00:34:52,189
lost their shape.
but as time went on, it really
evolved into an art form to

965
00:34:52,191 --> 00:34:53,423
but as time went on, it really
evolved into an art form to
where there's a lot of time

966
00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:54,758
evolved into an art form to
where there's a lot of time
spent in the sculpting and the

967
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,059
where there's a lot of time
spent in the sculpting and the
painting, and now it's to the

968
00:34:56,061 --> 00:34:57,227
spent in the sculpting and the
painting, and now it's to the
point where you can get an

969
00:34:57,229 --> 00:34:58,962
painting, and now it's to the
point where you can get an
expensive high-end mask that

970
00:34:58,964 --> 00:35:01,064
point where you can get an
expensive high-end mask that
almost rivals movie quality.

971
00:35:01,066 --> 00:35:02,365
expensive high-end mask that
almost rivals movie quality.
>> narrator: and wayne toth

972
00:35:02,367 --> 00:35:03,366
almost rivals movie quality.
>> narrator: and wayne toth
would know.

973
00:35:03,368 --> 00:35:04,768
>> narrator: and wayne toth
would know.
he's a special-effects artist

974
00:35:04,770 --> 00:35:07,871
would know.
he's a special-effects artist
for major motion pictures.

975
00:35:07,873 --> 00:35:09,239
he's a special-effects artist
for major motion pictures.
>> we have a lot of customers

976
00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:10,640
for major motion pictures.
>> we have a lot of customers
that like higher-end stuff or

977
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:12,042
>> we have a lot of customers
that like higher-end stuff or
high-quality stuff, so we go out

978
00:35:12,044 --> 00:35:13,443
that like higher-end stuff or
high-quality stuff, so we go out
of our way to get that.

979
00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:15,378
high-quality stuff, so we go out
of our way to get that.
we have high-end costumes, fancy

980
00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:16,880
of our way to get that.
we have high-end costumes, fancy
jackets, and all kinds of

981
00:35:16,882 --> 00:35:18,248
we have high-end costumes, fancy
jackets, and all kinds of
accessories you really couldn't

982
00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,649
jackets, and all kinds of
accessories you really couldn't
find anywhere else.

983
00:35:19,651 --> 00:35:21,118
accessories you really couldn't
find anywhere else.
we try and make it so no matter

984
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,619
find anywhere else.
we try and make it so no matter
what you're looking for, you can

985
00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:23,553
we try and make it so no matter
what you're looking for, you can
find it here.

986
00:35:23,555 --> 00:35:25,222
what you're looking for, you can
find it here.
>> narrator: today's upscale

987
00:35:25,224 --> 00:35:27,390
find it here.
>> narrator: today's upscale
masks and costumes are a far cry

988
00:35:27,392 --> 00:35:28,758
>> narrator: today's upscale
masks and costumes are a far cry
from the generic devils,

989
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,894
masks and costumes are a far cry
from the generic devils,
witches, skeletons, and ghosts

990
00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:32,762
from the generic devils,
witches, skeletons, and ghosts
of the 1960s.

991
00:35:32,764 --> 00:35:34,264
witches, skeletons, and ghosts
of the 1960s.
but that's the decade when the

992
00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:35,599
of the 1960s.
but that's the decade when the
halloween wardrobe began to

993
00:35:35,601 --> 00:35:36,766
but that's the decade when the
halloween wardrobe began to
change.

994
00:35:36,768 --> 00:35:38,568
halloween wardrobe began to
change.
hollywood started to influence

995
00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:40,403
change.
hollywood started to influence
what kids wore, transforming

996
00:35:40,405 --> 00:35:42,139
hollywood started to influence
what kids wore, transforming
them into their favorite tv and

997
00:35:42,141 --> 00:35:43,473
what kids wore, transforming
them into their favorite tv and
movie characters.

998
00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:45,275
them into their favorite tv and
movie characters.
today that trend has escalated

999
00:35:45,277 --> 00:35:46,910
movie characters.
today that trend has escalated
to an obsession.

