FROM SAMHAIN TO SCREAMS

How an Ancient Celtic Festival Became the World’s Biggest Night of Fear

A few beers, a few ghosts and 2,000 years of Halloween. Plus prizes to be won.

Come down to the pub for a night of drinks, stories and some seriously strange history as we dig into where Halloween actually came from.

On the night, we’ll discover:

• Why the original Jack-o’-lanterns weren’t pumpkins and the much darker story behind them.

• Whyy people believed the dead could return at this time of year, and what they did to protect themselves.

• What actually happened at Samhain, and how much of what we’re told about its connection to Halloween is really true.

• he bizarre rituals people used to predict their future, from finding a husband or wife to discovering who might die next.

• How Halloween crossed the Atlantic and became huge, turning old traditions of bonfires, disguises and spirits into costumes, trick-or-treating and the Halloween we know today.