Episode Summary:Why is Day of Dead around the same time as Halloween? Why is All Saints Day on Nov 1st? Why is All Souls' Day on Nov 2nd? Why is all of this Dead People Stuff in this same 3-Day Clump? SIT TIGHT, WITCH ... We're going on a wild ride through a couple different Underworlds and Lands of The Dead.
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