A Spook-tacular Halloween Takeover 👻

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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👻 It's a spook-tacular Halloween takeover today on The Ten News! 🎃 Ryan Nerz is here to break down the history of the holiday. 🕯️Pam and Ryan have a g-g-g-ghost story about NYC's beloved Broadway theatres. 🏚️ Plus, a look at some of the most haunted places in America! Trick-or-Trivia: this classic candy used to have a totally different name 🌽

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0:00.0	Halloween is here.
0:03.0	Um, hello?
0:06.0	Is anyone here?
0:08.0	Boo!
0:10.0	Hi Pam, nice try. Not nice enough though.
0:13.0	That didn't scare you? I've been hiding in that closet for almost an hour!
0:17.0	They say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert in something, so maybe in another 9,999
0:22.5	hours, you'll be able to scare me. Or maybe that was just a distraction to make you think that was
0:28.4	the big Halloween scare. Wait, what? By the way, cool cowgirl costume, but it's not scary.
0:36.0	Nice bald cap and suit. Who are you? Jeff Bezos?
0:40.7	Lex Luthor, actually, but good guess. There's a lot of supermans and supergirls this year, so I had to
0:46.0	change it up. It'll be tough to scare an evil genius, but I'll do my best because I'm Pamela Kirkland.
0:52.2	And I'm Ryan Willard. It's finally Friday, October 31st.
0:56.2	This is the 10 News Halloween Deep Dive.
1:01.1	10.
1:01.6	9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 0, 1.
1:09.6	So, right, what exactly do you love about Halloween?
1:13.6	Um, dressing up, scaring people and being spooky and obviously trick-or-treating.
1:22.3	Do you know how it all began?
1:24.5	Why people dress up and go door to door asking neighbors for candy?
1:29.3	Because you get free candy by dressing up, right?
1:34.5	All right, I think we need to look into this.
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