Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. The Celts believed that on October 31, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred. The arrival of Irish immigrants to America transformed this pagan holiday into a cultural and visual extravaganza that we know as Halloween today. The event is celebrated with great fanfare in many countries, especially in the Western world. Since the dawn of human civilisation, adults and children have told scary stories to one another. Speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten or scare does brisk business in bookshops, whether that of a psychological thriller variety or dark fantasies.
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