Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you enjoy this quick jaunt through the dark history of my favorite holiday.

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The night before Halloween has long been associated with varying levels of pranks and mayhem... but where did this strange tradition start? Mischief Night is coming... will you be ready for it?

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When the Puritans arrived in the New World they sought to leave behind anything that got in the way of them worshipping as they saw fit... that hadn't counted on The Devil himself following them across the sea...

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In a small Haitian village, a spirit possession during a voodoo ceremony goes farther than anyone thought it could. Learn how a spiritual marriage changed the life of one woman forever.

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Alaska: beautiful, untamed... terrifying. The land is harsh and unforgiving and it should come as no surprise that a mythical creature that embodies those same traits calls Alaska its home. Meet the Otter Man... today on The Devil Within

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So you think the Bermuda Triangle is scary...? Wait 'til you hear about the Alaskan Triangle. People, aircraft... even entire villages have been disappearing there for centuries.

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In turn-of-the-century Haiti, superstition and mysticism were still the most powerful forces governing the cultural flow of the country... especially with the practice of Voodoo and the realities of demonic possession and the existence of zombies. The case of Felicia Felix-Mentor is hotly debated to this very day...

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In the 1950's, the Philippines was a country caught between the old and the new... the modern and the ancient... reason and superstition. The case of Clarita Villanueva, a prisoner at a notorious Manila correctional facility, brought this dichotomy into sharp focus.

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A horrible crime shatters the peace of a tranquil southern community and the people demand justice. But who could possibly be responsible for such a brutal - some would say ritualistic - crime? There were no witnesses and no physical evidence, but the cops had to arrest somebody...

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A case that highlights the immense fear that gripped the nation at the height of the Satanic Panic, Fells Acres Day School in Massachusetts became the flashpoint - and the beginning of the end - of a long national nightmare.

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