1000
00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:48,411
today that trend has escalated
to an obsession.
film franchises like

1001
00:35:48,413 --> 00:35:49,779
to an obsession.
film franchises like
"a nightmare on elm street,"

1002
00:35:49,781 --> 00:35:52,115
film franchises like
"a nightmare on elm street,"
"scream," and "halloween" are

1003
00:35:52,117 --> 00:35:53,817
"a nightmare on elm street,"
"scream," and "halloween" are
inspiring growing legions of

1004
00:35:53,819 --> 00:35:56,720
"scream," and "halloween" are
inspiring growing legions of
kids to dress to kill.

1005
00:35:56,921 --> 00:36:01,491
>> to wear the mask of the
killer or of the ghost, of the
skeleton, it gives a kid a sense

1006
00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:02,826
killer or of the ghost, of the
skeleton, it gives a kid a sense
of a lot of power and also of

1007
00:36:02,828 --> 00:36:04,427
skeleton, it gives a kid a sense
of a lot of power and also of
safety, 'cause the monster can't

1008
00:36:04,429 --> 00:36:05,929
of a lot of power and also of
safety, 'cause the monster can't
get you if you are the monster

1009
00:36:05,931 --> 00:36:09,633
safety, 'cause the monster can't
get you if you are the monster
for that moment.

1010
00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:14,304
>> narrator: crazed-killer masks
are just part of halloween's
evolving taste in costumes.

1011
00:36:14,306 --> 00:36:15,872
are just part of halloween's
evolving taste in costumes.
the only rule now is that

1012
00:36:15,874 --> 00:36:17,174
evolving taste in costumes.
the only rule now is that
there are no rules.

1013
00:36:17,176 --> 00:36:18,942
the only rule now is that
there are no rules.
masks take their inspiration

1014
00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:21,311
there are no rules.
masks take their inspiration
from pop culture, religion,

1015
00:36:21,313 --> 00:36:23,280
masks take their inspiration
from pop culture, religion,
politics -- you name it.

1016
00:36:23,282 --> 00:36:24,814
from pop culture, religion,
politics -- you name it.
and a growing number of faces

1017
00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:26,816
politics -- you name it.
and a growing number of faces
behind them belong not to kids

1018
00:36:26,818 --> 00:36:30,453
and a growing number of faces
behind them belong not to kids
but adults.

1019
00:36:30,621 --> 00:36:35,559
>> halloween has become a huge
adult activity, and i don't
think that was the case 50, 60

1020
00:36:35,561 --> 00:36:37,460
adult activity, and i don't
think that was the case 50, 60
years ago.

1021
00:36:37,628 --> 00:36:42,132
but it's been, again, a specific
day set aside where you can be
somebody that you normally

1022
00:36:42,134 --> 00:36:42,632
day set aside where you can be
somebody that you normally
aren't.

1023
00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:44,067
somebody that you normally
aren't.
you can get behind a mask, you

1024
00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:45,669
aren't.
you can get behind a mask, you
can wear clothes you would never

1025
00:36:45,671 --> 00:36:47,003
you can get behind a mask, you
can wear clothes you would never
wear during the rest of the

1026
00:36:47,005 --> 00:36:51,074
can wear clothes you would never
wear during the rest of the
year, and people enjoy these.

1027
00:36:51,076 --> 00:36:52,642
wear during the rest of the
year, and people enjoy these.
>> narrator: truth is our

1028
00:36:52,644 --> 00:36:54,477
year, and people enjoy these.
>> narrator: truth is our
21st-century halloween is as

1029
00:36:54,479 --> 00:36:56,246
>> narrator: truth is our
21st-century halloween is as
much a holiday for adults as it

1030
00:36:56,248 --> 00:36:59,883
21st-century halloween is as
much a holiday for adults as it
is a holiday for kids.

1031
00:37:00,084 --> 00:37:04,354
>> you get those children who
are now grown up, and they
become very nostalgic for

1032
00:37:04,356 --> 00:37:06,156
are now grown up, and they
become very nostalgic for
halloween, so halloween shifts

1033
00:37:06,158 --> 00:37:07,557
become very nostalgic for
halloween, so halloween shifts
again, starts to become more of

1034
00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,793
halloween, so halloween shifts
again, starts to become more of
an adult holiday.

