This Paranormal Life - #033 Halloween - The Paranormal History

Episode Date: October 31, 2017

Everyone loves Halloween.But where did it come from? On this episode we go beyond the candy and costumes to understand Halloween's dark paranormal 5000 year history. Contact with the dead, divination, and more! Only on this episode of This Paranormal Life!Support us on Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife to get access to weekly bonus episodes!Buy Official TPL Merch! - thisparanormallife.com/storeFollow us on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTubeJoin our Secret Society Facebook CommunityIntro music by www.purple-planet.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Harry Potter a documentary? If a tree falls down in the woods and no one's around to hear it, does the tree become a ghost? Answers to these questions and more on this episode of This Paranormal Life! Welcome back to the podcast. It is a Tuesday, a very special Tuesday, if you will. The spookiest day of the year. That's right, my birthday. Oh, whoa! Where's my gift? I got you this pumpkin carved.

My favorite. This is the Halloween special of This Paranormal Life. How are you doing today, Rory? It's my favorite day of the year. Absolutely it is. We are heading into the unbaptized days, folks. This is when goblins, ghouls, witches, and frankly trolls roam the streets. And we're waiting with knuckle dusters. Yeah, ready to take them out, sock them in the jaw, and investigate the shit out of them. Local councils hire us for our services at a very, very low cost. Cripplingly low. So I think I'm going to dive right in.

I think everyone knows what the topic of this podcast is going to be. That's right, Rory. It's about Halloween. Tell me, how much do you know about Halloween? About Halloween. I mean, is it too much to say everything? It's big words. Your response implies yes.

But I'd love a recap. I'd love a... Why don't you tell me what Halloween is and then I'll tell you if you're right. How about that? Are you tell me what halloween is and i'll tell you if you're right how about that are you testing me you're like so halloween's in and i'm like january october yep that's right folks halloween it's basically christmas hanukkah easter thanksgiving and orgasming all rolled into one holiday not only that you think orgasming is a holiday well i do it twice a year so i feel like it's a kind of biannual holiday right i mean that's sad that you do that but you can't take that time off work you can't just send an email to your boss saying jizz and yet i do and yet i do

three-day weekend granted i usually find myself searching for jobs twice annually right of course usually not only all of those things rolled together but it's also a paranormal investigator's favorite day of the year yeah why because in our bullshit society it finally gets the sheeple talking about what really matters ghosts ghouls demons witches goblins all things nefarious and paranormal yeah problem is like most good things in life it's been ruined by liberals corporate fat cats halloween used i'm not on board anymore i want you i just want you to know the point that i dropped off and that was it uh-huh what threw you the the ghouls we get to talk about all the horrible evil things in our life ghouls goblins witches my parents demons ghosts tax spirits ex-wives obamacare that's right folks

here in this podcast we're taking it back to libertarian roots make halloween great again that's right halloween used to be about serious research serious investigation today it's mostly a vehicle for eating sugar and dressing as sexy versions of things that used to be scary once upon a time. Yeah. That's why for today. That's why I'm dressed as a sexy Nazi. Because that's still scary. It's terrifying. Do you like the hat? It's not only revealing, but I mean, is that thing really comfortable? Nein. Very confusing. You're wearing a thong and a gas mask. Very confusing. You're wearing a thong and a gas mask. I think this is something the Nazis would have been against. That's why for today I'm winding back the clock and we're looking at the real Halloween

to find out the truth behind the plastic zombie mask. I'm gonna give you a true OG real Halloween experience. Nice. And I know what you're thinking. Isn't that easy? Halloween was the night before the Christian feast of All Hallows Day on the 1st of November, and that's when Christians would pray for their dead. Is that right? Is that how it started? Thank you, everyone. I didn't realize there would be follow-up questions. That is partially true, but it's not the full story as always if you're wondering where a christian festival came from you can safely guess that one day a christian beat the head of a pagan with a rock and stole their wallet and their festivals well halloween's no exception

it has its roots in i don't know how to pronounce this roaring i'm gonna be real with you sawin sawin uh this is the ancient pagan festival it's actually spelt sam hayen confusingly but i'm sure as you know growing up in ireland that sometimes they don't like to spell things the way they freaking should of course sawin that's when the pagans got together to mark the beginning of winter they celebrated all across ireland scotland the isle of Man. Places that are near and dear to our hearts. Of course. It was believed that on this specific date, on the dawn of winter, the boundaries between the spirit world and our world thinned. Right.

