Halloween Originals
The first jack o'lanterns were actually carved out of this root vegetable.
What are turnips?
An early prototype of this device was discovered in Peru and estimated to be 1,200 years old. It consisted of two gourds and 75 feet of cotton twine.
What is the telephone?
The capital of Ohio was originally Chillicothe, then was moved to Zanesville in 1810, back to Chillicothe in 1816 before settling here, its current capital city.
What is Columbus?
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance (2025)
What is Weapons?
A group of crows
What is a murder?
First created in the 1880s, this classic Halloween candy was originally called “chicken’s feed.”
This Spanish word for gourd or pumpkin is theorized to come from the Iberian, pre-Roman words “cal” meaning shell or house and “galapago” meaning tortoise.
What is calabaza?
This Ohio river, which flows through Cleveland, famously caught fire multiple times due to industrial pollution, leading to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970.
What is the Cuyahoga?
An isolated Puritan family in 1630s New England comes unraveled by the forces of witchcraft and possession (2015)
What is The Witch?
A group of witches
What is a coven?
Halloween, also known as All Hallow’s Eve, comes before this Catholic holiday on November 1.
What is All Saints' Day?
This genus of vines in the gourd family sometimes known as “Chinese okra” becomes too fibrous to eat if it is not harvested soon enough, but it can still be used as this household item.
What is a loofah?
One of Ohio’s most famous hometown heroes is this man, who was the first American to orbit the Earth.
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community (1973, 2006)
What is Wicker Man?
A group of bats
What is a colony?
She was the first First Lady to decorate the White House for Halloween in 1958.
Who is Mamie Eisenhower?
In battle, the Mayans threw gourds filled with these at their enemies.
What are hornets?
The name Ohio comes from the Ohio River, a river whose name means “the Great River” in this indigenous language of the region.
What is Seneca?
During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller (1979, 2006)
What is When a Stranger Calls?
A group of cats
What is a clowder?
The ancient festival of Samhain (“SAH-win”) traced back to this group of Indo-European tribes is thought to be the basis for modern-day Halloween.
Who are the Celts?
The Cleveland baseball team officially changed its racist name to the Guardians in 2022 in an homage to the eight statues displayed on the Hope Memorial Bridge known as the Guardians of this.
What is traffic?
Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts (2014)
What is What We Do In The Shadows?
A group of newts
What is an armada?