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Halloween Fun Facts
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Which superstar fueled years of āIlluminatiā conspiracy theories after her 2013 Super Bowl performance included triangle hand signs and glowing eyes?
Beyonce
100
In Hocus Pocus, lighting this object on Halloween night resurrects the Sanderson Sisters.
Black Flame Candle
100
This weeping ghost of Latin American legend is said to wander near rivers, crying for her lost children.
La Llorona
100
During the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s, accused witches were most often said to have made a pact with whom?
Devil
100
This striped candy was invented in the 1880s, originally called āChicken Feed,ā and remains one of the most debated Halloween treats.
candy corn
200
Which 2009 Gaga video features coffins, skeletons, and a fiery murder scene wrapped in couture?
Bad Romance
200
In Twilight, this powerful Italian coven enforces vampire law and punishes those who expose their kind.
Volturi
200
Witnesses in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, claimed to see this red-eyed, winged creature before the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse.
Mothman
200
In folklore, witchesā animal companions ā often cats, toads, or ravens ā are known by this magical term.
familiars
200
This company was the first major candy brand to run a Halloween-specific ad campaign in the 1950s, cementing candy as part of the holiday.
Hershey's
300
At her 2022 Halloween party, supermodel Heidi Klum shocked guests by showing up as this spineless creature.
Worm
300
In It, Pennywise returns to terrorize the town every how many years?
27
300
Created on internet forums in 2009, this faceless, suit-wearing figure became the modern boogeyman of online horror.
Slenderman
300
In Practical Magic, the Owens family is cursed so that any man who loves a woman in the family will meet what fate?
Death
300
Before pumpkins, the Irish and Scottish carved faces into this pale root vegetable to ward off evil spirits.
turnips
400
This actress once carried a vial of her then-boyfriend Billy Bob Thorntonās blood around her neckāand later joked that it was āmore romantic than people think.ā
Angelina Jolie
400
The town where Michael Myers began his killing spree
Haddonfield
400
In 2018, this influencer sparked outrage after posting a video filmed in Japanās notoriously haunted forest near Mount Fuji.
Logan Paul
400
In American Horror Story: Coven, this Supreme witch is portrayed by actress Jessica Lange.
Fiona Goode
400
This classic Halloween party game actually began as a way to predict marriages and future romance.
bobbing for apples
500
This eccentric actor once purchased the infamous LaLaurie Mansion in New Orleansāknown for its gruesome history of torture and hauntingsāthen lost his fortune soon after, calling it ābad luck.ā
Nicholas Cage
500
The hotel number Dannyās warned to avoid in The Shining
237
500
From Native American folklore, this gaunt, cannibalistic creature is said to appear to those who give in to greed or hunger in the cold wilderness.
Wendigo
500
In Harry Potter, this dark witch founded the house known for cunning and ambition, and her locket later became a Horcrux.
Salazar Slytherin
500
During the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, this number of people were executed for witchcraft.
19