And beings could travel between the two worlds more readily. Basically, it was like spring break for the dead. Yeah, just free roam. They all just jumped in their goddamn convertibles and road tripped to the world of the living to, like, wreak havoc and do, like, belly button shots. Yeah, well, it's like we talked about with the Christmas goblins. That's right. You know, just waiting for that time, Christmas-y time of the year.

That's right. So, everyone living in that part of the world knew that around Samhain things could get weird and to give you some perspective on this history there's actually an ancient tomb in Ireland built to celebrate this festival that's about 5 000 years old so this is pretty freaking old why would you build a tomb to celebrate anything like a tomb where someone dies I think it's a bit like, let's say the pyramids line up with the stars in a certain way, but they were tombs.

Kind of the same thing that this tomb was lined up so that, you know, the light shines through the passageway on the dawn of this festival on the 1st of November. No. Yeah, and that's 5,000 years old. So they took this shit pretty seriously. So suppose you die and the day rolls around it's saw it the veil between the world of living and the world of the dead is thinned you've got the

chance it's like a portal has opened up you can jump through and go back to the world of living for one day i'm asking you what would you do that's a really good question am i can i move manipulating things on the real world can i take a dump as a ghost will it appear as a real dump things on the real world if i take a dump as a ghost will it appear as a real dump yeah go on then i would crap on people's desks i would take crap nowhere specific just to feel the feeling of crapping again it's one of my favorite things to do i didn't have a very rich life certainly not rich in fiber i'll tell you that crapping, that was like twice a year occasion. It was very much like orgasming, actually. Yeah, of course.

Crap holidays. It was my favorite. Hardcut to you telling your boss, like, I'm actually not going to be here this Thursday. That's right. Is it a crapping day or no orgasm day? Cool. Not a holiday.

The best year was when they crossed over. It was incredible. Best experience of my life that's actually how i died i didn't think you could die from bliss but uh the crapgasm begs to differ hard cut to your funeral he lived a sad short and disgusting life he died how he lived shitting and screaming how he came into this world. He went out the same way. Went out arguably worse than he came in.

At least he was kind of clean and innocent on the way in. Rather than hairy, deranged, uncovered in feces. Okay, so you would go around shitting. Yeah, what would you do if you could do anything? Woof. Rent a movie rent a movie maybe maybe uh get some fast food uh these are all things you can do now go for uh go for a walk go for yeah now i mean you can do that now if you want not i mean yeah you know

what now literally i guess i could go to like a spin class or something, I guess. Yeah, now. I mean, maybe better now than as a ghost. Now, I like to do things as if I'm dead now. Right. I kind of do the hunting while I'm alive. And then I think in the afterlife, because I'll have more time. You'll be freed up. I'll be freed up to do like yoga like four times a week.

See, the minute I'm pretty slammed with the haunting, the haunting's really a 24-hour gig. A lot of people have crossed me trying to stop me from haunting people. That'll get you a haunting, alright.

