Halloween in 2024 might be bedazzled in sequins and brimming with discarded candy rappers, but the holiday has a long and strange history filled with intrigue, scares, and of course, what goes bump in the night. Halloween is now just X away, and while the traditions are now reduced to capitalistic cash grabs, from the Starbucks Halloween merch to the new candies available, the holiday has a long and complicated history that goes back some 2,000 years. Grab your blanket, things are about to get spooky. Halloween was once known as Samhain, a pagan holidayDepending on where you are located, the o…