23. Who Killed Halloween?
If Halloween looks different now than it did when you were a kid, Marisa is here to explain how and why that happened; with the fall of Trick or Treating and the rise of the dreaded Trunk or Treat.
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Sources:
http://www.fourpoundsflour.com/the-razor-blade-in-the-apple-a-modern-history-of-trick-or-treating/
https://www.history.com/news/how-americans-became-convinced-their-halloween-candy-was-poisoned
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O%27Bryan
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/10/is-trick-or-treating-on-the-decline/574459/
https://www.womansworld.com/posts/entertainment/history-of-trick-or-treating-145611
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders
Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween - By Lisa Morton
Halloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life - edited by Jack Santino