Not in a weird way. I just like to haunt some people sometimes. Not in a weird way. Sometimes I like to just paint my face white and just go around with little fake fangs

and kind of bite people in the neck. Not in a weird way, though. Sometimes I won't even buy the fangs. I'll just bite people. I won't even use a ghost costume. Not in a weird way though sometimes i won't even buy the fangs i'll just buy people i won't even use a ghost costume not a weird way though sometimes i like to abduct people's dogs just to freak them out maybe release them about two weeks later just

to freak them out not in a weird way though okay so the correct answer to that question that neither of us got to was you're gonna go peeing i was so close you're gonna go see your family maybe your spouse is still alive maybe your spice is still alive maybe your partner's still alive hopefully your kids if you've got kids grandkids definitely uh that is going to be your first stop pop in see the family yeah well i obviously if i was gonna die in a blaze of glory would take my family with me all my loved ones as well so that's irrelevant they'd also be dead that is the second time you've referenced killing your own family on your death i know you have four guns so it does worry me a little one in each pocket left right back left

and mouth the biggest bug at all give me your wallet no it's like what i can't hear you. Did you eat a gun? Yeah. It was actually more work to eat the gun than hold it. So, well, for exactly that reason that you would want to go see your family, that's why on the first night of November, the living would leave a space at their dinner table with food and drink for their dead relatives. Hey, that's kind of sweet. Very sweet.

It's a bit like Santa Claus and you leave out cookies and milk. Yeah, for the goblin. It is Santa. But actually, if you got 24 hours to go back to Earth, what would you eat? I don't know if I want to eat anything. Like, you're a ghost,

you'd like to be kind of light on your feet. But I think coming back to a table with my loved ones and an ice-cold glass of Lombardi liquid of the dead. That's right. Available at all good retailers. Ironically, the dead will not even drink Lombardi.

We have tried. Legally classified as embalming fluid. A lot of them are angry because it was Lombardi that killed them. The disclaimer does say it is borderline poison. I didn't used to sound like this. But the Lombardi has scorched my vocal cords. I am actually 19 years old. Bless him.

I hope he sells some balls. So, needless to say, demons running about the streets at night is a public health hazard. So people started taking precautions to protect themselves. Reasonable enough. Right. It's a bit like the Second Amendment in the United States of America. Do you arm yourself?

Do you swallow the gun? Do you just hold it? How do you reckon with pulling the trigger with your tongue? Exactly. How are you going to load a 12-g trigger with your tongue exactly are you gonna load a 12 gauge with your tongue yeah uh others maybe maybe they would decide to set home alone style traps throughout their house nice no people 5 000 years ago had a better idea dress like a demon that way demons will not mess with you because they'll think you're one of them additionally if a dead person slash demon had a beef with a living person,

like let's say you screwed over a lot of people in your time on this earth. Right, daily, yeah. And all of them died. You think you can just get on with life peachy? All my enemies are dead. Amazing. No, not on November 1st or October 31st for that matter. Then all your goddamn enemies, they come back from the dead and start haunting haunting you that's why you put on a sexy nurse mask and then it's not a thing and they won't know who you are anymore you're hiding your identity it's also quite a nice idea that it's like

oh remember in life you can't just murder all your enemies that's true they'll come back and haunt you very true i mean not just the memories of you killing them but the literal specters will come back and haunt you it's true i like that and i'm sure you can guess this is where halloween costumes came from apparently so around this time people started putting two and two together they started thinking we're dressing up as dead people the living are leaving out food and wine for dead people let's cut out the middle man and start taking that free wine and food sorry so to not anger the ghosts they laid out food then dress as dead people the ghosts wouldn't recognize and now i think they're forgetting the point because now they're just eating the ghost food.

That's right. Dressed as ghosts. Uh-huh. People are very short-sighted. Right, okay. So people started turning people started turning up at random houses

and singing songs in return for snacks. Oh, okay. That's right. On Halloween or Samhain children and poor people would go around town singing songs and praying for the souls of the dead, their loved ones, pets, or whoever. And traditionally, people in the houses would bake soul cakes and give them to the kids and beggars for their work.

So, I thought we could do a historic, period-correct reenactment of what that would be like. Okay, so here, I've printed out lyrics, much like they would have done 5,000 years ago. Can you reach? There we go. There we go. I mean, you did carve this on a stone tablet, so fair play.

It is historically accurate. It took much of my time over the last month, but yeah, I'll say that. I had to quit my job. I can actually see your handwriting improve as it goes later on i mean it looks like decades went into this can you see the part where i lost my freaking finger though yeah there's a lot of blood on this tablet but it's nice you've kind of used the blood to draw a witch so nice little illustration gives it a halloween feel i would say for those at home um me and rory

have been rehearsing this uh we hit pause there for a second we've rehearsed this for a couple hours at this point a couple hours and just try and get it you know and we actually are musicians we've got a band everything so yeah so this is kind of our wheelhouse so um please enjoy this halloween rendition of um this ancient trick or treat song okay you do the first verse i'll do the second verse and then we'll come together on the third verse oh that's such a great idea okay okay get some nice tempo around here oh we're gonna slow it down a bit that's a bit fast okay here we go god bless the master of this house, the mistress also, and all the little children that round your table grow,

like wise men and maidens, your cattle and your store, and all that dwells within your gates, we wish you ten times more. Down in the cellar and see what you can find If the barrels are not empty we hope you will prove kind

We hope you will prove kind with your apples Sorry, do it again. With your apples and strong beer we'll come no more Soling till this time Next year All together now

The lanes are very dirty My shoes are very thin I've got a little pocket To put a penny in And if you have got a penny A half penny will do Half a penny If you have have got a penny, a half penny will do. Half a penny. If you have a half a penny, it's God bless you.

That sounds like God bless you, gentlemen. What? God bless you. That really does. God bless you, gentlemen. Maybe this song isn't 5,000 years old. It says at the bottom, this is by Frank Sinatra. The video was in black and white.

So there was a video. Yeah. But it was old as shit. It was at like... He had like a club. I thought it was Neolithic times. It was 420p. Clearly prehistoric.

420 is pretty good. Two 40s when you're in the shit. That actually sounded way better than I thought it was going to sound. So on that frankly high note of a song, boy, do we have a couple of big announcements for you. We thought that Halloween would be the perfect time to step This Paranormal Life up a couple notches. That's what I'm saying. Let's do it. So from today, Halloween day, nothing unlucky about this one, We have finally launched the This Paranormal Life Patreon. So that means right now, if you go on to patreon.com forward slash this paranormal life,

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Let's go. thing amazing so thank you so much back to the podcast let's go so i know what you're thinking after that song those soul cakes sound pretty delicious yeah they were traditionally set out with glasses of wine on all hallows eve as an offering to the dead and that cross on top that sounds religious and it kind of was i didn't know know this. This is a fun fact, guys. Apparently, bakers used to put a cross on bread and buns back in the day to ward off demons. That is not true. That made bread moldy or stale. There were demons that did that. Absolutely.

And if it sounds familiar, that's because that's right. It's almost identical to hot cross buns that we all know and love from Easter time. That's pretty much a soul cake. I don't know. What do you mean you don't know? I don't know if that's why there's a cross in a hot cross bun. I knew I should have brought hot cross buns. I'm also worried that we're halfway through the podcast

and we presumably have an incredible amount of ground to cover between where we are now and current day that was actually it to be honest it was basically the buns so i think we can all guess what souling became that's right trick or treating did you ever trick or treat rory yeah hell yeah back in the dizzay yeah tons it was really big in my neighborhood back home so like i used to love it i went when it was borderline too old to be trick-or-treating. But then I was like, oh, I'll go with my younger brother. Buys you a few years. It does. Yeah, it was great. I mean, I was 19. He was 17. Right. And people said it was still a little weird. That he took a bat. Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of threatening more than anything.

