By Kyle Smith, author of Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity Every October 31, when the pumpkins and black cats emerge, we hear that Halloween owes its origins to Samhain, …
Read More >This post was originally published on October 30th, 2015. The way that Americans celebrate Halloween is so culturally established that it’s often difficult to imagine it without its many defining themes and icons. But …
Read More >The way that Americans celebrate Halloween is so culturally established that it’s often difficult to imagine it without its many defining themes and icons. But the way these long-standing traditions were established can be a …
Read More >From its beginnings as the Celtic festival of Samhain to its connections to the Christian All Saint’s Day to its domestication for children in the early 20th century, the celebration of Halloween …
Read More >Halloween conjures up memories of one of the spookiest events in broadcast history: Orson Welles’ radio dramatization of the War of the Worlds, which aired on Halloween eve in 1938. “No single …
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