Stingy Jack: The Halloween Legend Behind the Jack-o'-Lantern | Thursday Thrills

Stingy Jack and the Halloween legend behind the jack-o'-lantern welcome October with a bargain gone wrong. Henrique Couto follows an Irish folktale from a coin trapped beside a silver cross to the Devil stranded in a tree—and a promise with a terrible catch. Discover the carved turnip lanterns once used to frighten passersby, and the dark folklore behind that familiar pumpkin grin. What happens when outsmarting the Devil leaves you with nowhere to go? Light your first pumpkin and join Thursday Thrills for Halloween folklore, mischievous scares and a little light against the dark.

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