041 - Halloween - From Pagan, to Christian, to Party

The History of Witchcraft by Samuel Hume

Oct 27, 201849:19Society & Culture

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...

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