I'm Owen Joyner.
Hi, I'm Lilimar.
And this is Don't Go Alone.
Don't Go Alone.
Oooh oooh.
Spooky.
[laughing]
[music playing]
You know how the old saying goes.
An apple a day keeps the spirits at bay.
You don't believe me.
Let me tell you a story about a kid named Cora.
Now entering the mind of Cora.
Bobbing for apples? Seriously?
Isn't that kind of lame now?
Well, that hurts a lot.
More than you could possibly know, but you know what?
I'm not gonna let your I'm too cool for school vibe
take away my Halloween joy.
Whatever.
You used to love all this stuff. What happened?
It's like you became some kind of a Scrooge.
You're like a Halloween Scrooge. You know that?
Boo humbug!
Boo humbug, OK that's actually-- That's actually pretty good.
It's like you out-uncle joked your own uncle.
So, congratulations.
Why do you like Halloween so much?
You know, I don't really know.
It's always just kind of been my favorite holiday.
I think it has something to do with all the history, you know?
How it used to be this real, kind of spooky magic witchy thing,
and now it's just kind of fun, you know?
- It was? - Oh, yeah.
Sam--
It was called Samhain.
Is what it was called, I don't think I'm pronouncing that quite right but,
it was this ancient holiday.
It was the time of year where the barrier between our world
and the spirit realm got the thinnest.
So monsters and ghosts could cross over.
That's actually why we get dressed up.
So you could blend in with the monsters and if they saw you,
they would just you were one of their own and they wouldn't take you.
- Whoa. - Yeah, pretty cool, huh?
I did not know that.
Here you go Mr. Skeleton.
You know, that's actually where bobbing for apples came from.
What do you mean?
Well Samhain was also the end of the harvest.
So people would take some of their crops, like apples,
and they would offer them up to the spirit world.
And uh, water, as I'm sure you know,
symbolizes the barrier between our world and the next.
Sort of like the River Styx in Greek mythology.
I'm sure you remember.
Or like that one really steep water slide you're too scared to go on.
What's it called again?
I'm under doctor's orders not to go on Fiber Fish Dropica.
After what happened last time, so...
Oh yeah, right, with the chili dog.
Chili dogs in water parks should be illegal.
Right, you think you're just gonna put those two things together
and everything's gonna be fine? It's like, come on!
You were saying about the apples?
Oh yeah, so bobbing for apples became this little daring game you could play,
and you would put the apples in as sort of bait.
Oh.
For like ghosts and stuff?
Ghosts.
Spirits.
Demons.
Who knows?
Who knows what lurks in the void?
That's why you play at parties, surrounded by people.
'Cause if you play by yourself,
a hungry spirit could snatch you,
and drag you back down to its murky realms.
Dang, that's crazy.
Yeah I mean, it's just a story though, you know?
- Have you ever tried it? - What? Tried it?
Now way. You kidding?
I'm still here. Anyway, I'm gonna go help your mom make some caramel apples.
- More like eating caramel apples. - Cor, what if they're poisonous?
You ever think about that?
You think we're gonna invite a bunch of people to a party and just
and poison all of them? That doesn't sound very nice to me.
Also hey, seriously don't go bobbing for apples by yourself.
I read that it's scientifically proven
that you can drown in just one inch of water.
Alright so, don't make me look bad.
Just... be careful in here, alright?
Seriously.
So stick my head in, open my eyes,
get my free trip to the spirit world.
Why not?
[inhaling]
[breathing heavily]
Knew it. Nothing.
You aren't bobbing for apples alone, are you?
No, just touching up Mr. S-- What the...
No way!
Hello?
Ooh.
[screaming]
Ah!
What was that?
I got grabbed by a spirit! That was awesome!
Cora, here's the thing. I'm a chronic liar.
I made most of that stuff up.
Let's try it again!
OK, here's what happened.
We imagined this.
It never happened. We are never talking about this ever again.
We're not? Bobbing for apples rules!
End of story!
Hey sis, do you have any towels?
[sobbing]
Whoa, cool.
[music playing]
Well, that's why you don't go bobbing for apples alone.