What was Halloween really like in the 1970s? In this episode of The Halloween Podcast, we're taking a trip back to a decade of Ben Cooper costumes, pillowcases full of candy, neighborhood trick-or-treating, homemade haunted houses, and some of the most memorable Halloween traditions of all time.

We'll explore the rise of licensed costumes, the growing popularity of horror films like Halloween, Carrie, and The Exorcist, and how changing attitudes about safety began shaping the holiday. We'll also look at Halloween on television, from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown to late-night monster movies, and discuss how the growth of TV advertising helped turn Halloween into an increasingly marketable season. Along the way, we'll revisit school parties, community celebrations, classic decorations, and the sights and sounds that made Halloween in the 1970s so special.

Whether you lived through the decade or just wish you had, join us as we explore a Halloween era caught between old traditions and the modern Halloween we know today.

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