All of those weeks and days planning and working on your Halloween costume finally pays off today, as we welcome the scariest day of the year (well, besides Black Friday) known as All Hallows’ Eve, aka Halloween. Whether you’re getting ready to go trick or treating with family or meeting up with friends later tonight at that costume party, this is the day when the dead and those spooky things lurking in the dark, come out and join the festivities.

Halloween’s long history dating back to its Celtic origins is littered with superstitions, myths and urban legends, warning us of the dangers and evil that could be waiting for us on this dark holiday. We’ve seen the scary movies, read the reddit first-person posts and have even spotted those crazy clowns terrorizing the world, but what should we keep an eye out for and what’s fiction?

Is a masked deranged killer waiting to ruin our night? Is there something sinister in that bag of candy? Are there names we should avoid calling out on this hellish evening? Using our otherworldly black cauldron, we turn on the lights on Halloween, exploring and exposing the truths on some of the most popular and feared superstitions and myths!