When Halloween Became America’s Most Dangerous Holiday
The urban legends of “dangerous” trick-or-treating at Halloween are merely an expression of cultural and social anxieties.
Author: W. Scott Poole
W. Scott Poole is the author or co-author of nine books, including Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting, and Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror. He also teaches courses in American politics and popular culture at the College of Charleston.