1035
00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:14,364
>> narrator: halloween
businesses now cater to anyone
who wants to get into the spirit

1036
00:37:14,366 --> 00:37:16,233
businesses now cater to anyone
who wants to get into the spirit
of the holiday, with parties and

1037
00:37:16,235 --> 00:37:18,068
who wants to get into the spirit
of the holiday, with parties and
halloween-themed venues such as

1038
00:37:18,070 --> 00:37:19,436
of the holiday, with parties and
halloween-themed venues such as
haunted houses.

1039
00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:23,773
>> 50 years ago, when you were
too old to trick-or-treat, you
probably had to stay home and

1040
00:37:23,775 --> 00:37:24,874
too old to trick-or-treat, you
probably had to stay home and
hand out candy.

1041
00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:29,012
there was nothing else for you
to do.
now there is a vast and

1042
00:37:29,014 --> 00:37:30,347
to do.
now there is a vast and
imaginative haunted-house

1043
00:37:30,349 --> 00:37:32,082
now there is a vast and
imaginative haunted-house
industry just for you.

1044
00:37:32,084 --> 00:37:33,083
imaginative haunted-house
industry just for you.
and there's something like

1045
00:37:33,085 --> 00:37:36,219
industry just for you.
and there's something like
4,000 haunted houses in the

1046
00:37:36,221 --> 00:37:37,520
and there's something like
4,000 haunted houses in the
united states every year.

1047
00:37:37,522 --> 00:37:38,288
4,000 haunted houses in the
united states every year.
[ girl screams ]

1048
00:37:38,290 --> 00:37:43,193
united states every year.
[ girl screams ]
[ girls screaming ]

1049
00:37:43,195 --> 00:37:44,661
[ girl screams ]
[ girls screaming ]
>> oh!

1050
00:37:44,829 --> 00:37:49,165
>> i loved haunted houses.
they fascinated me.
they terrified me as a kid.

1051
00:37:49,333 --> 00:37:55,372
>> narrator: but haunted houses
aren't the only place to find
adults getting out on halloween.

1052
00:37:55,374 --> 00:37:57,207
aren't the only place to find
adults getting out on halloween.
in places like new york city's

1053
00:37:57,209 --> 00:37:58,908
adults getting out on halloween.
in places like new york city's
greenwich village halloween

1054
00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:00,644
in places like new york city's
greenwich village halloween
parade and west hollywood's

1055
00:38:00,646 --> 00:38:02,545
greenwich village halloween
parade and west hollywood's
halloween carnival, the holiday

1056
00:38:02,547 --> 00:38:05,148
parade and west hollywood's
halloween carnival, the holiday
takes a walk on the wild and

1057
00:38:05,150 --> 00:38:07,050
halloween carnival, the holiday
takes a walk on the wild and
naughty side.

1058
00:38:07,052 --> 00:38:08,551
takes a walk on the wild and
naughty side.
>> of course, the gay halloween

1059
00:38:08,553 --> 00:38:09,919
naughty side.
>> of course, the gay halloween
parade is now a big fixture in

1060
00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:11,554
>> of course, the gay halloween
parade is now a big fixture in
san francisco, in los angeles,

1061
00:38:11,556 --> 00:38:13,056
parade is now a big fixture in
san francisco, in los angeles,
and, of course, a big part of

1062
00:38:13,058 --> 00:38:15,058
san francisco, in los angeles,
and, of course, a big part of
the new york celebration.

1063
00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:16,826
and, of course, a big part of
the new york celebration.
but it's this idea of turning

1064
00:38:16,828 --> 00:38:18,728
the new york celebration.
but it's this idea of turning
the world on its head and being

1065
00:38:18,730 --> 00:38:20,597
but it's this idea of turning
the world on its head and being
who you aren't or would like to

1066
00:38:20,599 --> 00:38:21,564
the world on its head and being
who you aren't or would like to
be.

