Oct 1, 2026 · 41 min · 7 segments
And here...we...go... \*\** *Town History (starts at 4:55)* \*\** *Failed Veins (starts at 18:25)* \*\** Written by: J. Boyd and Narrated by: Michelle Kane \*\** Content warning: kidnapping…
Do you know where the Halloween capital of the US is? Anoka, Minnesota, of all places, about 20 miles outside of Minneapolis.
You might even seen it show up in the beginning of the Houses October Built Part 2 right before the zombie pub crawl downtown.
And honestly, I'd never heard the Halloween capital title until, [sighs] I think it was college.
Sure, the wings at Sirums are good and the donuts at Hans Bakery are tasty, but there really isn't anything that would make you think that, yep, this is the place for Halloween.
So before you get on your high horse about what kids are like these days, remember that kids used to literally destroy towns because they were bored.
This is the scary place to be in October, and its history predates anything we understand as Halloween.
Way back when, and I'm talking pre-Revolutionary War, the town founders came upon the realization that not only did they like being in charge, but that it was their moral duty to stay in charge, that no one else had the vision and strength and indomitable will to protect what they held to be the right way to live.
And like any group that decides that their way is the only way, a way they view as being paved in specific kinds of morality that they would dictate, but not exactly have to hold themselves to.
Do you know where the Halloween capital of the US is? Anoka, Minnesota, of all places, about 20 miles outside of Minneapolis.
You might even seen it show up in the beginning of the Houses October Built Part 2 right before the zombie pub crawl downtown.
And honestly, I'd never heard the Halloween capital title until, [sighs] I think it was college.
Sure, the wings at Sirums are good and the donuts at Hans Bakery are tasty, but there really isn't anything that would make you think that, yep, this is the place for Halloween.
So before you get on your high horse about what kids are like these days, remember that kids used to literally destroy towns because they were bored.
This is the scary place to be in October, and its history predates anything we understand as Halloween.
Way back when, and I'm talking pre-Revolutionary War, the town founders came upon the realization that not only did they like being in charge, but that it was their moral duty to stay in charge, that no one else had the vision and strength and indomitable will to protect what they held to be the right way to live.
And like any group that decides that their way is the only way, a way they view as being paved in specific kinds of morality that they would dictate, but not exactly have to hold themselves to.
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