As I'm away at Sound Education, this is a reupload of an old History of Witchcraft episode on the origins and development of Halloween.
Today we cover the development of Halloween - its development from a Celtic harvest festival, which may or may not have involved the ritual slaughter of infant children, and its merger with the Christian holy days of All Saints and All Souls, emerging from the melting pot of American society as something new and old, traditional and commercial.
Many thanks to Joe from the 80 Days - An Exploration Podcast for lending his voice to today's intro quote. Find his fantastic show on Facebook, Twitter, and 80dayspodcast.com
Today's show primarily relies on the following works:
Rogers, Nicholas, Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night, 2002
Santino, Jack (ed.) Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life, 1994
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03.12 - Peace At Last?
03.11 - The Great Escape
03.10 - 'A Crowning Mercy' - the Final Battle of Worcester
03.09 - The Miracle of Dunbar
03.08 - The Murderer of the Scottish Nation
03.07 - The Death of Royalist Ireland
Bonus - The Denbigh House of Cards
03.06 - Never Seen So Hot A Storm
03.05 - Bloody Inhumanity
03.04 - Drogheda: A Day and Night of Uncalculated Butchery
03.03 - The Battle of Rathmines
03.02 - The World Turned Upside Down
03.01 - The English Revolution
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