Before Halloween: Samhain and the Celtic Doorway to the Dead | 3 Hour Deep Dive

BEFORE HALLOWEEN: SAMHAIN AND THE CELTIC DOORWAY TO THE DEAD A 3-Hour Historical Investigation by Mr. Ravenhurst Extinguish your lights. Draw the curtains closed. Tonight, we journey backward through two millennia of deliberately obscured history to discover what Halloween was before commercialization stripped it of meaning. INTRODUCTION 00:00 Samhain, The Celtic New Year of Death 06:42 The Aos Sí, When Fairies Meant Terror 25:44 The Dumb Supper, Dining with the Dead 44:39 Guising and Mumming, Becoming the Spirits 01:01:40 Jack-o'-Lanterns, Warding Off Wandering Souls 01:15:11 Christian Colonization, How the Church Appropriated Samhain 01:26:19 Victorian Spiritualism, When Halloween Became Séance Season 01:53:09 Modern Halloween, What We Lost and What Persists 02:16:33