Those broomsticks they wrap their legs around are phallic symbols. Turn one of those pictures upside down, and it becomes more apparent. He tricked the devil so often Satan refused to take him into Hell, and he was too worthless to go to Heaven. So now he roams the earth as a ghost carrying his lantern lit by a coal from hell. Another symbol of Halloween is the black cat.
Black cats have a long history of association with evil.
They were considered to be animals inhabited by the spirits of witches. They are often portrayed as perched on the broomstick of a flying witch. The old witches brew was actually a concoction containing potent psychoactive drugs, under the influence of which its celebrants probably thought they were flying in the air. A few days ago my wife told me she saw a television announcement from the Searcy Animal Shelter warning residents of Searcy and White county about the coming Halloween celebration. Many places in today s America, and indeed, throughout the world, also sacrifice human lives, usually babies and young children.