Welcome to Air and Mankies, Captain of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable, and if history is an open book, all of these

amazing tales are right there on display, just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Does anyone else have a favorite Halloween party game?

I think we can all agree that spooky season can last year round if you're lucky, but there

are some games that can really only be played when the Great Pumpkin is ready to make an

appearance.

From treasure hunts to bobbing for apples, most of us grew up with these traditions, but

I have to say that there are some older and weirder ones than you would ever expect.

So let's start off with the basics.

Where does Halloween come from?

It's really an amalgamation of different cultural traditions, but the roots stretch back

to an ancient Celtic festival called Saouin, a word that, by the way, is often pronounced

Sam Hayne because of the way it's spelled, but you're getting it straight from the

source here.

They believe that the veil between this world and the next was the thinnest at that time

of the year, and so they conducted a series of rituals, festivals, and bonfires to appease

or even banish any spirits that happen to make an appearance.

This grew out of a combination of Celtic and Roman traditions, and some of the customs

were pretty durable.

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