"Midnight Mass" series
Random Facts About Halloween (All Hallows Eve)
In Alabama it is illegal to dress as a priest on Halloween
Originally in the "old world" they carved turnips instead of pumpkins
Allentown, PA had the first Halloween parade in this country in 1905.
It is illegal to use silly string in Hollywood, CA on Halloween.
Trick or Treating started in the 1930's when candy was being used to bribe children in order to stop them from breaking peoples windows.
Before candy, people gave out popcorn caramel balls and candy apples. (a lot of work!)
The first retail Halloween costumes were sold in the 1930's.
Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.
Salem, Massachusetts is considered the Halloween Capital of the world.
The Village Halloween parade in NYC is the largest Halloween parade in the world.
Great Short Stories to Read on Halloween:
"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" by Alvin Schwartz (any of the three volumes)
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Bottle Imp" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
Victor Rothschild 10/31/1910
Sheila Bromley 10/31/1911
Richard H. Cutting 10/31/1912
Dale Evans 10/31/1912
Dick Francis 10/31/1920
Barbara Bel Geddes 10/31/1922
Talfryn Thomas 10/31/1922
Guy Marks 10/31/1923
Cleo Moore 10/31/1924
Ivan Bonar 10/31/1924
Lee Grant 10/31/1925
Richard Morris Hunt 10/31/1927
Dianne Foster 10/31/1928
Michael Collins 10/31/1930
Dan Rather 10/31/1931
Katherine Paterson 10/31/1932
Joseph G. Giambra 10/31/1933
Michael Landon 10/31/1936
James Mathers 10/31/1936
Ron Rifkin 10/31/1939
Richard Bernstein 10/31/1939
Dick Dinman 10/31/1940
Sally Kirkland 10/31/1941
Corinne Camacho 10/31/1941
David Ogden Stiers 10/31/1942
Kinky Friedman 10/31/1944
Brian Doyle-Murray 10/31/1945
Patricia Gaul 10/31/1945
Stephen Rea 10/31/1946
Bob Corff 10/31/1947
John Cothran 10/31/1947
John Candy 10/31/1950
Jane Pauley 10/31/1950
Michael J. Anderson 10/31/1953
Susan Orlean 10/31/1955
Xavier Roberts 10/31/1955
Brian Stokes Mitchell 10/31/1957
Neal Stephenson 10/31/1959
Peter Jackson 10/31/1961
Rob Schneider 10/31/1963
Dermot Mulroney 10/31/1963
Adam Horovitz 10/31/1966
Vanilla Ice 10/31/1967
Adam Schlesinger 10/31/1967
David Coburn 10/31/1969
Chris Tucker 10/31/1972
Piper Perabo 10/31/1976
Eddie Kaye Thomas 10/31/1980
Tay Strathairn 10/31/1980
Justin Chatwin 10/31/1982
Willow Smith 10/31/2000
The Famous Who Died on Halloween:
Blanche Walsh 10/31/1915
John H. Collins 10/31/1918
Egon Schiele 10/31/1918
Harry Houdini 10/31/1926
Robert Woolsey 10/31/1938
Henry Daniell 10/31/1963
Rita Johnson 10/31/1965
Grant Woods 10/31/1968
Maxwell Reed 10/31/1974
Joseph Calleia 10/31/1975
Linda Watkins 10/31/1976
Eva Taylor 10/31/1977
Indira Gandhi 10/31/1984
Marcella Martin 10/31/1986
John Houseman 10/31/1988
River Phoenix 10/31/1993
Alvin Hammer 10/31/1993
Federico Fellini 10/31/1993
Rosalind Cash 10/31/1995
Arthur Peterson 10/31/1996
Ring Lardner Jr. 10/31/2000
Jenny Laird 10/31/2001
Daphne Hardy-Henrion 10/31/2003
Lali Sokolov 10/31/2006
Studs Terkel 10/31/2008
Gregg Palmer 10/31/2015
Charles Herbert 10/31/2015
Natalie Babbitt 10/31/2016
Sean Connery 10/31/2020
Andrew Duncan: 10/31/2022
Ken Mattingly 10/31/2023
The Famous Who Tied the Noose..I mean the Knot on Halloween:
Jack Hawkins and Doreen Lawrence 10/31/1947
Mel Torme and Phyllis Arlene Miles 10/31/1956 (divorced)
Davy Jones and Linda Haines 10/31/1968 (divorced)
Michelle Phillips and Dennis Hopper 10/31/1970 (divorced)
Ed Begley Jr. and Ingrid Taylor 10/31/1976 (divorced)
Al Sharpton and Kathy Jordan 10/31/1980
Matthew Modine and Caridad Rivera 10/31/1980
Jack Jones and Kim Ely 10/31/1982 (divorced)
Rob Zombie and Sheri Skurkis 10/31/2002
Bryan Greenberg and Jamie Chung 10/31/2015
Haunted Places in America:
The Winchester House, San Jose, California
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California
Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mount Misery Road, West Hills, New York
Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
The House of Seven Gables, Salem, Massachisetts
Amityville House, Amityville, New York
The Hollywood Sign, Hollywood, California
Hotel Chelsea, Manhattan, New York
The Lizzie Borden House, Fall River, Massachusetts
Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon
Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York
