WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? (23 April, 2024)
Glossophobia: This, especially in public
speaking
You might spin one "of fortune"
wheel
2020: "What you can't see can hurt you"
The Invisible Man
In this Grimm Brothers tale, the wicked witch met her end after being pushed into an oven
Hansel and Gretel
A Celtic tradition of using hollowed-out turnips with candles inside led to these distinctive & larger Halloween gourds
jack-o-lanterns
Coulrophobia: These performers & please don't send them in
clowns
It may be short-eared or great horned
owl
2006: "Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright"
Snakes on a Plane
In a Roald Dahl book, the title witches get "smashed and bashed and chopped up" after being turned into these creatures
mice
It's said these 2 colors trace back to the festival of Samhain, one representing death & the other the autumn harvest
black and orange
Chorophobia: This activity
dancing
Temporary financial aid
a loan
2018: "Forty years ago, he came home. Now, he returns"
Halloween
Agnes utter, a 17th century witch whose predictions are central to the plot in "Good Omens," gets punished in this predictable way
being burned at the stake
The first time the White House was decorated for Halloween was in 1958, when she, Ike's better half, hung owls & goblins
Mamie Eisenhower
Samhainophobia: This holiday
Halloween
Saintly nimbus
a halo
2013: "One night a year, all crime is legal"
The Purge
The White Witch Jadis was killed in battle by this character who appeared to be dead a short time before
Aslan
This no-hands Halloween game may be related to the Roman celebration of the goddess Pomona
bobbing for apples
Porphyrophobia: This, literally, also the title of a 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
The Color Purple
Rodin sculped the "Gates of" this
hell
1992: "We dare you to say his name five times"
Candyman
A death eater & dark witch, Bellatrix Lestrange, killed Dobby before being killed herself by whom?***
Molly Weasley
This 20th century performer's museum in Scranton, Penn. Features an online séance every Halloween
Houdini