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It's one of the most important nights of the year,

at the midway point between the fall equinox and the winter solstice.

All the villages surrounding yours prepare for the most revered of the four yearly fire festivals.

You've been working to harvest the crops that will get you and

all the nearby families through the winter. As the days get shorter, everyone is

in the fields day in and day out, and the hearth fires at home have been left to burn out.

Now, on the last night of the harvest, you trudge up the hill carrying an unlit torch towards the largest bonfire

you have ever seen. Cloked figures chant rhythmically, welcoming everyone into the circle. The blood of a cow

soaks the ground as you light your torch to carry back home with you. You are now

ushering in the dark half of the year. I'm Elise Perision and this is the

Halloween edition of Unspoookable. If you're used to dressing up as a favorite character and trick-or-treating, then the story at the top may not be quite the

Halloween you were expecting, but it is how Halloween started. Many historians

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