By now you’ve probably carved up a few Jack-O-Lanterns for your front porch. But why do we carve pumpkins anyway? Where did that come from?
The modern holiday we know as Halloween really started way back with the Irish festival, “Samhain,’ which was meant to recognize the transition from summer into winter.
During the festival people would have bonfires and it was believed that evil spirits lurked in the surrounding shadows near the fire. To keep the evil spirits away they would carve scary faces into hollowed out pumpkins, turnips, and various other crops. Then they would place them in the windows and along the road.
Now, they are mostly used as decoration. But always good to know that they could be keeping away a few evil doers at the same time.
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What’s better than one bowl of candy for Halloween? How about two bowls!? And there’s a reason why you might want to consider putting out the extra bowl this year… (:30)
Anna has three crazy news stories and Raven is going to pick one to talk about! Today his options are; A man who injured himself at a corn maze, a sheriff with a trippy childhood story, and a meat theft ring! (3:43)
Every parent takes a little candy out of their kid’s Halloween bag, but if you do it on Halloween night, that’s all I need to know about you! (7:41)
Could you crush a pumpkin with your thighs? Anna tasked Producer Sean with trying it out, but Producer Jon suggested a challenge of his own… (11:13)
Could you guess a candy bar just by hearing the ingredients? If you can do it, Anna and Raven have a $75 Target gift card for you! (18:30)
Can you tell a scary story in one sentence? Raven has a real life one sentence scary story that everyone can relate to! (20:26)
Are Anna and Raven smarter than 5th graders? They definitely are not, but they invited 5th grade teacher Miss Ayette to figure out which one of them is smarter! (23:54)
How do you relieve stress? Apparently screaming at the top of your lungs can help, but you have to do it a particular way… (27:53)
Have you ever wondered about the afterlife? Anna and Raven are joined by Medium Patricia Griffin to perform a séance! (31:49)
Zach and Nicky have elaborate Halloween decoarations in their yard. This year there was a complaint with one section of the yard that has severed plastic baby doll heads. The town reached out saying that it may have gone too far but it was up to them if they wanted to remove it. Zach says no way, it’s their yard and it’s Halloween! Scary is scary! Nicky says it’s not their goal to anger the neighbors. What would you do? (35:49)
Jessica has got a shot at $2200! Can she beat Raven in pop culture trivia and claim the prize? (43:15)
Every Wednesday Kevin is joined by Nick Johnston, TV and Film writer for Vanyaland.com. This week as we get closer to Halloween weekend Nick gives us a few spooky streaming picks and the newest buzzed about scary movie hitting theaters that isn’t for anyone with a fear of clowns.
With Halloween coming up next Monday I figured it was a perfect time to hook you up with $100 gift cards to Stop & Shop! So you can get that last minute candy, spooky decorations, or just this week’s groceries.
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Q: This was voted the best NON-scary movie to watch for Halloween
Let this be a lesson to all criminals out there, you don’t want to mess with grandma energy.
Like this one great-grandmother out in Oakland, CA who recently stopped a purse thief from robbing her neighbor. The thief jumped out of a car and trying to snag the person, until our grandma hero saw what was happening and threw her cane at the car to scare them off. It worked! They fled without the purse.
Congrats, you’re off the hook candy corn! Circus Peanuts have voted the new worst Halloween candy this year. The BEST and still champion is the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. As it should be.
For years I could never pinpoint what the actual flavor these orange looking marshmallow peanuts was. The original orange colored one is an artificial banana flavoring.
Another little fun tidbit about the Circus peanuts… without them we would’ve never got Lucky Charms. That’s right, back in 1964 a General Mills employee chopped some of the circus peanuts candy pieces into a bowl of Cheerios and boom Lucky Charms was born.
Please don’t hangout Circus Peanuts for Halloween this year. No one wants them. ha ha