Yeah. And I mean, he was pretty ripped at that point,'t he yeah we said trick or threat it was more they're like sorry did i mishear you no no trick or beat colin's pounding the bat in his hand we didn't so much as knock on the door is uh smash the window uh-huh sometimes the back yeah the best uh treats were vacant houses where we got our treats and i would explain the home arrest tag in your life yes multiple actually yeah it's been many years but on halloween they put it back on me every halloween that was the get out of jail clause as i mentioned earlier people were leaving out food and drinks for spirits. So people started dressing up as

spirits to receive the food and drink on their behalf. The deal was basically look, we're acting on behalf of the spirits so just give us the food and booze or else. And apparently it did get kind of threatening in places. You can kind of imagine how this would creep into it. In parts of Scotland in the 1700s

Samhain started to be known as Mischief Night. Oh dear. Hmm. Took a twist. And whenever you're causing mischief on Mischief Night, you're gonna need some way to see- You get away, scot-free. It's basically the purge. That's right. You're gonna need some way to see in the dark. Well, they would traditionally carve turnips and put candles inside they would carve the faces of demons and ghouls into the vegetables and basically they

were much more horrifying than today's pumpkins everyone knows what uh what a carved pumpkin looks like sometimes you do adorable patterns you could do a little kitty in there right or a witch on a broomstick i don't know if you've seen what the olden times ones look like i didn't even know there were olden times pop g oh my god he looks so sad and angry yeah he doesn't know what he is so that looks like a legit tortured demon yeah mm-hmm and i'll throw this up in the show notes blog folks it's just a secret society it's it's the most pained and anguished turnip you've ever seen it wants to die yeah it's got teeth it's gritting its teeth somehow there's not even a candle inside nope imagine a candle in that thing glowing eyes jesus that's just to give you a taste it was also a popular time of year for bonfires and still is

but bonfires were also used for divination circles of stones would be laid out for each person on the night of the bonfire and in the morning if your stones had been disturbed, you would not survive the year. Why? Demons. Remember what I said about the buns? How many times have I used the word demon in this podcast? And you have the gall to ask me why. You're using it as just an excuse for everything now.

Demon. Right, okay. Shut up, you demon. Using it as just an excuse for everything now. Demon. Right, okay. Shut up, you demon. As I said, at this time of year,

the link between the world of the living and the world of the dead, they were very close and very permeable. So a lot of things were possible. People took the opportunity for divination to find out as much as possible about their death or their future weddings or their children, what their future would look like while this information is available. They would suspend candles from the roof in the shape of a cross and dangle apples underneath.

The game was to grab an apple with your teeth and not get molten wax on your face. Also, if you wanted to see who you were going to marry in the future, you simply had to make very salty porridge. And eat a few bites before bed. Then, in your dreams, your future crush will offer you a glass of water. No. So, Rory, Halloween, or Samhain, is upon us.

The gate to the world of the dead is open. The veil has thinned. The sea has parted. The demons are very world of the dead is open. The veil has thinned. The sea has parted. The demons are very much at the door. Right. I think we have to take full advantage of this and learn something about the future. Ask the spirit some questions. Okay. Let's bob some motherfucking apples. Feast your eyes. You've produced a bowl. That's right. I was so ready to do like a bit with you, but you've actually brought a bowl and apples i have what's really weird is that you brought a bowl you didn't think i would have a bowl here in my house i mean after all that talk of cereal yeah exactly the previous episodes uh well the the irony is that i brought a bowl but it actually was not big enough so we

had to use my bowl yeah i have I have one of your bowls now. So is the idea that we bob? We bob for these apples? So I think we go turn about. You bob for your apple. All right, sir. Okay. Okay, Rory is positioning himself.

He's swinging on a Lombardi Liquid of the Dead ice cold drink. He's getting limber for the bobbing. His legs don't work at this point, I would say. He's mostly crawling across the room. I am ready to bob for apples. I was born for this. Okay, he's attempting.

This is insane. How do kids do this? Little demon asses? Give me a freaking apple. It doesn't help I swallowed a gun earlier. He's having real trouble. He's borderline waterboarded at this point.

