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Podcast Episode 4: Halloween Fire Games, Haunted Houses & a Ladder-Climbing Horse. Weekly Roundup

September 23, 2026 Tess Blackwood

This week’s Weekly Roundup dives into an old Halloween apple-and-candle game, the rise of pumpkins on the front porch, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken at the Terror Glow Drive-In, and…

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Did People Really Play a Halloween Game With an Apple and a Lit Candle?

September 16, 2026 Tess Blackwood

In the 1800s, Halloween partygoers really did try to bite an apple from one end of a spinning stick while a lit candle swung from the other. Here’s how the…

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Podcast Episode 4: Halloween Fire Games, Haunted Houses & a Ladder-Climbing Horse. Weekly Roundup

Did People Really Play a Halloween Game With an Apple and a Lit Candle?

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