🎃 Chasing Shadows: The Haunted History of Halloween (Halloween Special 2025)Published October 31, 2025Welcome back to Chasing Shadows — tonight, on Halloween night, we dive deep into the ancient, eerie origins of the spookiest holiday of the year. From the Celtic fires of Samhain — when the veil between the living and the dead grew thin — to the cursed legend of Stingy Jack and the birth of the jack-o’-lantern, this is the full, unfiltered history of Halloween… told like only Chasing Shadows can.But that’s just the beginning.In this special recorded episode, we go beyond the history and read — word-for-word — three of Reddit’s most terrifying, most upvoted, and most talked-about Halloween horror stories ever posted:"The Smiling Man" (r/LetsNotMeet) – A late-night walk turns into a nightmare when a dancing figure with an impossibly wide grin begins to chase."Our Bizarre Experiences with the Forest Behind Our House" (r/Paranormal) – A child’s “imaginary friend” with glowing eyes lures her toward the dark woods… and the family’s dogs knew something was wrong from day one."My Son Won’t Take Off His Halloween Costume" (r/NoSleep) – A five-year-old insists on staying in his Batman suit… because the man inside it won’t let him go.