What are you going to do if I just drown? Face first in this bowl of apples. When the cops show up, it's just you, a dead body in a bowl of apples. I'm still filming. So folks, if you want to see this exclusive video of Rory bobbing for apples Halloween style-y

This is impossible! Just go to Go to twitter.com forward slash this para life. I'm actually drowning. You really need to use your teeth. Hey! That sounds good. Hey, that sounds good. Hey!

Oh, my God. Hey, nicely done. So, congratulations, Roy. You've successfully prized an apple from the depths. Okay, so you hold on to that one. Oh, Jesus Christ. It's so much more difficult than you think it's going to be. I'm so excited for you to learn how difficult this is.

You really got a dunk. I don't know if you know this, but it's hard to breathe in water. He got it. He got it third try. You demon, sir. We both successfully got an apple, sir. Now, step two. Kid has a knife.

And for once, I'm not improv-ing. Really not improv-ing here. So what I'm going to do, Roy, is hand you the knife. Okay, please. This is a good start. I cannot trust myself. So I want you to... This is basically how they would tell the future back in the day. They would bob for apples,

and now what you need to do is peel off a long piece of skin. From the apple? From the apple. Thank Christ. Okay, yep. And then I'll let you know what's next. There we go. Okay.

Now give me your wallet. Whoa. I turn this on you. This is dark. That's right. Welcome to mischief night Motherfucker Get some Get a bit of the skin Of the apple

Uh huh Alright Is it working okay? I think so I just gotta get a little bit Oh Oh I nicked myself

Oh Jesus I nicked myself On the side of the knife I'd be lying If I didn't think This would happen Oh my god It's bad

Give me your wallet It's bad Give me mine And your wallet I need to bob For bandages I gotta get one here Okay Alright You hold on to that sir And then pass me the knife It's bad. Give me mine and your wallet. I need to bob for bandages. I Gotta get one here. Okay. All right, you hold on to that sir, and then pass me the knife. Mmm

All right, here it is Okay, now I am slicing a peel I'm trying to go good Apple you can taste the struggle Okay, so we've got our freshly sliced peels. Now, Roy, the next step is throw it behind your back like you're throwing salt over your shoulder and onto the ground. Nice. All right, I'm going to turn around and do the same thing. Why are you throwing it at me? Yeah.

Why would you? Oh, God! I really did. Okay, don't touch it. It's very important that you do not touch it, okay? Some bad shit will happen if you touch that apple peel! Alright, keep recording. What letter would you say that looks like? Looks like a D.

Okay, I like that. Okay, now get up. Okay. Now you tell me what does your peel- what letter does it look like? An I. Interesting. It just blinked. Now you tell me what does your peel, what letter does it look like? An I Interesting It just blinked That's a very traditional game in which people would tell the future using bobbing for apples

Okay And the peel, you read what letter it looks like and that is the initial of your future wife, Rory I? I What names even start with I? I don't know. Uh, Imogen. Uh, I'm out.

iPhone. Judging the way you're going. But hey, my current partner's name's D. Yeah, well, her initial's D, so that's pretty close. I guess that worked. I mean, this is all that happened in the olden days was it worked for one person And he swore it as gospel 50% accuracy rate

It's like oh what happened to your piece of apple Well a raccoon ate mine Oh well it worked for me so it's law now Can I have the knife? No What does the raccoon mean? You will die alone Okay so I've shown you some of the stuff

That people used to do back in the day but let's see what people are doing right now in ireland halloween is the busiest day of the year for the emergency services fireworks are illegal in the republic of ireland however they are commonly smuggled in from northern ireland right the international waters of the Irish. Very much the monkey knife fight capital of Europe. Yeah, as they say in the US, it is a huge, huge holiday. I have here, actually, the most popular Halloween costumes in order in the United States of America.

Care to guess, sir? Nurse? Sexy nurse? Absolutely not. No. Captain Jack Sparrow? Yep. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Nice. sir uh nurse sexy nurse absolutely not no uh captain jack sparrow yep nice pirate is one one of them i got five here zombie no did i say nurse sexy nurse to specify what about a hot nurse mildly attractive nurse okay fine, fine. Aging nurse. Ugly nurse. Sexy doctor.

