What a Weird Week

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These are the shownotes for Season 6, Ep 45 republished Fri Oct 31, 2025. It's our Halloween Special.  

From study finds, Consensus Picks for the Top 5 Best Halloween Candies

https://studyfinds.org/best-halloween-candy/

5 Best Cat Halloween Costumes for a Spooktacular Feline Transformation

https://studyfinds.org/best-cat-halloween-costumes/

5 Best U.S. Cities for an Unforgettable Halloween Experience

https://youtu.be/NF9oZ5HHb1k?si=mXUkB4p6OV8_siCk and also https://studyfinds.org/best-u-s-cities-for-halloween

5 Best U.S. Cities for an Unforgettable Halloween Experience

https://youtu.be/NF9oZ5HHb1k?si=mXUkB4p6OV8_siCk and also https://studyfinds.org/best-u-s-cities-for-halloween

5 Easy and Creative Halloween Costume Ideas for Last-Minute Partygoers

https://studyfinds.org/best-easy-halloween-costumes/

5 Best Dog Halloween Costumes That Pet Parents Love

https://studyfinds.org/best-dog-halloween-costumes/

How to do everything episode about Peanut Butter Cups - the Halloween ones taste better according to 14 year old math-e-magician

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/1256914737/pumpkins-spiders-and-henry-winkler

Best Ghost Movies:

https://studyfinds.org/best-ghost-movies/

We eat all our Halloween candy twice before we finally get the candy that we hand out to trick-or-treaters.

https://studyfinds.org/americans-devour-halloween-candy-twice-before-trick-or-treaters-even-knock/

Halloween: not as scary as climate change

https://www.timminspress.com/opinion/halloween-is-very-scary-this-year-2

Death Clock App: nope from me

https://www.deathclock.co/

What booze pairs with the Halloween treats you stole from your kids? *please enjoy responsibly

https://www.thestar.com/life/food-and-drink/here-s-what-to-drink-with-all-the-halloween-treats-you-ll-swipe-from-your/article_23d49c3e-8f3e-11ef-b06c-a37f847f7834.html

The Halloween Mystery of the 5 Bucks

https://www.ladbible.com/community/mum-finds-money-letterbox-scary-reason-966832-20241018

The #1 Halloween Candy Is... According to sales data (USA stats), the number one selling Halloween candy is Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

https://www.delish.com/food-news/a68057607/most-popular-halloween-candy-2025/

The biggest Horror Movie $$$: The top-grossing horror movie of all time is "It" (2017) which made more than $700 million.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/74097-highest-box-office-film-gross-by-a-horror-film

If you adjust for inflation it would be "The Exorcist" (1973).

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-highest-grossing-horror-movies-of-all-time/

Scary Stats:

- 83% of people surveyed said they had some kind of paranormal activity in their home

- Most common types of paranormal activity are hearing sounds, lights turning on and off, and hearing voices

- 1 in 10 people say they sold their home after a paranormal experience

- Good News, Split Level Home owners, your home is far less likely to be haunted!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-paranormal-day/

and https://www.cinchhomeservices.com/view-blog/-/blogs/americans-report-on-their-paranormal-experiences-in-their-home-survey

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