Halloween

  • ROCKTOBER: Halloween Special

    Finishing up the ROCTOBER 2025 sessions with a Halloween Special.

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  • Many people view Halloween as a festival centered on the eerie and frightening, where people dress up in scary costumes to give others a good scare. What I find even more curious is the tradition of “trick-or-treating.” On any other day, we warn our children not to take candy from strangers, but on October 31,

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  • A slightly different episode of Rocktober. Because Halloween is approaching rapidly, I thought it would be a good idea to have a look at some classic Rock tracks used in Horror Movies. Dokken – Dream Warriors-Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Motörhead – “Hellraiser” from Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth Fastway – “Trick or Treat” (from

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  • World War II Halloween

    Here are some World War II Halloween stories and images. The above illustration was published in the San Diego Union on 25 October 1942. A Halloween Party in 1942 The excerpt below provides a beautiful example of how Halloween was celebrated in the USA during World War II: “Write your Hallowe’en invitations on cutouts of

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  • The Origins of Halloween.

    Many people think that Halloween is a festival of evil, where the aim is to scare people by dressing up in very scary costumes, or what I find more bizarre is the whole “trick or treat” notion. Everyday we tell our kids not to take sweets or candies from strangers, come 31 October we turn

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  • Nazi Costumes for Halloween

    I was on Irish National radio this afternoon, discussing the sale of Nazi uniforms as Halloween costumes in Ireland. It was on Joe Duffy’s Liveline show. I enjoyed being on it, but the show was a bit manipulated. I received a call from one of the researchers at 10 a.m. this morning. He asked me

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  • Halloween

    Most people think that Halloween is a festival of evil, where the aim is to scare people by dressing up in very scary costumes, or what I find more bizarre is the whole “trick or treat” notion. Everyday we tell our kids not to take sweets or candies  from strangers, come 31 October we turn

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  • Halloween in WWII

    I know I am a day early but with all the trick or treaters calling tomorrow  I might not be have the time to do a piece then. Although Halloween is originally a Celtic event.Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the

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