Halloween History
This Irish cake is traditionally baked on Halloween. Similar to king cake, it often contains a ring inside, and whoever finds it is considered to be fortunate
Barmbrack
On October 31, 1926, famed magician Harry Houdini died from this medical condition, believed to have been caused by repeated punches to his gut about a week and a half earlier
Peritonitis
This 1973 horror classic was the very first horror movie to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture
The Exorcist
This hospital in Louisville, KY was built to house tuberculosis patients during the state's "White Plague" outbreak in the early 1900s. It's considered one of the most haunted hospitals in the eastern U.S.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium
"That is not dead which can eternal lie.
And with strange aeons even death may die."
It's a quote from this ancient text that can be used to summon the Old Ones, found within H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos
Necronomicon