flour sack Halloween masks – A Little Off the Ordinary

Weekly Roundup Episode 2: Flour-Sack Masks, Cake Yeast & Roadside Lunch Rooms. Odd Traditions and Forgotten Stops

September 9, 2026 Tess Blackwood

This week: creepy flour-sack Halloween masks, the mystery of “one cake of yeast,” forgotten roadside lunch rooms, and a darker-than-expected night at the Terror Glow Drive-In.

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Did People Really Wear Flour-Sack Masks for Halloween?

September 5, 2026 Tess Blackwood

Those unsettling old Halloween masks made from sacks weren't just something dreamed up for a horror movie. Flour sacks really were used for masks — and the reason makes perfect…

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Weekly Roundup Episode 2: Flour-Sack Masks, Cake Yeast & Roadside Lunch Rooms. Odd Traditions and Forgotten Stops

Did People Really Wear Flour-Sack Masks for Halloween?

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