1067
00:38:21,566 --> 00:38:22,932
who you aren't or would like to
be.
>> oh, yeah!

1068
00:38:22,934 --> 00:38:25,402
be.
>> oh, yeah!
>> again, it's that mercurial

1069
00:38:25,404 --> 00:38:27,404
>> oh, yeah!
>> again, it's that mercurial
american obsession with

1070
00:38:27,406 --> 00:38:29,072
>> again, it's that mercurial
american obsession with
self-transformation.

1071
00:38:29,074 --> 00:38:31,141
american obsession with
self-transformation.
and that's the thing, i think,

1072
00:38:31,143 --> 00:38:33,443
self-transformation.
and that's the thing, i think,
that really ignited halloween in

1073
00:38:33,445 --> 00:38:35,578
and that's the thing, i think,
that really ignited halloween in
america.

1074
00:38:35,580 --> 00:38:36,680
that really ignited halloween in
america.
>> narrator: this sexually

1075
00:38:36,682 --> 00:38:38,315
america.
>> narrator: this sexually
liberated halloween sometimes

1076
00:38:38,317 --> 00:38:40,583
>> narrator: this sexually
liberated halloween sometimes
crosses the line from adults to

1077
00:38:40,585 --> 00:38:42,786
liberated halloween sometimes
crosses the line from adults to
adults-only.

1078
00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:48,058
>> if you look at the costumes
that are sold to adults these
days, the costumes for women are

1079
00:38:48,060 --> 00:38:49,993
that are sold to adults these
days, the costumes for women are
all kind of borderline

1080
00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:51,761
days, the costumes for women are
all kind of borderline
prostitute costumes -- you know,

1081
00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:53,330
all kind of borderline
prostitute costumes -- you know,
the sexy nurse, the sexy maid,

1082
00:38:53,332 --> 00:38:58,568
prostitute costumes -- you know,
the sexy nurse, the sexy maid,
the sexy anything.

1083
00:38:58,703 --> 00:39:03,606
>> narrator: now grown-ups are
taking it one step further.
they stock up on specially

1084
00:39:03,608 --> 00:39:05,375
taking it one step further.
they stock up on specially
packaged halloween novelty candy

1085
00:39:05,377 --> 00:39:07,010
they stock up on specially
packaged halloween novelty candy
and join their children going

1086
00:39:07,012 --> 00:39:09,112
packaged halloween novelty candy
and join their children going
door to door on halloween night.

1087
00:39:09,114 --> 00:39:11,314
and join their children going
door to door on halloween night.
these trick-or-treaters of the

1088
00:39:11,316 --> 00:39:14,050
door to door on halloween night.
these trick-or-treaters of the
1970s and '80s now seize the

1089
00:39:14,052 --> 00:39:15,952
these trick-or-treaters of the
1970s and '80s now seize the
opportunity to relive their

1090
00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:17,987
1970s and '80s now seize the
opportunity to relive their
childhood halloweens, dressing

1091
00:39:17,989 --> 00:39:20,223
opportunity to relive their
childhood halloweens, dressing
in full costume, supposedly to

1092
00:39:20,225 --> 00:39:21,691
childhood halloweens, dressing
in full costume, supposedly to
keep a watchful eye on their

1093
00:39:21,693 --> 00:39:23,660
in full costume, supposedly to
keep a watchful eye on their
kids.

1094
00:39:23,662 --> 00:39:25,328
keep a watchful eye on their
kids.
and just as halloween has scared

1095
00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:27,230
kids.
and just as halloween has scared
kids for years, halloween scares

1096
00:39:27,232 --> 00:39:29,632
and just as halloween has scared
kids for years, halloween scares
parents, too.

1097
00:39:29,634 --> 00:39:31,000
kids for years, halloween scares
parents, too.
they fear sending their kids

1098
00:39:31,002 --> 00:39:33,069
parents, too.
they fear sending their kids
out unsupervised into a hostile

1099
00:39:33,071 --> 00:39:35,638
they fear sending their kids
out unsupervised into a hostile
world full of poisoned candy and

1100
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,741
out unsupervised into a hostile
world full of poisoned candy and
razor-blade-riddled apples.

