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The Religious Connections to Halloween’s Scariest Monsters
The Religious Connections to Halloween’s Scariest Monsters

The annual celebration of Halloween is marked by fun and frightening traditions, those that involve monsters being the most fun and frightening of them all. These representations of evil are inextricably linked with religion, used to condemn evil, find comfort in suffering and much more. 

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News, North AmericaJillian CheneyJillian Cheney, jillian cheney, Halloween, christian halloween, pagan tradition halloween, All Hallow's Eve, The Grim Reaper, Grim Reaper, Death, bubonic plague, Black Death, Europe, Vampires, vampire, Dracula, Bram Stoker, The Vampyre, Bram Stoker's Dracula, silver, silver bullet, garlic, crucifix, Catholic, Protestant, werewolves, witches, witchcraft, witch, wicca, Fourth Council of the Lateran, Jews, antisemitism, Judaism, zombies, Voodoo, haitian voodoo, The Walking Dead, The Last of Us, Night of the Living Dead, ghouls, ghoul, Islam, Arabic, hadith, religion, Halloween 2023, Primary feature, Zenger, Zenger News, ZengerNews, Secondary featureComment
How Today’s Conspiracy Theories Echo The Satanic Panic
How Today’s Conspiracy Theories Echo The Satanic Panic

(ANALYSIS) Forty years after a nationwide “satanic panic” that stoked fears of ritual child abuse, conspiracy theories are latching onto fears of the devil — from the false belief that tracking devices are in COVID-19 vaccines to theories that the Astroworld tragedy was a satanic sacrifice.

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Analysis, News, North AmericaHeather GreeneHeather Greene, Satanic Panic, moral panic, conspiracy theories, Satan, Christian nationalism, McMartin Preschool, Travis Scott, Astroworld, occult, witch, Primary Feature, Secondary Feature Comments