Thrill to Hallowe'en horror.

From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) | Date: October 25, 1998 | Copyright information

GIVE up the ghost and by-pass Hallowe'en? Not likely! The festival the pagans called the Vigil of Saman, Lord of Death, has been sending shivers of guilty glee down spines for far too long and far too wide to, er, die the death.

All Hallows' Eve persists as a chance to work out dread of the supernatural by inviting ghouls to party with us. And widespread sneaking sympathy for Guy Fawkes' opinion of politicians hasn't stopped us from using him as an excuse to burn garden ...

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