Spooky Superstitions
Once thought to be a witch's familiar, this dark colored animal is now associated with bad luck.
What is black cat?
Vlad the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia, is generally believed to have inspired the legend of this mythological monster.
Who is Dracula?
At Disneyland, you can watch the 'Headless Horsemen' ride down this central road.
What is Main Street.
For Halloween, 19th century Louisianans made a midnight dumb supper, a meal eaten without doing this, and waited for a ghost to join.
What is speaking?
Halloween is the top-selling candy day of the year.
Fiction.
Easter is the U.S.'s top candy money-making day.
This paranormal gift is thought to be bestowed on those born on Halloween.
What is second sight?
In the summer of 1816, Mary Shelley created this famous monster while visiting the poet Lord Byron at his villa in Switzerland.
Who is Frankenstein?
This costume article follows skeleton gas & bleeding hockey in Halloween products.
What is mask?
Approximately 300 children visit the emergency room annually on or around Halloween due to a razor blade hidden inside fruit or candy.
Fiction.
According to snopes.com, while pins, razor blades, objects that could produce choking, and other dangerous items have been found in Halloween candy, official investigations have only been able to verify 80 such reports since 1959.
In Europe, this airborne nocturnal creature entering your house was thought to forewarn of a death in your home.
What is a bat?
This legendary humanoid monster created by Gabriel Figueroa supposedly lived in South America and inspired a namesake movie.
What is The Creature from the Black Lagoon?
Because it's Halloween, Elliott dresses up E.T. like on of these so he won't be recognized.
What is a ghost?
Halloween is coming - the 1978 horror film with this actress who strode in as babysitter, Laurie Strode.
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
A fool moon on Halloween is common.
Fiction.
A full moon on Halloween occurs every 19 years. There will be a full moon on Halloween this year, but the next won't be until 2039.
One can tell when a witch is nearby, if this insect falls into a candle-lit lamp and is then consumed by the flame.
What is a spider?
In Greek mythology, the story of Lycaon serves as one of the earliest examples of this fictional beast.
What is a werewolf?
This Warren Zevon tune about shapeshifters in England is a staple on radio stations in October.
What is "Werewolves of London"?
On Halloween in 1846, heavy snowfall halted the progress of this hungry party near the pass now named for it.
What is the Donner Party?
You can't adopt a black cat in October.
Fact.
Although it is rare to be allowed, shelters normally don't allow adoption of black cats during October in fear that they will be used for sacrifice or other inhumane rituals.
Walking around your home backwards and counterclockwise three times before sunset on Halloween was said to ward off these.
What are evil spirits?
This fire-breathing mishmash of a monster was a lion with a goat's head in the middle of its back and a dragon's head for a tail.
What is a chimera?
Halloween 3 was subtitled this - just like the title of a Donovan song.
What is "Season of the Witch"?
Everyone knows a jack o'lantern is a hollowed-out pumpkin, except originally in the British Isles this vegetable was used.
What is a turnip?
Trick-or-treating was first mentioned in print in North America in 1927 in Blackie, Alberta, Canada.
Fact.