There's a bittersweet undertone to the candies that flood the average American household this time a year.

Self-professed Chocaholic Kate Hopkins traveled across Europe and America to learn about the many layered candy industry

and how the feel-good properties of your favorite confection

go back a long way.

Well, it comes through alchemy and through the idea of the apothecary

where they used sugar as a means to make medicines.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. In the spirit of Halloween coming up, we'll hear from author

Terence Zepke about the most haunted places in America. Her book research took her to an abandoned

asylum in the dark hills of West Virginia, where she spent the night to see what's been

scaring the locals. And you are locked in there and it's pitch dark.

There's no electricity.

There's quiet and then there's unexplained noises.

It's an experience that you'll remember.

I promise you, Rick.

Plus listeners relate their own spine-chilling moments at some of Europe's famous haunts.

Tricks and Treats you're sure to enjoy are just ahead on Travel with Rick Steeves.

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The innocence of candy at Halloween

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