1101
00:39:37,743 --> 00:39:40,076
world full of poisoned candy and
razor-blade-riddled apples.
but they really shouldn't be.

1102
00:39:40,078 --> 00:39:41,478
razor-blade-riddled apples.
but they really shouldn't be.
>> i grew up hearing about razor

1103
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:42,712
but they really shouldn't be.
>> i grew up hearing about razor
blades in apples myself, and

1104
00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:44,748
>> i grew up hearing about razor
blades in apples myself, and
it's clearly what you would call

1105
00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:46,249
blades in apples myself, and
it's clearly what you would call
a contemporary legend.

1106
00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:47,917
it's clearly what you would call
a contemporary legend.
another term is "urban legend."

1107
00:39:47,919 --> 00:39:49,419
a contemporary legend.
another term is "urban legend."
there's a great societal unease

1108
00:39:49,421 --> 00:39:50,754
another term is "urban legend."
there's a great societal unease
about this idea that we're

1109
00:39:50,756 --> 00:39:52,088
there's a great societal unease
about this idea that we're
telling our kids to go take

1110
00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:54,023
about this idea that we're
telling our kids to go take
candy from strangers, so there's

1111
00:39:54,025 --> 00:39:55,759
telling our kids to go take
candy from strangers, so there's
a lot of stories about razor

1112
00:39:55,761 --> 00:39:57,494
candy from strangers, so there's
a lot of stories about razor
blades in candied apples and

1113
00:39:57,496 --> 00:39:58,862
a lot of stories about razor
blades in candied apples and
these sorts of things.

1114
00:39:58,864 --> 00:40:00,397
blades in candied apples and
these sorts of things.
and parents every year get very,

1115
00:40:00,399 --> 00:40:02,098
these sorts of things.
and parents every year get very,
very worried about it.

1116
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:03,533
and parents every year get very,
very worried about it.
did razor blades in apples ever

1117
00:40:03,535 --> 00:40:04,000
very worried about it.
did razor blades in apples ever
happen?

1118
00:40:04,002 --> 00:40:05,402
did razor blades in apples ever
happen?
i believe there are a couple of

1119
00:40:05,404 --> 00:40:05,835
happen?
i believe there are a couple of
cases.

1120
00:40:05,837 --> 00:40:07,070
i believe there are a couple of
cases.
but, of course, you can ask

1121
00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:08,405
cases.
but, of course, you can ask
which came first, you know --

1122
00:40:08,407 --> 00:40:10,740
but, of course, you can ask
which came first, you know --
the story or the action?

1123
00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:12,075
which came first, you know --
the story or the action?
>> narrator: razor blades in

1124
00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:12,542
the story or the action?
>> narrator: razor blades in
apples...

1125
00:40:12,544 --> 00:40:14,077
>> narrator: razor blades in
apples...
jack-o'-lanterns...

1126
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:15,512
apples...
jack-o'-lanterns...
soul cakes.

1127
00:40:15,514 --> 00:40:17,080
jack-o'-lanterns...
soul cakes.
they make up the legends, the

1128
00:40:17,082 --> 00:40:18,681
soul cakes.
they make up the legends, the
texture of the halloween we

1129
00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:21,518
they make up the legends, the
texture of the halloween we
know.

1130
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,253
texture of the halloween we
know.
today halloween wears many

1131
00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:24,220
know.
today halloween wears many
masks.

1132
00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:25,688
today halloween wears many
masks.
it's a day for adults to push

1133
00:40:25,690 --> 00:40:27,290
masks.
it's a day for adults to push
their boundaries a little.

1134
00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:29,058
it's a day for adults to push
their boundaries a little.
>> clearly, a lot of women want

1135
00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:30,693
their boundaries a little.
>> clearly, a lot of women want
to have a very sexy side of

1136
00:40:30,695 --> 00:40:32,028
>> clearly, a lot of women want
to have a very sexy side of
them, and it's only on halloween

1137
00:40:32,030 --> 00:40:33,096
to have a very sexy side of
them, and it's only on halloween
that they bring it out.