Ugly doctor. Witch. Right. Of course. Yeah. Vampire. Oh. Cat.

I think it's sexy cat. Yeah. Okay, you need to drop the sexy. I mean, it is mostly children. I just lose the point if it's not sexy. And clown. Right. Hot clown. But I think... Se is mostly children. I just lose the point if it's not sexy. And clown. Right. Hot clown.

But I think... Sexy Pennywise. Very much Pennywise with a thong and gas mask. Of course. My favorite country, however, for its particular Halloween proclivities is Japan. Did you know? This blew my goddamn mind. Did you know for at least the last 20 years the yakuza

have been celebrating halloween in japan by handing out sweets to kids in the street no i didn't know that yeah like 20 or 30 years ago they decided to kind of improve their image as the kind of japanese mafia that's cool that's nice and uh and they started just handing out um candy to kids so rory i've uh i've taken you on a little bit of a journey from halloween past to halloween present to halloween future no you haven't what sorry you haven't no but you haven't again just before we move on there was no future aspect to this i wasn't there past present yes i told you what your future wife's name will be you showed me an apple peel uh-huh i said my wife would be imogen uh-huh or some shit i don't think that's showing me the future of halloween really do i really do though i think it will be in what way

is that the future of halloween i think that halloween will be big one day actually uh i like this one this has been more of like a informative podcast than usual yes i guess what i'm trying to get at is halloween real i'm not actually entirely sure what that means i know you're trying to stick to the structure of the podcast it's just a real it's i think we broke that with the apples i mean so we're kind of 30 something episodes deep i think you know the format at this point it's just kind of a simple yes or no isn't it right is halloween real yes it is real very good like wow freak no and my boyfriend daniel would be livid to hear you say that yeah this was a little bit more informative it was definitely interesting to see the ancient genuinely paranormal side to it

yeah people believe that demons walked the earth and you had to kind of protect yourself from them right what started off as a really kind of sweet wholehearted thought like feeding your dead relatives just basically became people dressing as dead relatives and stealing other people's food very much so very much so essentially angering the spirits even more than original right i mean you can see why this has become not quite the original kind-hearted holiday it was supposed to be and one of the crazy things is from what i understand because if you notice we kind of went from it was supposed to be and one of the crazy things is from what i understand because if you notice we kind of went from it being this celtic phenomenon in scotland isle of man ireland places like that to you know suddenly the yakuza are celebrating it yeah apparently

that's really just to do with like celtic uh immigrants in the united states kind of in those first years that they entered the United States, little Scottish kids running about the streets of the Bronx. Nope. Trick-or-treating. It's because everybody loves candy worldwide. You heard it here first. That's why.

Yeah, you've done your research. You've taken your notes down. But I think you're forgetting what's at the heart of Halloween. Sweet-ass candy. Chewy, delicious chocolate candy. Sexy hot candy. I'm going as a sexy chomp.

A sexy dairy milk. Sir, you have to get away from these children as soon as possible. I don't really know what our conclusion is this week, folks, other than Halloween is tremendous. It's great. The most paranormal day of the year and you know what i hope all you guys out there are having a killer halloween dressed as whatever hot sexy costume you want to i would a little off topic shirt yeah

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You need access to the show notes blog. You need merchandise, rare t-shirts, Lombardi liquid of the dead. Head on over to patreon.com forward slash this paranormal life. If you just want to send a couple of bucks the boys way, you know, investigating ghosts is actually expensive as shit we can't afford candy on at the best of times let alone the halloween of times i've actually uh started my own christmas tradition uh robbing the kids as they come to the house illegal usually when they've by the time they've got here they've they've gathered up a little stash. And I take what I can get. And they say, Dad, why do you do this to us?

And I say, I'm not your father. Tonight, I am the sexiest nurse on this planet. Open my mouth. Give me your candy. I miss mom. See you next week. Bye-bye.