31 HALLOWEEN FACTS

12 Days until Halloween.

 

 

This is a costume I created and
 I was wearing for a
Halloween Haunted Trail event on 10/16/15.

 

 

Greetings readers, thanks for the emails. I'm sorry that my server was down for a couple days. Been having trouble with my Comcast network, and my eyes and fingers don't get along when trying to blog on my tablet. LOL. It really can become a Devils situation. booo haaaa. So, lets get this party started and keep it rockin until that spooktacular night - HALLOWEEN. Today I stumbled on some fun facts that I wanted to share with you and thought it would add haunting conversation to any stagnant conversations you might run into.  LOL. Enjoy.

1.  National Candy Corn Day is October 30th.

2.  Halloween originated in Ireland.

3.  The "Jack the Ripper" murders of 1888 are among the many unsolved cases in crime history.

4.  Bobbing for apples is derived from a mix of Roman and Celtic pagan harvest celebrations.

5.  The Celts once carried lanterns carved from turnips through their villages to ward off evil spirits.

6.  In the Friday the 13th films, Kane Hodder was the only actor to play Jason Voorhees more than once.

7.  A pumpkin is a type of squash and is part of the gourd family.

8.  In many cultures All Halloween's Even, Samhain, or Halloween was the end of the year.

9.  Over 30 movies have been based on the books of Stephen King.

10. Hallow is an old word meaning "Holy," and e'en is Scottish for "Evening."

11. The blood used at the end of the movie Carrie was corn syrup.

12. Trick or treating originated in England, where Halloween was first known as Mischief Night.

13. Halloween candy sales average around $2 billion in the USA.

14. "Monster Mash" was written and performed by Bobby "Boris" Pickett.

15. Candy Corn became linked to Halloween in 1898 when it was manufactured by the Coelitz Confectionery Company.

16. Over 30,000 werewolf cases were tried in France between 1520 and 1630.

17. The ancient Celtic culture believed that the spirits of the dead visited the earth on October 31st.

18. Halloween dates back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in).

19. Halloween originated in Ireland.

20. In Native American culture it is believed that the owl escorts the dead to the spirit world.

21. Dracula is the most filmed story of all time.

22. Pumpkins can grown anywhere on the planet except Antarctica.

23. Arthur Miller's classic play, The Crucible, is about the Salem Witch Trials.

24. After Michael Jackson died in 2009, Halloween costume retailers saw sales of his signature sequined glove go up 1000%.

25. The character of Count Dracula has appeared in close to 200 films.

26. The American Film Institute named Psycho the most thrilling movie of all time.

27. The Grim Reaper is derived from the Greek god Thanatos, who was actually a benevolent being who guided lost souls.

28. People once believed that black cats, a Halloween favorite, protected the witches' powers from negative forces.

29. Michael Myers' mask in Halloween was actualy a modified 1970's Captain Kirk mask.

30. The first Halloween card was made in the early 1920s.

31. Legend has it that the ghost of mobster Al Capone still haunts the Alcatraz prison in California.