Send us a text A totaled car, every airbag deployed, and a calm voice over OnStar. That’s how our conversation opens—and the shock, gratitude, and timing of what followed become a surprising doorway into a bigger question: how do we hold joy, safety, and faith as Halloween rolls around? We trace the tangled roots of the season—from Salem’s tragic trials and the unfair seizure of women’s property, to older European customs meant to ward off evil ahead of All Saints Day. Along the way, we talk...