Familiar Holidays That Have Dirty Little Secrets
Halloween may actually be one of the less-dark holidays.
You've probably heard about weird, dark holidays that obscure corners of the world whisper about in the dark. But it turns out that the big-ticket, sparkly, over-hyped holidays your grandma celebrates also have unexpected dark sides.
Either they have weirdly disturbing origin stories, or they're connected to deeply troubling events. Or both. For example: