Kate considers the origins of Halloween costumes and customs while Hannah takes a deep dive into the life of a true pirate, her most-treasured (and repeated) costume yet.

Sources:

• "Halloween 2022" by the editors of History.com

• "How the History of Blackface Is Rooted in Racism" by Alexis Clark

• "Blackbeard's Ghost" by North Carolina Ghosts

• "Three Centuries After His Beheading, a Kinder, Gentler Blackbeard Emerges" by Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine Correspondent

• "11 Rules from an Actual Pirate Code" by Mark Mancini

• "Black Pirates and the Tale of Black Caesar" by Melissa Petruzzello

• "Golden Age of Piracy" by Mark Cartwright

• "Queen Anne's Revenge" by  ...