1138
00:40:33,098 --> 00:40:34,431
them, and it's only on halloween
that they bring it out.
maybe, you know, they could do

1139
00:40:34,433 --> 00:40:38,435
that they bring it out.
maybe, you know, they could do
it a little more often.

1140
00:40:38,437 --> 00:40:40,236
maybe, you know, they could do
it a little more often.
>> narrator: yet halloween still

1141
00:40:40,238 --> 00:40:44,140
it a little more often.
>> narrator: yet halloween still
remains the domain of kids.

1142
00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:45,575
>> narrator: yet halloween still
remains the domain of kids.
>> when you're a kid, you had

1143
00:40:45,577 --> 00:40:47,076
remains the domain of kids.
>> when you're a kid, you had
one night a year where you were

1144
00:40:47,078 --> 00:40:47,710
>> when you're a kid, you had
one night a year where you were
in charge.

1145
00:40:47,712 --> 00:40:49,212
one night a year where you were
in charge.
you got to dress up, you got to

1146
00:40:49,214 --> 00:40:50,713
in charge.
you got to dress up, you got to
be something that you usually

1147
00:40:50,715 --> 00:40:52,148
you got to dress up, you got to
be something that you usually
weren't, and you kind of even

1148
00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:53,716
be something that you usually
weren't, and you kind of even
got paid for the privilege of

1149
00:40:53,718 --> 00:40:54,150
weren't, and you kind of even
got paid for the privilege of
this.

1150
00:40:54,152 --> 00:40:56,453
got paid for the privilege of
this.
it was an amazing holiday.

1151
00:40:56,455 --> 00:40:58,888
this.
it was an amazing holiday.
>> halloween doesn't like to

1152
00:40:58,890 --> 00:41:00,723
it was an amazing holiday.
>> halloween doesn't like to
have its energies tamed, you

1153
00:41:00,725 --> 00:41:01,958
>> halloween doesn't like to
have its energies tamed, you
know?

1154
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,726
have its energies tamed, you
know?
the rebellious aspect's gonna

1155
00:41:03,728 --> 00:41:07,964
know?
the rebellious aspect's gonna
pop up somewhere.

1156
00:41:07,966 --> 00:41:09,265
the rebellious aspect's gonna
pop up somewhere.
>> narrator: look close enough,

1157
00:41:09,267 --> 00:41:10,934
pop up somewhere.
>> narrator: look close enough,
and you'll see that halloween is

1158
00:41:10,936 --> 00:41:12,402
>> narrator: look close enough,
and you'll see that halloween is
a showcase of everything the

1159
00:41:12,404 --> 00:41:14,704
and you'll see that halloween is
a showcase of everything the
human race fears.

1160
00:41:14,872 --> 00:41:19,509
through the centuries, we've
learned to live with what scares
us most.

1161
00:41:19,511 --> 00:41:22,745
learned to live with what scares
us most.
and now, on october 31st, we

1162
00:41:22,747 --> 00:41:25,748
us most.
and now, on october 31st, we
turn our fears into fun.

1163
00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:28,351
and now, on october 31st, we
turn our fears into fun.
so, beware...

1164
00:41:28,353 --> 00:41:30,620
turn our fears into fun.
so, beware...
of haunted houses and creaking

1165
00:41:30,622 --> 00:41:31,955
so, beware...
of haunted houses and creaking
doors...

1166
00:41:31,957 --> 00:41:34,757
of haunted houses and creaking
doors...
billowing sheets and full moons.

1167
00:41:34,759 --> 00:41:36,993
doors...
billowing sheets and full moons.
and don't be surprised if a

1168
00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:38,828
billowing sheets and full moons.
and don't be surprised if a
smiling jack-o'-lantern wishes

1169
00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:39,829
and don't be surprised if a
smiling jack-o'-lantern wishes
you...

1170
00:41:39,831 --> 00:41:41,531
smiling jack-o'-lantern wishes
you...
happy halloween.

1171
00:41:41,533 --> 00:41:43,833
you...
happy halloween.
ha ha ha ha.